Designated communities are central to validation of preservation. If a designated community is able to understand and use information found within a digital repository, the assumption is that the information has been properly preserved. As judging the trustworthiness of information requires at least some level of understanding of that information, this paper presents results of a study aimed at developing …
Digital Libraries: Knowledge, Information, and Data in an Open Access Society
This volume contains the papers presented at the 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL 2016), held during December 7–9, 2016, in Tsukuba, Japan. Since starting in Hong Kong in 1998, ICADL has become a premier international conference for digital library research. The conference series explores digital libraries as a broad foundation for interaction with information and information management …
Preservation Guide
Click on the links below to access the PDF’s. Navigation Guide Introduction Overview of Preservation 1 What is preservation 1.1 Maintenance 1.2 Digitisation 1.3 Conservation 1.4 Restoration 1.5 What this document covers, and doesn’t cover Getting Started 2.1 Where to start: cartography! 2.2 Muster your resources 2.3 Prioritise Develop a Strategy 3 Collection strategy 3.1 Long-term purpose if the preservation …
AV Digitisation and Digital Preservation TechWatch Report #04
The IBC, or International Broadcasting Convention, is Europe’s largest professional broadcast fair. Held annually in September in Amsterdam, the trade show saw a record year in 2016, with 56,000 in attendance over the five days of exhibition and conference activities. The buzz at the show was that things are picking up again after the disruption of the past decade, where the financial turbulence and …
Handreiking voor het digitaliseren van videobanden en filmtape bij kleine musea in Nederland
Deze handreiking geeft een laagdrempelig overzicht van de te nemen stappen bij het opstarten van een digitaliseringsproject voor film- en/of videomateriaal. De handreiking is met name gericht op kleine erfgoedinstellingen en musea waar beperkte kennis aanwezig is over AV-archivering. Voor dergelijke instellingen is dit document een goede hulp om zelf aan de slag te gaan met digitaliseren. Deze handreiking komt …