De huidige generatie digitale informatiedragers zal langzaam maar zeker uit de gratie raken, want niet duurzaam genoeg en met een beperkte opslagcapaciteit. Maar opslaan in DNA komt eraan. Hoewel de eerste toepassingen veelbelovend zijn, moeten er nog wel wat obstakels overwonnen worden.
Building Workflows for Digitization and Digital Preservation – Memnon and DR
This is the presentation given by Michel Merten (Memnon) and Tobias Golodnoff (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) as part of the Building Workflows for Digitisation and Digital Preservation session at Screening the Future 2011. In this presentation, Merten and Golodnoff discuss the DAT Digitisation project of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, and Memnon’s technical and planning involvement. The presentation includes the key steps …
Excellence in Digital Preservation
This website contains white papers, webinar presentations and other material with a particular focus on the preservation of data: the results of research. The information on storage, risks, trust and repositories has direct relevance to audiovisual files and their preservation. From the website: “Digital encoding dominantes how information is created, shaped and exchanged. This dependence carries many risks. …
Digital Curation Centre
The Digital Curation Centre is the UK’s leading hub of expertise in curating digital research data. Anyone who can benefit from storing, managing and protecting digital data can turn to the DCC for expert advice and practical help. Effective data management throughout the research lifecycle will ensure that data will continue to work for you as productively as the research …
meemoo Vlaams Instituut voor het Archief
Meemoo is een vzw die zich met steun van de Vlaamse Overheid inzet voor de digitale archiefwerking van organisaties in cultuur, media en overheid. Op de website bevinden zich een kennisbank met tal van publicaties.
Vinegar Syndrome: An Action Plan
The paper proposes a methodology and proactive strategy to deal with the vinegar syndrome problem. It is based upon two fundamentals: (1) evaluation of the condition of film collections, and (2) assessment of storage conditions. This documents presents a practical, step by step methodology in 11 pages and has been produced by one of the leading institutes researching image permanence.