Contents: 0. Ethical considerations 1. The task of sound archives 2. Primary and secondary information  3. The instability and vulnerability of audio carriers 4. Obsolescence of formats 5. Safeguarding the information 6. Selection of best copy and carrier restoration 7. Optimal signal retrieval from original carriers 8. Unmodified transfer to a new target format 9. Improvements in transfer technologies 10. …
Contents: Introduction  Why Select for Scanning  The Selection Committee  The Selection Process  Putting it all Together: How to Score and Rank Collections  Summary of Key Points  Forms (Nomination for selection, deselection Evaluation Checklist)  Sources. Dit Hoofdstuk 4 uit het ‘Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access’ beschrijft het proces van het selecteren van materiaal voor digitale …
This document advises in managing the risks of storing archival data on recordable CDs and DVDs. It describes a strategy for good management and for measuring errors, leaning on the IASA-TC 04 Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects. The recommendations for audio storage are translated into general data storage. There is limited advice in terms of …
Preservation 101 is an online course that will help you learn about the basics of preservation in the context of small and moderately-sized library or archival collections. This course was produced as one component of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC). The grant supported training and resources for …
This report discusses the application of value and selection criteria for the retention and long-term preservation of television programs. Besides giving an overview of current selection criteria, the document also provides recommendations for preserving “born digital” programs. The report focuses on works of public broadcasters.
A brief and good overview of the requirements audiovisual archives need to set for the digital storage industry. The underlying idea is that AV archives can choose to outsource their storage functionality under certain conditions, namely: with the guarantee of sustainability and marketability (‘persistence’ and ‘currency’) and clear information about the associated costs.
