Preserving Digital Sound and Vision: A Briefing

Date: 
8 Apr 2011
Location: 
London, UK

Preserving Digital Sound and Vision: A Briefing
08.04.2011
British Library (Centre for Conservation), London

Emerging tools and services for digital preservation are typically built around the need to preserve texts, documents, images and data sets. Audio and video – broadly defined as time-based-media - have received less attention within the library and archive communities, partly because they have historically been seen as distinct, partly because they present new technical challenges, and partly because they have hitherto represented only a small proportion of the collections which memory institutions and research archives collect. However, the simplicity with which digital video and audio can be captured and the ease and popularity of online distribution means that they are now ubiquitous, creating new concern for long term access. As more and more of our cultural and scientific legacy is being created in digital audio-visual formats, so those managing long term access to data need to understand the challenges and opportunities which these formats bring. New skills and new techniques will be required to ensure our digital audio and video memory is accessible tomorrow.

This Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) briefing day will provide a forum for members to review and debate the latest development in the preservation of digital sound and vision. Based on commentary and case studies from leaders in the field, participants will be presented with emerging tools and technologies and will be encouraged to propose and debate new directions for research. The day will include a discussion of key

* Preservation of digital audio formats and collections
* Preservation of digital video formats and collections
* Creation, documentation and retrieval of digital sound and video
* Emerging tools and policies for preservation

Who should come?

This day will be of interest to:

* Collections manager, librarians, archivists and conservators with responsibility for audio and video collections
* Managers and funders of digitization projects
* Repository managers providing access to data linked to publications
* Tools developers and policy makers in digital preservation
* Innovators and researchers in digital sound and video
* Innovators and researchers in computing science
* Vendors and providers of collections management services