[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Survey on Maturity, Strategy and Staffing Resources

[Somaya Langley]

Hi MCN List Members,


The Digital Preservation Oxford and Cambridge (DPOC) project in collaboration 
with the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has developed a short survey 
intended to gather information from collecting and research organisations 
around the world who have a remit to manage digital content. The survey has a 
particular focus on staffing resources, but also briefly covers policy, 
strategy, and maturity modelling. We would very much like to receive some 
responses from those working in the museum and gallery sectors.

We are aware that concrete information for benchmarking institutions against 
their peers - particularly in regards to maturity and staffing resources - is 
required by those looking to make the case for digital preservation within 
their organisations. We are interested in obtaining figures from institutions 
around the world, regardless of an institution’s size or whether any digital 
preservation effort has already commenced. We are particularly keen to obtain 
information from institutions based outside of the USA.

We would be very grateful if you would take the time to fill out our survey:
https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_brWr12R8hMwfIOh

The survey should take between 10-20 minutes to complete. Deadline for survey 
responses is: 31 May 2018
(Though we would very much appreciate input earlier than this date.)

Further information can be found at: 
http://www.dpoc.ac.uk/2018/04/23/maturity-and-resourcing-survey/
Anonymised raw data will be shared via the DPOC website for all in the digital 
preservation community to use, in August 2018: http://www.dpoc.ac.uk/
Any questions about the survey can be directed to: 
digitalpreservat...@lib.cam.ac.uk


Apologies for cross-postings.


Many thanks

Somaya

--

Somaya Langley

Digital Preservation Specialist - Policy and Planning (Polonsky Fellow)

Cambridge University Library

West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR

T: +44 (0)1223 765576

E: sz...@cam.ac.uk

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[MCN-L] Digital Preservation and AV - proposed stream for AMIA 2016

[Kathryn Gronsbell]

Hello-

We are seeking contributors for a proposed stream

that
focuses on the relationship between audiovisual content and digital
preservation, for the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
conference. The conference will take place in Pittsburgh, PA in November
with practitioners and leadership from museums, archives, libraries, and
broadcast / entertainment companies.

In addition to soliciting your participation, we invite you to add your
name to the letter of support included in our proposal.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions and comments off list:
amia2016digip...@gmail.com

Thanks,
Shira Peltzman, Rebecca Fraimow, Ashley Blewer, and Kathryn Gronsbell
(stream co-organizers)

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Digital Asset Manager, Carnegie Hall
kgronsb...@gmail.com
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[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[Dixon, Stephen]

While h264 is a great codec for delivering video on the web or reducing the 
size of video files on hard disk, I'd question its use as an archival format, 
not just because it is proprietary, but also because it is lossy and limited in 
quality. I would strongly, strongly advise against using ogg/theora for this 
reason.

I'd suggest a codec that is lossless, capable of 4:4:4 colour reproduction and 
allows for 10, 12 or 16 bit samples. In addition to these quality 
considerations it should have an open bitstream specification at least, if not 
open source software to encode and decode it. H.264 fails both on quality, and 
on openness. It's a fantastic codec for delivery, but I'd think twice about 
using it for archiving.

I'd suggest looking at the FFV1 codec, which we are implementing for our AV 
archives. It is entirely open source, it allows 16bit 4:4:4 samples, has robust 
error correction, and is mathematically lossless. The project it comes from, 
the open source ffmpeg video conversion tool is widely used and is under active 
development. FFV1 is used by the ?stereichische Mediathek (Austrian national 
video archive) which have developed FOSS digitisation software using it.

Also worth investigating is the Library of Congress' favoured codec, motion 
JPEG 2000. I trialled MJ2K for our purposes, but I found that it required much 
greater hardware resources than FFV1.

As a container format we use Matroska, also open source, which is a very 
flexible container format, on a par with Quicktime, but without the proprietary 
constraints. The MXF container format is another option that allows flexible 
wrapping of essence and metadata, and has been widely adopted.

Stephen Dixon
Digital Video Officer
Museum Victoria
ph +61 3 8341 7588

On 26/07/2013, at 4:55 AM, T Hopkins hoplist at 
hillmanncarr.commailto:hoplist at hillmanncarr.com wrote:

I love Open Source, but not for this purpose.  The prime object of an archive 
format is broad support for the longest possible time.  The OS video formats 
have not proven to be effective competitors, and do not have a promising 
future.  Great in theory.  Bad in practice.

