Audio Tape Digitisation Workflow

This work is aimed at newcomers to the world of audio tape digitisation. It was developed as a training tool for project TAPE (Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe), which ended in 2008. It describes the workflow from the tapes and machines preparatory to conversion. At each point in the workflow is a list of useful literature references.  

Selection Procedures for Digitisation

Contents: 1. Introduction &nbsp 2. Understanding your collection, users’ needs and context 3. Some key issues to address 4. Getting practical 5. Further reading. Een ‘adviesdocument’ met de vragen die van belang zijn bij het definiëren van selectiecriteria.  Bedoeld om archiefmedewerkers te helpen en te stimuleren bij hun gedachtenvorming omtrent selectie. Helder, beknopt overzicht van alle kwesties die moeten worden overwogen …

Sustaining the Digital Investment: Issues and Challenges of Economically Sustainable Digital Preservation

Contents: Executive Summary Preface 1. Introduction 2. Economic Models and Their Properties 3. Prior Experience and Preliminary Lessons Learned 4. Understanding Economic Sustainability: Observations, Gaps and Opportunities References Cited. Dit interimrapport beschrijft het geheel van economisch gerelateerde factoren die een rol spelen bij digitale duurzaamheid. Het definieert de activiteiten die economisch duurzaam moeten zijn, geeft uitgebreid uitleg over economische modellen …

The Digital Black Hole

This article presents an analysis of costs for digitizing and long-term storage at the Riksarkivet (National Archives, RA) in Stockholm, Sweden. This example includes forecasts of cost development for the next few years which may help other institutions in analysing their own costs and budgeting for long-term storage. This often quoted article, published in the framework of the TAPE project, …

Digitisation of programme material in Audio Archives

Contents: 1. Scope 2. Background 3. Archive Strategy &nbsp 4. Storage capacity &nbsp 5. Metadata 6. Compression &nbsp 7. Channel Formats 8. Restoration of Audio 9. Indexing 10. How to Accelerate the Process of Digitisation? &nbsp 11. The Right Choice of Technical Parameters &nbsp 12. The Process of Digitisation 13. Monitoring of Quality&nbsp &nbsp 14. Bibliography. Deze aanbeveling specificeert technische …