Contents:
- 1. Document Scope
- 2. Executive Summary
- 3. Cost and Value Overview
- 4. Costs: Digitisation and Associated Activities
- 5. Digital Preservation
- 6. Digitisation Costs in Europe
- 7. Value of European Audiovisual Heritage
- 8. Access
- 9. European and Global Support for Audiovisual Preservation
- 10. Service Industry Developments
- 11. References.
This status report on audiovisual preservation issues across all EC Countries in 2006 discusses the cost of digitisation as well as the cost of the ‘digital preservation’ of the results of digitisation. The report also reviews information on the value of audiovisual content, and concludes with updates on archive access initiatives and on European political and commercial developments in 2006.
This annual ‘audiovisual preservation survey report’ was one of four produced during the PrestoSpace project. They are valuable in the way they set the problems of audiovisual preservation within a broad context and convince the reader that immediate action is needed. Although it says it targets those managing audiovisual collections, it offers a very good introduction to those not active in the field but who need an understanding of the current situation av archives face. Although some of its references (to finished projects and some links) may be outdated, it is very readable and offers good explanations about the digitization process and the many types of ‘costs’ associated with digitization and digital preservation. The section on ‘value’, both public as well as commercial is also good.