The Cost of Digitising Europe’s Cultural Heritage

Contents: Executive Summary Overview of Figures by Sector 1. Purpose of this Study 2. Defining Digitisation 3. Cost-Models for Digitisation 4. Understanding Formats 5. A Structured Approach to Normalising Costs 6. The Scale of European Cultural Heritage 7. The Cost of Digitising Libraries 8. The Cost of Digitising Museums 9. The Cost of Digitising Archives 10. The Cost of Digitising …

Wotsit: The Programmers File and Data Resource

Contents: Full list Graphic Files 3D Graphics Files CAD Files Movies/Animations Archive Files Binaries Spreadsheet/Database Financial/Stocks Font Files Game Files Text Files/Documents Internet related Sound & Music Windows Files GIS Formats Comms Formats Printer Formats Hardware Formats Miscellaneous. Een overzichtsite voor file- en data formaten, speciaal gericht op programmeurs. De site biedt informatie over honderden verschillende filetypen en datatypen maar …

Recommendation on the deposit and acquisition of D-cinema elements

This is a FIAF technical commission technical recommendation on the deposit and acquisition of D-cinema elements for long term preservation and access. It provides a concise description of the key concepts of digital distribution and presents a simple specification for the archival deposit of digital cinema works. Current standards for digital cinema are produced by the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI), …

Best Practices Guide for Establishing a Permanent Observatory for Archives and Local Televisions

This resource presents best practice guidelines for creating a colloborative organisation whose primary goal is the preservation of local community audiovisual heritage. It was produced by one such organisation, the Observatori d’Arxius i Televisions Locals which was formed by four archive and local television organisations in Catalonia and Andorra. Based on their successful approach, this publication proposes recommended objectives, scope, …

Web Archiving in Europe

Contents: Context Key figures of results Survey Analysis Presentation 1. Characterization of the community 2. Legal Aspect 3. Management of Web archiving program Conclusion In het kader van het LiWA project is in december 2010 een enquête gehouden onder 364 instellingen in 37 Europese landen om te inventariseren welke organisaties aan een webarchief bouwen en om een actueel beeld te …