2014 Report on Digitisation, Online Accessibility and Digital Preservation of Cultural Material

The European Commission monitors progress in the area of Digitisation, Online Accessibility and Digital Preservation of Cultural Material. This 2014 Status Report shows that there has been an increase of digitisation plans and overviews of digitised material, more cross-border collaboration and public-private partnerships as well as pooling of digitisation efforts through competence centres or specific aggregators. Web visibility of cultural …

Preservation Case Studies for Archives

Preservation Case Studies for Archives is an innovative educational experience that places the student in the role of the decision maker.  Through a dynamic process of idea exchange, students first learn about the situation, then identify and analyse the problems to determine the causes, and finally develop alternative strategies for a solution. Preservation Case Studies for Archives provides the context …

Preservation Guide

Click on the links below to access the PDF’s. Navigation Guide Introduction Overview of Preservation 1 What is preservation 1.1 Maintenance 1.2 Digitisation 1.3 Conservation 1.4 Restoration 1.5 What this document covers, and doesn’t cover Getting Started 2.1 Where to start: cartography! 2.2 Muster your resources 2.3 Prioritise Develop a Strategy 3 Collection strategy 3.1 Long-term purpose if the preservation …

Digital Preservation Sound and Vision: Policy, Standards and Procedures

The purpose of this document is to contribute to the development and promotion of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid) as a leading audio-visual archive that has identified sustainable digital preservation as its primary business. With that in mind, this document explicitly outlines all principles and choices that form the basis for execution …

EYE Collectiebeleidsplan 2018-2021

Het Eye Collectiebeleidsplan 2018-2021 geeft inzage in de werkzaamheden van Eye en de ambities op het gebied van conservering, digitalisering, restauratie en ontsluiting van filmerfgoed. Eye heeft de afgelopen zeventig jaar een internationaal toonaangevende collectie verworven die de hele filmgeschiedenis omspant, van stille films uit de beginperiode van de cinema tot en met de meest recente Nederlandse bioscoopfilms. Voor de …