Contents: Executive Summary Project Description : The Problem Project History NYU Preservation Repository The metadata problem Historical production processes of public media content producers Transition to digital is an opportunity to improve processes Preservation-compliant production Media Asset Management system How our findings can help other organizations Challenges and initial lessons learned Next steps System Description Appendix This report describes a …
Handboek digitaliseren van analoge audiovisuele objecten (beeld en geluid)
Contents: Inhoud Inleiding 1. Doelstellingen bepalen 2. Beslissingstabel 3. Auteursrechten 4. Selectie materiaal 5. Analyse materiaal 6. Materiële voorbereiding 7. Bepalen kwaliteitsvereisten 8. Digitaliseren 9. Digitale restauratie 10. Kwaliteitscontroles 11. Raadplegingskopieën 12. Archivering en opname in digitaal depot 13. Glossarium 14. Literatuurlijst This deliverable from the Archipel project describes all the process steps involved in digitizing analogue audio, video and …
A Study of Embedded Metadata Support in Audio Recording Software
Contents: Executive Summary Introduction Test Description Test Results Conclusions and Discussion. This short report subtitled “summary findings and conclusions” presents the results of a study undertaken by the ARSC Technical Committee on the persistence and integrity of embedded metadata in digital audio files over time. The study was concerned with two things in particular, what happens to the metadata when …
Refining Conversion Contract Specifications: Determining Suitable Digital Video Formats for Medium-term Storage
Contents: What is this document? Video preservation in a digital context Practice variation at the Library and in the wider community Options for an interim approach About classes and categories Category 1. Analog source Category 2. Digital source (media dependent, non-transcoded transfer possible Category 3. Digital source (media dependent, transcoded transfer required Category 4. Digital source (media independent “file based”) …
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. …
Goodbye, Dawson City, Goodbye
This article from the April 2011 issue of the AMIA Tech Review has as its subtitle Digital Cinema Technologies from the Archive’s Perspective: Part 2. It opens with twelve ‘lessons’ learned concerning the long term preservation and management of digital cinema works. They are followed by what the author calls ‘thinking out loud’: eight ‘worries’ about analog collection management resulting …