Contents:

Members of the Task Force Group
1. Foreword
2. Introduction
3. Technical Selection Criteria
    3.1 Technical aspects relevant for prioritisation of transfer projects
    3.2 Original versus replicated carriers
    3.3 Degradation of Carriers and its Assessment
          3.3.1 Cylinders
          3.3.2 Coarse grooved discs (78rpm records)
          3.3.3 Microgroove discs (“vinyls”, LPs)
          3.3.4 Magnetic tape
          3.3.5 Optical Carriers
    3.4. Obsolescence of Replay Equipment and Associated Software
          3.4.1 Formats already obsolete
          3.4.2 Formats about to become obsolete
          3.4.3 Other formats
    3.5 Summary
 

4. Selection for Digitisation in Broadcasting Sound Archives