Images of the Past. 7 years of Images for the Future

Over a period of seven years Sound and Vision, EYE Film Institute, the National Archives and Kennisland preserved over 90,000 hours of video, 20,000 hours of film, some 100,000 hours of audio and 2,500,000 photos. The digitised material is now being reused for numerous purposes, from learning material and Wikipedia to apps and services for the creative industry. Images for the …

D22.9 Annual Report on Preservation Issues for European Audiovisual Collections (2008)

Contents: 1. Document Scope 2. Executive Summary 3. Update on audiovisual digitisation projects and technology 4. Activities supporting audiovisual preservation 5. Preserving Files 6. Access 7. The PrestoSpace Year in Review 8. Life After PrestoSpace. This survey report describes audiovisual preservation and access initiatives underway in 2007. It covers the employment of automation technology, provides a ‘short list’ of major …

A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections, 3rd edition

Contents: Foreword&nbsp Introduction &nbsp Collections&nbsp Objects&nbsp Metadata&nbsp Initiatives. Overzicht van de belangrijkste onderdelen van creatie en beheer van digitale collecties. Biedt een raamwerk voor het identificeren, organiseren en toepassen van (bestaande) kennis. Het document is bedoeld voor twee typen lezers: cultureel erfgoed organisaties die projecten beginnen voor de vorming van digitale collecties en financieringsorganisaties die de ontwikkeling van duurzame digitale …

Telecine Field Dominance

This report addresses problems archives may encounter when they try to encode videotapes whose content originates from a telecine transfer of film originals. It focuses particularly on field synchronisation problems which can cause interlacing artefacts, discusses confusion over film dominance and suggests solutions. This is a technical paper targetting film transfer engineers as well as technical personnel involved in video …

D22.8 Annual Report on Preservation Issues for European Audiovisual Collections (2007)

Contents: 1. Document Scope 2. Executive Summary 3. Cost and Value Overview 4. Costs: Digitisation and Associated Activities 5. Digital Preservation 6. Digitisation Costs in Europe 7. Value of European Audiovisual Heritage 8. Access 9. European and Global Support for Audiovisual Preservation 10. Service Industry Developments 11. References. This status report on audiovisual preservation issues across all EC Countries in …