Contents: Introduction 1. Conference/Content 2. Significance 3. Team 4. Planning/Grants 5. Funding 6. Physical Characteristics 7. Digitization Rationale 8. Specifications and Process 9. Metadata 10. Delivery 11. Conclusion References This article, which appeared in the March/April 2011 issue of D-LIB magazine, describes a pilot project undertaken by the University of Colorado Archives to digitize the audio recordings from the Conference …
Contents: 1 Introduction 2 Overview of Audit and Certification Criteria 3 Organizational Infrastructure 4 Digital Object Management 5 Infrastructure and Security Risk Management Met deze CCSDS Recommended Practice is een aanbeveling uitgewerkt op basis waarvan een audit is uit te voeren voor het beoordelen van de betrouwbaarheid van een digitaal archief (digital repository). De aanbeveling is gebaseerd op OAIS en …
Contents: Executive Summary – 1. Prologue 2. Media Preservation Initiative Task Force Recommendations 3. Background 4. Preservation Planning 5. Strategies for Film 6. Facility Planning 7. Access 8. Technology Infrastructure and Needs 9. Campus Engagement 10. Next Steps Appendix 1: Project Structure and Personnel This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Indiana University (IU) Bloomington Media Preservation Task …
The “Glossary of Rights” provides definitions for a broad list of terms commonly used in negotiations of rights on audiovisual contents. It represents a proposal for the use of a shared terminology for the negotiation and management of rights and it is also at the basis of the PrestoPRIME AudioVisual Rights Ontology. It includes translations into French, German and Italian, …
This article describes what RAI has done about digitisation in the specific case of Betacam-like tapes. It also describes the devices and software employed, giving particular emphasis to quality issues.
During the digitisation of legacy archive material at ORF, the Austrian public-service broadcaster, hundreds of thousands of video cassettes will need to be converted to digital file formats over the next decade. To guarantee the sustainable usability of this file-based material, thoroughly-planned guidelines for Quality Control (QC) have to be worked out. Although some QC tools already exist, their detailed …