While I don't like being attached to proprietary formats, there is no perfect 
answer right now.  MPEG, both the formats and the organization, have a very 
long track record and are more widely used in critical applications by a huge 
margin.  In the longevity wars, MPEG is the absolute clear winner.  MPEG is, 
quite literally, where all the money is.

While Quicktime is proprietary (Apple), it's important to remember that is only 
a wrapper and not a codec.  It is powerful and very well documented.  Right 
now, it is probably the most widely supported wrapper, playable on pretty much 
any computer built in the past decade.  It is well documented and should be 
decodable and playable for quite a long time.  And because it is only a 
wrapper, it is easily unwrapped and rewrapped in a future wrapper at very low 
effort and zero quality loss.

My choice today for archiving is Quicktime wrapped MPEG.  Today this would by 
h264 codec, but in the near future it will the MPEG successors.   While using 
an MPEG wrapper would seem like a better choice, MPEG wrappers are fussy, 
inflexible, have wide compatibility issues and poor legacy support.   I don't 
trust them in the long term.  Maybe in the future.

cheers,
tod

On Jul 23, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Maarten Zeinstra wrote:

Hi all,

When storing digital materials for conservation I would always advise using 
open formats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_format), for video I would use 
OGG/THEORA or WebM if I had the chance. We do this for 
openimages.euhttp://openimages.eu.

The problem with QuickTime and Windows Media Files are that they are mostly not 
available on different platforms. It is already difficult to open .mov or or. 
wmv on Windows or OS X respectively. Let alone on Android or iOS and up and 
coming ChromeOS, .

As a trend we see that desktops and offline management system are declining 
(i.e. we work more and more in a browser using browser based management 
systems, either on our desktops, laptops, phones, or tablets) To prevent having 
to re-encode all your video files in the future against high software costs I 
would always choose open file formats. That way any software maker or open 
source developer can create a video player for these files.

My semi-related 50 cents.

Cheers,

Maarten Zeinstra


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Kennisland | www.kennisland.nlhttp://www.kennisland.nl | t +31205756720 | m 
+31643053919 | @mzeinstra




On Jul 13, 2013, at 21:53 , Leonard Steinbach lensteinbach at 
gmail.commailto:lensteinbach at gmail.com wrote:

A product which you might find useful is
Wondersharehttp://www.wondershare.com/mac-video-converter-ultimate/#con3
which
I have used from time to time for various video conversions. It has many
more features, including some video editing capabilities.  There is free
trial version although it watermarks test 

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[T Hopkins]

Will I heartily agree that WMV and AVI are problematic on Mac and Unix 
platforms, Quicktime playback and manipulation has been well supported under 
Windows and Linux for many years and continue to be.  The major difference is 
that WMV and AVI work best with their own, Windows-only, codecs and are not 
particularly flexible as wrappers or across platforms.  Quicktime, however, is 
a wrapper only and not a codec, and it has been well supported across platforms 
for a long time.

You can argue that in a Windows dominant world, WMV and AVI, despite their lack 
of support on Mac, are safe for the foreseeable future.  It's a reasonable 
position if you believe that Windows will continue to be relevant.  As it 
happens, I don't.  I believe that Windows 7 was the last important Windows 
version.  The future, and I mean the near future, will be dominated by other, 
more stable, cheaper and flexible operating systems like Chrome, Android, iOS, 
and others.  It will be a multi-platform world and Windows will increasing be 
seen as an island.  There will also be new and better wrappers, such as MXF 
and future MPEG versions. 

However, no matter what bet you make, the only safe course is to plan for 
periodic format conversion.  That is simply the nature of technology.  The real 
question is when, not if.

cheers,
 tod


On Jul 23, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Maarten Zeinstra wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 When storing digital materials for conservation I would always advise using 
 open formats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_format), for video I would 
 use OGG/THEORA or WebM if I had the chance. We do this for openimages.eu.
 
 The problem with QuickTime and Windows Media Files are that they are mostly 
 not available on different platforms. It is already difficult to open .mov or 
 or. wmv on Windows or OS X respectively. Let alone on Android or iOS and up 
 and coming ChromeOS, . 
 
 As a trend we see that desktops and offline management system are declining 
 (i.e. we work more and more in a browser using browser based management 
 systems, either on our desktops, laptops, phones, or tablets) To prevent 
 having to re-encode all your video files in the future against high software 
 costs I would always choose open file formats. That way any software maker or 
 open source developer can create a video player for these files.
 
