The UK Digital Production Partnership has commissioned a study on the impact of cloud on broadcast. It’s a very good read and includes discussion of archive storage including explicit discussion of standards. It also covers various other areas such as how the Cloud technology may impact on the market. The report provides interesting parallels to what we’re looking at in …
This guide is intended to take an institution step-by-step through the process of drafting a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the transfer of analog video — specifically VHS — to digital carriers for preservation. The template can be used by libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions and submitted to qualified transfer vendors. It should instill a bit more confidence in …
This free webinar presents an overview of the key challenges and processes involved in digitisation and digital preservation through a real world case study from the BBC Broadcast Archive. The BBC has been copying from old videotape formats to new ones for over 20 years, but for most of that time they copied from analogue videotape to digital videotape. For …
Contents: Part 1. Detailed Matrix for Wrappers (unified table) Part 2. Detailed Matrix for Wrappers (multi-page) Part 3. Detailed Matrix for Encodings (unified large table) Part 4. Detailed Matrix for Encodings (multi-page) Part 5. Narrative and Summary Tables The National Archives and Records Administration, with significant input from the Library of Congress, has compared video formats (generally older physical videotape …
Contents: Introduction I. Textual Works and Musical Compositions II. Still Image Works III. Audio Works i. Audio – On Tangible Media (digital and analog) Audio – Media Independent (digital) IV. Moving Image Works i. Motion Pictures- Digital and Physical Media ii Video – File-based and Physical Media V. Software and Electronic Gaming and Learning VI. Datasets/Databases The Library of Congress …
Contents: Introduction General Resources Digital Storage Transcoding and Editing Software Applications and Other Technical Tools Inventorying and Processing Digitization/Capture, Preservation and Quality Control Authenticity, Fixity and Integrity File Naming Metadata File Format Selections and Other Technical Information Standards Documentation Digital Video Creation / “Shooting the Video” Resources Equipment/Capture Device Resources This is one of four documents examining aspects of the …
