Contents: 1. Introduction 2. From spoken-word archive to multimedia information portal 3. Automatic annotation using automatic speech recognition 4. The Buchenwald user interface 5. Discussion and conclusion References This paper presents and discusses ongoing work aiming at affordable disclosure of real-world spoken heritage archives in general, and in particular of a collection of recorded video interviews with Dutch survivors of …
Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects (Web version)
Contents: Publication Information Introduction to the Second Edition Introduction to the First Edition 1. Background 2. Key Digital Principles 3. Metadata 4. Unique and Persistent Identifiers 5. Signal Extraction from Original Carriers 6. Preservation Target Formats and Systems 7. Small Scale Approaches to Digital Storage Systems 8. Optical Discs 9. Partnerships, Project Planning and Resources References. These extensive guidelines, subtitled …
Owned? Legal terms of video hosting services compared
Deze blogbijdrage presenteert van een aantal online video hosting services de rechten waar een ‘uploader’ of content provider, als rechthebbende van de betreffende content, vanaf moet zien om van de dienst gebruik te kunnen maken. De blogger heeft met name gekeken naar: Blip.tv , Dailymotion , Flickr video , Kyte.tv , LiveVideo , Vimeo en YouTube. Zijn conclusie, na een …
Preservation of Archival Sound Recordings
Contents: General Principles and Guidelines Metadata — Related Data and Other Information Digital Copies Transfers from Analog Masters: Playback, Metadata, Making Digital Archival Masters Transfers from Digital Originals Storing the Digital Files Documentation Conclusion This document contains the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Technical Committee’s (ARSC TC) recommendations for preserving sound recordings, and more specifically for transferring sound recordings to …
Data Seal of Approval
Contents: Home Assessment Community News & Events Tool Log in Information Contact Affiliated websites Deze website is opgericht om onderzoeksinstituten te instrueren die hun onderzoeksdata duurzaam willen archiveren. Een onderzoeksinstituut kan het Data Seal of Approval (DSA) verkrijgen als de data in de betreffende repository voldoen aan de 16 richtlijnen waar de audit (assessment) procedure uit bestaat. In het bestuur …
Understanding the costs of digitisation
Contents: Executive summary List of contents Document history 1. Introduction 2. The foundations 3. Project management 4. Content capture 5. Metadata generation 6. Procurement 7. IPR 8. Service delivery A. Case studies in detail. This report provides advice, based on the experiences of completed digitisation projects, two of which involved audiovisual collections. Using “factor profiles”, it highlights areas which are …