 My semi-related 50 cents.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Maarten Zeinstra
 
 
 -- 
 Kennisland | www.kennisland.nl | t +31205756720 | m +31643053919 | @mzeinstra
 
 
 
 
 On Jul 13, 2013, at 21:53 , Leonard Steinbach lensteinbach at gmail.com 
 wrote:
 
 A product which you might find useful is
 Wondersharehttp://www.wondershare.com/mac-video-converter-ultimate/#con3
 which
 I have used from time to time for various video conversions. It has many
 more features, including some video editing capabilities.  There is free
 trial version although it watermarks test outputs. It generally gets good
 reviews.  Hope this help.  Len
 
 
 On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:35 PM, T Hopkins hoplist at hillmanncarr.com 
 wrote:
 
 On a Mac, you can use the Flip4Mac plug-in.  Not free.  You can also use
 most high-end compression packages.  I believe Sorenson Squeeze and Adobe
 Encode (part of the Adobe Suites that include Premiere) can compress from
 Quicktime to WMV.  Both are available for both Mac and PC for that matter.
 On Windows, I personally prefer TMPG Video Masterworks for most compression
 and conversion, including Quicktime to WMV.
 
 There may be other lower cost and even free options on Windows.  I just
 don't know them off the top of my head. I believe it is possible to use
 Windows Movie Maker for instance.  I would search Google for advise on this
 path.
 
 As Michael points out, compression/transcoding is a tricky business when
 quality and compatibility are important, especially if you don't have a
 calibrated setup.
 
 I do not advise the use of WMV for archival video, but that is your
 choice.  Although it is high quality, and common, it is one of the most
 restricted codecs in use.  I DO condone the use of Quicktime as long as the
 internal codec is a high-quality, cross platform standard such as MPEG4 or
 JPEG2000. Unlike WMV, Quicktime is only a file wrapper, not a codec, and
 can be played and manipulated on the major platforms with relative ease.
 It is much less likely one would ever be trapped by Quicktime, even if
 Apple drops support.  I would suggest that you go ahead and convert for
 your system, but keep the incompatible original if you can.  It may prove
 useful in the future.
 
 cheers,
   tod
 
 
 
 On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Sarah Gillis wrote:
 
 Hello list-serv:
 
 
 
 We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The artist
 gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival format,
 QuickTime.  Our digital asset preservation plan requires videos be saved
 as .wmv (Windows Media Video) file format.  The artist granted
 permission for us to change the 

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[T Hopkins]

In a perfect world, I would prefer people used only lossless codecs for 
archiving, but this is far from a perfect world.  FFV1 and JPEG2000 are 
excellent for lossless archiving, but there are prohibitively expensive for 
most institutions at large scale. Being a documentarian, I would prefer the 
people preserve more, even if at lower quality.  I don't have a single client 
that could afford to preserve more than a fraction of their video collection at 
lossless quality, so I consider lossy codecs an absolutely essential part of an 
archive system.  Failing to compromise will result in loss of materials as 
institutions prioritize the value of their collections and delay 
implementation due to funds.

One does not have to digitize all materials at the same quality.  Digitizing 
VHS videotape at 4:4:4, 16-bit would be pointless, but anything less for 35mm 
film is a significant compromise.  In fact, 35mm should be scanned at 4K 
resolution, at least, and over-scanned to include the sprocket areas to capture 
edge markings.  Unfortunately, almost no one can afford this.  I have a client 
now whose collection is 50% VHS, most of which is oral history whose visual 
quality is of low importance.  Clearly digitizing this at lossless resolution 
would be a massive waste of time and funds.  In fact, event he highest quality 
materials this institution holds would not benefit from lossless compression, 
nor would the priorities of the institution support such a costly decision.  
Moving this institution from 12Mpbs to 40Mbps standard was a big hurdle.  
Anything above 50Mbps is unthinkable.


But delaying digitizing videotape is the biggest mistake.  We are in a critical 
time.  Videotape not converted to digital form in the next decade is likely to 
be lost forever.  Much of what is held in collections now is already 
effectively lost or at least significantly degraded.  The archives just don't 
know it yet.  Video is costly to convert and store, so minimizing the archival 
costs is critical. 

cheers,
 tod


On Jul 26, 2013, at 1:22 AM, Dixon, Stephen wrote:

 While h264 is a great codec for delivering video on the web or reducing the 
 size of video files on hard disk, I'd question its use as an archival format, 
 not just because it is proprietary, but also because it is lossy and limited 
 in quality. I would strongly, strongly advise against using ogg/theora for 
 this reason.
 
