In the interest of gaining a broad view of contemporary digital preservation practice in North American research libraries, this paper presents the findings of a study of file format policies at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions. It is intended to present the digital preservation community with an assessment of the level of trust currently placed in common file …
The Role of Standards for the Preservation of Audiovisual Material
This webinar is an introduction to standards in the context of audiovisual preservation. It will start with basics on what standards are, how they are created and which purposes they serve. The webinar will discuss the potential benefits of using standards in audiovisual preservation as well as the additional efforts that may be needed. Moreover it will spot some potential …
AV Insider 6: TDR, Digital Preservation and the Soft Side of Technology
AV Insider is a quarterly magazine for the audiovisual digital preservation community. AV Insider Issue 6 (July 2015) is a special 31 pages edition about Trusted Digital Repositories, digital preservation and the soft side of technology: The challenges of becoming a Trusted Digital Repository Multimedia Preservation Application Format as metadata container Welcome to the jungle of preservation standards Automated metadata extraction and …
AMIA 2015 Conference Presentations
Speaker presentations are posted as they are received. The following presentations are available for downloading: Advocacy: Personal Advocacy – The Power of One Benedict Olgado, University of the Philippines Diliman, Ray Edmondson, Archive Associates Pty Ltd, Débora Butruce, Mnemosine Ltd, Chalida Uabumrungjit, Thai Film Archive Competency-Based Frameworks for Moving Image Archiving Education Kelle Anzalone, Mission Hills High School, Karen Gracy, Kent State University, Dino Everett, Hugh …
Digital Preservation: Online Resources
If you are new to the world of digital preservation, you may be feeling overwhelmed by the multitude of technical terms and professional practices to contend with, and the fact that standards never seem to stay in place for very long. Fortunately, there are many resources related to digital preservation available on the internet. Unfortunately, the large amount of websites, …
The Digitized Archival Document Trustworthiness Scale
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 …