This report presents the research findings concerning a fire exercise the National Archives of Australia held in association with ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) in 2012. The purpose of the exercise was to examine questions relating to the fire protection provided by of storage materials and furniture. A range of box types, furniture types and surrogate materials were included in …
The basic steps for planning, funding, and carrying out a preservation project are: make a map of the collection, and sort contents into groups according to type and condition; arrange the groups in priority order according to the urgency of their preservation needsd (triage); work out what needs to be done for each group: a preservation strategy; and state exactly how the work will be …
These guidelines, launched March 2013, encourage best practice in citing any kind of audiovisual items. They were produced by a project based at the British University Film and Video Council, based on an international study of citation requirements and best practice. The guidelines cover: film; television programmes; radio programmes; audio recordings; DVD extras; clips; trailers; adverts; idents; non-broadcast, amateur and archive …
AV Insider is a quarterly magazine for the audiovisual digital preservation community. AV Insider issue 3 (January 2013) is themed “Preservation Technology: Making the Connection”. It gives an insight into the challenges faced and the actions required to bring AV preservation technology (tools, techniques, systems) out of laboratories and into practical applications for AV archivists. This issue also introduces a …
Contents: 1. Tables 2. Introduction 3. Approach Used 4. Definitions Used 5. Analogue-Born content problems 6. Born-Digital Content Problems 6.1 Digital video tapes problems 6.2 Other digital carriers problems 6.3 Digital video transmission problems 6.4 Digital video files problems 7. System problems and mitigation procedures 7.1 System risks 7.2 Mitigation procedures 8. Conclusions 9. Glossary This report describes a variety …
Contents: 1. History 2. Digital Repository Interfaces 3. Customization 4. Format Policies 5. Scalability 6. Sustainability 7. Conclusion References This paper describes in short the first production version of Archivematica, a full-production digital preservation system, ready to be implemented, integrated with other systems, and developed further by Artefactual and community members. The authors, Peter van Garderen and Courtney Mumma of …