 I'd suggest a codec that is lossless, capable of 4:4:4 colour reproduction 
 and allows for 10, 12 or 16 bit samples. In addition to these quality 
 considerations it should have an open bitstream specification at least, if 
 not open source software to encode and decode it. H.264 fails both on 
 quality, and on openness. It's a fantastic codec for delivery, but I'd think 
 twice about using it for archiving.
 
 I'd suggest looking at the FFV1 codec, which we are implementing for our AV 
 archives. It is entirely open source, it allows 16bit 4:4:4 samples, has 
 robust error correction, and is mathematically lossless. The project it comes 
 from, the open source ffmpeg video conversion tool is widely used and is 
 under active development. FFV1 is used by the ?stereichische Mediathek 
 (Austrian national video archive) which have developed FOSS digitisation 
 software using it.
 
 Also worth investigating is the Library of Congress' favoured codec, motion 
 JPEG 2000. I trialled MJ2K for our purposes, but I found that it required 
 much greater hardware resources than FFV1.
 
 As a container format we use Matroska, also open source, which is a very 
 flexible container format, on a par with Quicktime, but without the 
 proprietary constraints. The MXF container format is another option that 
 allows flexible wrapping of essence and metadata, and has been widely adopted.
 
 Stephen Dixon
 Digital Video Officer
 Museum Victoria
 ph +61 3 8341 7588
 
 On 26/07/2013, at 4:55 AM, T Hopkins hoplist at 
 hillmanncarr.commailto:hoplist at hillmanncarr.com wrote:
 
 I love Open Source, but not for this purpose.  The prime object of an archive 
 format is broad support for the longest possible time.  The OS video formats 
 have not proven to be effective competitors, and do not have a promising 
 future.  Great in theory.  Bad in practice.
 
 While I don't like being attached to proprietary formats, there is no 
 perfect answer right now.  MPEG, both the formats and the organization, have 
 a very long track record and are more widely used in critical applications by 
 a huge margin.  In the longevity wars, MPEG is the absolute clear winner.  
 MPEG is, quite literally, where all the money is.
 
 While Quicktime is proprietary (Apple), it's important to remember that is 
 only a wrapper and not a codec.  It is powerful and very well documented.  
 Right now, it is probably the most widely supported wrapper, playable on 
 pretty much any computer built in the past decade.  It is well documented and 
 should be decodable and 

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[T Hopkins]

I love Open Source, but not for this purpose.  The prime object of an archive 
format is broad support for the longest possible time.  The OS video formats 
have not proven to be effective competitors, and do not have a promising 
future.  Great in theory.  Bad in practice.

While I don't like being attached to proprietary formats, there is no perfect 
answer right now.  MPEG, both the formats and the organization, have a very 
long track record and are more widely used in critical applications by a huge 
margin.  In the longevity wars, MPEG is the absolute clear winner.  MPEG is, 
quite literally, where all the money is.

While Quicktime is proprietary (Apple), it's important to remember that is only 
a wrapper and not a codec.  It is powerful and very well documented.  Right 
now, it is probably the most widely supported wrapper, playable on pretty much 
any computer built in the past decade.  It is well documented and should be 
decodable and playable for quite a long time.  And because it is only a 
wrapper, it is easily unwrapped and rewrapped in a future wrapper at very low 
effort and zero quality loss.  

My choice today for archiving is Quicktime wrapped MPEG.  Today this would by 
h264 codec, but in the near future it will the MPEG successors.   While using 
an MPEG wrapper would seem like a better choice, MPEG wrappers are fussy, 
inflexible, have wide compatibility issues and poor legacy support.   I don't 
trust them in the long term.  Maybe in the future.

cheers,
 tod

On Jul 23, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Maarten Zeinstra wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 When storing digital materials for conservation I would always advise using 
 open formats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_format), for video I would 
 use OGG/THEORA or WebM if I had the chance. We do this for openimages.eu.
 
 The problem with QuickTime and Windows Media Files are that they are mostly 
 not available on different platforms. It is already difficult to open .mov or 
 or. wmv on Windows or OS X respectively. Let alone on Android or iOS and up 
 and coming ChromeOS, . 
 
