Contents: Part one: Reelin’ in the years: From wheels of steel to ribbons of rust Part two: A game of noughts and crosses ‘Tis a spool’s paradise, t’ be surrrre Part three: Video thrilled the radio star: Tracking the history of magnetic tape: … That’s entertainment This resource, published in three parts over September and October 2013 in the online …
Unlike archiving most other artifacts and objects, film preservation has always been heavily dependent on industry practice. The complicated and vast machinery involved in shooting, duplication, processing and projection of new films has been the same ones used for preserving and presenting film heritage. The recent shift from analogue to digital technology in capture, post-production and distribution of cinematographic works …
This publication contains a series of blog posts, compiled from The Signal, on the subject of personal digital archiving. Specifically, the topics include guidance for such things as choosing file formats and adding descriptions to digital photos; first hand accounts of working with and preserving personal collections; descriptions of outreach activities and interviews with library professionals on the subject of …
This report reviews and assesses the overall progress achieved in the European Union in implementing Commission Recommendation of 27 October 2011 on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation (2011/711/EU), as well as the related Council Conclusions of 10 May 2012. The Commission presented a first report in 2008, with its Communication ‘Europe’s cultural heritage at …
Contents: Scope 1. Introduction 2. Recommendations & Best Practices 3. Understanding Digital Video 4. Metadata 5. File Formats 6. Delivering Video on the Web 7. Digitization Workflow Appendix A: Hardware & Software for Video Digitization, Editing and Distribution Appendix B: Examples of Video Dissemination Formats in Digital Collections Appendix C: Selected List of Commercial Digitization Services Appendix D: Links and …
Full report, in two blog posts, on the 6th biennial seminar in the “Changing Sceneries Changing Roles” series offered by the Media Management Commission of FIAT/IFTA. The seminar was hosted at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Beeld en Geluid) in Hilversum on May 16th and 17th of 2013. The first day covered the themes Linked Metadata and Preservation …
