Music and Sound Archives Community of Practice

Presentation of the Music and Sound Archives Community of Practice by Daniel Teruggi at the Presto4U Workshop ‘Digital Audiovisual Preservation in Communities of Practice: Learn, Collaborate and Share’. Including current problems and issues with an analysis of weak and strong needs regarding preservation and access; how interaction and collaboration can develop innovative solutions. Recommended for everyone within the domain of …

AV Insider 5: New Challenges for the Audiovisual Archivist

AV Insider is a quarterly magazine for the audiovisual digital preservation community. AV Insider Issue 5 (July 2014) is a special 44 pages summer edition about the new challenges for the audiovisual archivist: New support roles for the AV community Where can you find old manuals? How do you increase your digital maturity level? What we can learn from other practitioner communities …

How to help content owners to bring their collections to institutions?

Heritage institutions are increasingly interested in receiving contributions from users and content collectors. On the other hand, content holders are willing to give or to make accessible contents they have produced or inherited to institutions which can assure a long-term access and preservation of their values. This is why many initiatives have started in the last years to bring both …

AV Insider 6: TDR, Digital Preservation and the Soft Side of Technology

AV Insider is a quarterly magazine for the audiovisual digital preservation community. AV Insider Issue 6 (July 2015) is a special 31 pages edition about Trusted Digital Repositories, digital preservation and the soft side of technology: The challenges of becoming a Trusted Digital Repository Multimedia Preservation Application Format as metadata container Welcome to the jungle of preservation standards Automated metadata extraction and …

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 …