This website contains a collection of information on digital preservation, in the British Library itself as well as in general. The British Library is collecting and creating an increasing amount of material in various digital formats. This material must be preserved for future use. The diversity of digital material and frequent changes in computer technology present challenges for long-term preservation …
Unesco Audiovisual Archives Programme
This is the website of the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) programme for Audiovisual Archives. This Programme seeks to preserve the audiovisual heritage comprising film, television and sound recordings. The adoption by the UNESCO General Conference in October 1980 of the Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images marked a historic moment when film, …
Understanding Image Sharpness Part 2: Resolution and MTF Curves in Scanners and Sharpening
In this page Norman Koren examines the MTF of scanners and sharpening algorithms, and addresses the question, “What scanner resolution (pixels per inch or dpi) is required for a digital print to appear sharper than a conventional darkroom print?” Norman Koren lives in Boulder, Colorado, founded Imatest LLC in 2004, previously worked on magnetic recording technology. He maintains his own …
Digitalisering audiovisueel materiaal erfgoedinstellingen: Modellen voor licenties en vergoedingen
Contents: Samenvatting 1 Inleiding 1.1 Probleemstelling en plan van behandeling 1.2 Gebruiksmodaliteiten gedigitaliseerd erfgoed 2 Mechanismen van rights clearance 2.1 Inleiding 2.2 Individuele licenties 2.3 Collectieve licenties 2.4 Vrijwaring en aansprakelijkheidsbeperking 2.5 Wettelijke oplossingen voor het outsiderprobleem 2.6 Evaluatie 3 Vergoedingsgrondslagen 3.1 Inleiding 3.2 Economische theorie 3.3 Vergoedingsfactoren bij schadevergoeding wegens auteursrechtinbreuk 3.4 Vergoedingsfactoren bij misbruik van auteursrecht 3.5 Vergoedingsfactoren …
The Problem of the Yellow Milkmaid : a Business Model Perspective on Open Metadata
Contents: 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Supply and Demand 4. Open Licences 5. Business Model Perspective 5.1. The role of metadata in current business models 5.2. Risks and benefits of innovating the business model 6. Conclusion Europeana and its partners have been exploring the issues surrounding open metadata for about a year. This report presents the outcome of a …
Automatic Heritage Metadata Enrichment with Historic Events
Contents: 1. Introduction 2.Related Work 3. Data 4. Enriching Metadata with Events 5. Agora demonstrator: presenting the enriched collections 6. Future work References In deze paper voor de conferentie Museums and the Web 2011, lichten de onderzoekers van de VU Amsterdam en van het Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid toe, hoe een thesaurus met historische gebeurtenissen de beschrijvingen van …




