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45th IASA Annual Conference and Call for Papers

Dear IASA members and followers,

We invite you to attend the 45th IASA (International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives) Annual Conference.

“Connecting Cultures: Content, Context, and Collaboration”

Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday 5th — Thursday 9th October 2014 #iasa2014

http://2014.iasa-web.org

AVPreserve releases Fixity v0.3

Version 0.3 of Fixity, the free fixity monitoring tool developed by AVPreserve, has been officially released for download on AVPreserve's Tools page and via GitHub. Fixity creates a manifest of files stored in directories identified by the user, documenting file names, locations, and checksums. The user can then schedule regular reviews of the directories to monitor for any changes to files that may point to data corruption or loss.

8.4 kilometres of shelving for Australia's audiovisual collection

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s CEO, Michael Loebenstein, officially opened the NFSA’s newest collection preservation facility in Canberra on 3 December.

Radio Mogadishu archives get digitized

After more than 60 years of analogue storage in an inadequate environment, the Radio Mogadishu audio archive is being digitized in order to save it from deterioration and introduce the unique Somali historical recordings to new audience.

 

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