 As a trend we see that desktops and offline management system are declining 
 (i.e. we work more and more in a browser using browser based management 
 systems, either on our desktops, laptops, phones, or tablets) To prevent 
 having to re-encode all your video files in the future against high software 
 costs I would always choose open file formats. That way any software maker or 
 open source developer can create a video player for these files.
 
 My semi-related 50 cents.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Maarten Zeinstra
 
 
 -- 
 Kennisland | www.kennisland.nl | t +31205756720 | m +31643053919 | @mzeinstra
 
 
 
 
 On Jul 13, 2013, at 21:53 , Leonard Steinbach lensteinbach at gmail.com 
 wrote:
 
 A product which you might find useful is
 Wondersharehttp://www.wondershare.com/mac-video-converter-ultimate/#con3
 which
 I have used from time to time for various video conversions. It has many
 more features, including some video editing capabilities.  There is free
 trial version although it watermarks test outputs. It generally gets good
 reviews.  Hope this help.  Len
 
 
 On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:35 PM, T Hopkins hoplist at hillmanncarr.com 
 wrote:
 
 On a Mac, you can use the Flip4Mac plug-in.  Not free.  You can also use
 most high-end compression packages.  I believe Sorenson Squeeze and Adobe
 Encode (part of the Adobe Suites that include Premiere) can compress from
 Quicktime to WMV.  Both are available for both Mac and PC for that matter.
 On Windows, I personally prefer TMPG Video Masterworks for most compression
 and conversion, including Quicktime to WMV.
 
 There may be other lower cost and even free options on Windows.  I just
 don't know them off the top of my head. I believe it is possible to use
 Windows Movie Maker for instance.  I would search Google for advise on this
 path.
 
 As Michael points out, compression/transcoding is a tricky business when
 quality and compatibility are important, especially if you don't have a
 calibrated setup.
 
 I do not advise the use of WMV for archival video, but that is your
 choice.  Although it is high quality, and common, it is one of the most
 restricted codecs in use.  I DO condone the use of Quicktime as long as the
 internal codec is a high-quality, cross platform standard such as MPEG4 or
 JPEG2000. Unlike WMV, Quicktime is only a file wrapper, not a codec, and
 can be played and manipulated on the major platforms with relative ease.
 It is much less likely one would ever be trapped by Quicktime, even if
 Apple drops support.  I would suggest that you go ahead and convert for
 your system, but keep the incompatible original if you can.  It may prove
 useful in the future.
 
 cheers,
   tod
 
 
 
 On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Sarah Gillis wrote:
 
 Hello list-serv:
 
 
 
 We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The artist
 gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival 

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[Maarten Zeinstra]

Hi all,

When storing digital materials for conservation I would always advise using 
open formats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_format), for video I would use 
OGG/THEORA or WebM if I had the chance. We do this for openimages.eu.

The problem with QuickTime and Windows Media Files are that they are mostly not 
available on different platforms. It is already difficult to open .mov or or. 
wmv on Windows or OS X respectively. Let alone on Android or iOS and up and 
coming ChromeOS, . 

As a trend we see that desktops and offline management system are declining 
(i.e. we work more and more in a browser using browser based management 
systems, either on our desktops, laptops, phones, or tablets) To prevent having 
to re-encode all your video files in the future against high software costs I 
would always choose open file formats. That way any software maker or open 
source developer can create a video player for these files.

My semi-related 50 cents.

Cheers,

Maarten Zeinstra


-- 
Kennisland | www.kennisland.nl | t +31205756720 | m +31643053919 | @mzeinstra




On Jul 13, 2013, at 21:53 , Leonard Steinbach lensteinbach at gmail.com wrote:

 A product which you might find useful is
 Wondersharehttp://www.wondershare.com/mac-video-converter-ultimate/#con3
 which
 I have used from time to time for various video conversions. It has many
 more features, including some video editing capabilities.  There is free
 trial version although it watermarks test outputs. It generally gets good
 reviews.  Hope this help.  Len
 
 
 On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:35 PM, T Hopkins hoplist at hillmanncarr.com 
 wrote:
 
 On a Mac, you can use the Flip4Mac plug-in.  Not free.  You can also use
 most high-end compression packages.  I believe Sorenson Squeeze and Adobe
 Encode (part of the Adobe Suites that include Premiere) can compress from
 Quicktime to WMV.  Both are available for both Mac and PC for that matter.
 On Windows, I personally prefer TMPG Video Masterworks for most compression
 and conversion, including Quicktime to WMV.
 
