Meeting the Problem of Media Preservation: Strategies and Solutions

Contents: Executive Summary – 1. Prologue 2. Media Preservation Initiative Task Force Recommendations 3. Background 4. Preservation Planning 5. Strategies for Film 6. Facility Planning 7. Access 8. Technology Infrastructure and Needs 9. Campus Engagement 10. Next Steps Appendix 1: Project Structure and Personnel This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Indiana University (IU) Bloomington Media Preservation Task …

Digital Agenda for the European Film Heritage

This report focuses on the preservation of, and the access to European cinematographic heritage. The report is based on a survey launched in January 2011 to assess the impact of digitisation for European film archives. The survey was conducted by peacefulfish Productions Ltd, subcontractors were Red Cat Technologies, the University of Helsinki/IPR University Center and the external expert Nicola Mazzanti. …

Broadband for all—an alternative vision.

This report proposes an alternative vision for UK broadband policy, which, rather than being target driven, makes the case for a national broadband network which should be regarded as a fundamental strategic asset, to which different people can connect in different ways according to their needs and demands. The delivery of certain speeds should not be the guiding principle; what …

A Digital Agenda for Film Archives

“A Digital Agenda for Film Archives” describes the challenges of the digital turn and discusses the role of the archives in this process. Compared to analogue preservation, digital archiving requires very different workflows, technologies and skills. While most of the traditional analogue tasks will continue, film archives must also be prepared to perform proper digital archiving. This has impact on many …

2014 Report on Digitisation, Online Accessibility and Digital Preservation of Cultural Material

The European Commission monitors progress in the area of Digitisation, Online Accessibility and Digital Preservation of Cultural Material. This 2014 Status Report shows that there has been an increase of digitisation plans and overviews of digitised material, more cross-border collaboration and public-private partnerships as well as pooling of digitisation efforts through competence centres or specific aggregators. Web visibility of cultural …