 There may be other lower cost and even free options on Windows.  I just
 don't know them off the top of my head. I believe it is possible to use
 Windows Movie Maker for instance.  I would search Google for advise on this
 path.
 
 As Michael points out, compression/transcoding is a tricky business when
 quality and compatibility are important, especially if you don't have a
 calibrated setup.
 
 I do not advise the use of WMV for archival video, but that is your
 choice.  Although it is high quality, and common, it is one of the most
 restricted codecs in use.  I DO condone the use of Quicktime as long as the
 internal codec is a high-quality, cross platform standard such as MPEG4 or
 JPEG2000. Unlike WMV, Quicktime is only a file wrapper, not a codec, and
 can be played and manipulated on the major platforms with relative ease.
 It is much less likely one would ever be trapped by Quicktime, even if
 Apple drops support.  I would suggest that you go ahead and convert for
 your system, but keep the incompatible original if you can.  It may prove
 useful in the future.
 
 cheers,
tod
 
 
 
 On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Sarah Gillis wrote:
 
 Hello list-serv:
 
 
 
 We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The artist
 gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival format,
 QuickTime.  Our digital asset preservation plan requires videos be saved
 as .wmv (Windows Media Video) file format.  The artist granted
 permission for us to change the format to our archival standard.
 
 
 
 I am having a devil of a time trying to change the file format from one
 to the other.  Has anyone else experienced this problem before? If so,
 any suggestions?
 
 
 
 
 
 Best Regards,
 
 Sarah Gillis
 
 Assistant Registrar, Image Management
 
 Worcester Art Museum
 
 55 Salisbury Street
 Worcester, MA 01609
 
 sarahgillis at worcesterart.org mailto:sarahgillis at worcesterart.org
 
 508.799.4406 x3027
 
 direct line: 508-793-4427
 
 
 
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 Image Reproduction Request
 http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/collection_information.html
 
 
 
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[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[Maarten Brinkerink]

+1

Op 23 jul. 2013, om 14:27 heeft Maarten Zeinstra mz at kl.nl het volgende 
geschreven:

 Hi all,
 
 When storing digital materials for conservation I would always advise using 
 open formats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_format), for video I would 
 use OGG/THEORA or WebM if I had the chance. We do this for openimages.eu.
 
 The problem with QuickTime and Windows Media Files are that they are mostly 
 not available on different platforms. It is already difficult to open .mov or 
 or. wmv on Windows or OS X respectively. Let alone on Android or iOS and up 
 and coming ChromeOS, . 
 
 As a trend we see that desktops and offline management system are declining 
 (i.e. we work more and more in a browser using browser based management 
 systems, either on our desktops, laptops, phones, or tablets) To prevent 
 having to re-encode all your video files in the future against high software 
 costs I would always choose open file formats. That way any software maker or 
 open source developer can create a video player for these files.
 
 My semi-related 50 cents.
 
 Cheers,
 
 Maarten Zeinstra
 
 
 -- 
 Kennisland | www.kennisland.nl | t +31205756720 | m +31643053919 | @mzeinstra
 
 
 
 
 On Jul 13, 2013, at 21:53 , Leonard Steinbach lensteinbach at gmail.com 
 wrote:
 
 A product which you might find useful is
 Wondersharehttp://www.wondershare.com/mac-video-converter-ultimate/#con3
 which
 I have used from time to time for various video conversions. It has many
 more features, including some video editing capabilities.  There is free
 trial version although it watermarks test outputs. It generally gets good
 reviews.  Hope this help.  Len
 
 
 On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:35 PM, T Hopkins hoplist at hillmanncarr.com 
 wrote:
 
 On a Mac, you can use the Flip4Mac plug-in.  Not free.  You can also use
 most high-end compression packages.  I believe Sorenson Squeeze and Adobe
 Encode (part of the Adobe Suites that include Premiere) can compress from
 Quicktime to WMV.  Both are available for both Mac and PC for that matter.
 On Windows, I personally prefer TMPG Video Masterworks for most compression
 and conversion, including Quicktime to WMV.
 
 There may be other lower cost and even free options on Windows.  I just
 don't know them off the top of my head. I believe it is possible to use
 Windows Movie Maker for instance.  I would search Google for advise on this
 path.
 
 As Michael points out, compression/transcoding is a tricky business when
 quality and compatibility are important, especially if you don't have a
 calibrated setup.
 
 I do not advise the use of WMV for archival video, but that is your
 choice.  Although it is high quality, and common, it is one of the most
 restricted codecs in use.  I DO condone the use of Quicktime as long as the
 internal codec is a high-quality, cross platform standard such as MPEG4 or
 JPEG2000. Unlike WMV, Quicktime is only a file wrapper, not a codec, and
 can be played and manipulated on the major platforms with relative ease.
 It is much less likely one would ever be trapped by Quicktime, even if
 Apple drops support.  I would suggest that you go ahead and convert for
 your system, but keep the incompatible original if you can.  It may prove
 useful in the future.
 
 cheers,
   tod
 
 
 
 On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Sarah Gillis wrote:
 
 Hello list-serv:
 
 
 
 We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The artist
 gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival format,
 QuickTime.  Our digital asset preservation plan requires videos be saved
 as .wmv (Windows Media Video) file format.  The artist granted
 permission for us to change the format to our archival standard.
 
 
 
 I am having a devil of a time trying to change the file format from one
 to the other.  Has anyone else experienced this problem before? If so,
 any suggestions?
 
 
 
 
 
 Best Regards,
 
 Sarah Gillis
 
 Assistant Registrar, Image Management
 
 Worcester Art Museum
 
 55 Salisbury Street
 Worcester, MA 01609
 
 sarahgillis at worcesterart.org mailto:sarahgillis at worcesterart.org
 
 508.799.4406 x3027
 
 direct line: 508-793-4427
 
 
 
 Our image reproduction application is now available online!
 
 Image Reproduction Request
 http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/collection_information.html
 
 
 
 Want to own your own custom reproduction of a Worcester Art Museum
 masterpiece? Visit our partner Rudinec  Assoc. today!
 
 Request-A-Print http://www.requestaprint.net/worcester/index.php
 
 
 
 Introducing: Zazzle! Our online museum shop where you can purchase
 custom merchandise containing images from our permanent collection!
 Check it out today!
 
 Worceser Art Museum - Zazzle Shop
 http://www.zazzle.com/worcesterartmuseum
 
 
 
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[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[My Tours]

Just an FYI if you have more than a few videos/audio to convert then try 
http://zencoder.com. Their pricing is very reasonable  
http://zencoder.com/en/file-transcoding/pricing and they are experts in 
converting video formats.

They don't have a web interface to upload jobs but it wouldn't be hard for a 
dev to write a quick script to push some files up to their service.

Thanks,
Glen

 
 On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Sarah Gillis wrote:
 
 Hello list-serv:
 
 
 
 We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The artist
 gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival format,
 QuickTime.  Our digital asset preservation plan requires videos be saved
 as .wmv (Windows Media Video) file format.  The artist granted
 permission for us to change the format to our archival standard.
 
 
 
 I am having a devil of a time trying to change the file format from one
 to the other.  Has anyone else experienced this problem before? If so,
 any suggestions?
 
 
 

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[Leonard Steinbach]

A product which you might find useful is
Wondersharehttp://www.wondershare.com/mac-video-converter-ultimate/#con3
which
I have used from time to time for various video conversions. It has many
more features, including some video editing capabilities.  There is free
trial version although it watermarks test outputs. It generally gets good
reviews.  Hope this help.  Len


On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:35 PM, T Hopkins hoplist at hillmanncarr.com wrote:

 On a Mac, you can use the Flip4Mac plug-in.  Not free.  You can also use
 most high-end compression packages.  I believe Sorenson Squeeze and Adobe
 Encode (part of the Adobe Suites that include Premiere) can compress from
 Quicktime to WMV.  Both are available for both Mac and PC for that matter.
 On Windows, I personally prefer TMPG Video Masterworks for most compression
 and conversion, including Quicktime to WMV.

 There may be other lower cost and even free options on Windows.  I just
 don't know them off the top of my head. I believe it is possible to use
 Windows Movie Maker for instance.  I would search Google for advise on this
 path.

 As Michael points out, compression/transcoding is a tricky business when
 quality and compatibility are important, especially if you don't have a
 calibrated setup.

 I do not advise the use of WMV for archival video, but that is your
 choice.  Although it is high quality, and common, it is one of the most
 restricted codecs in use.  I DO condone the use of Quicktime as long as the
 internal codec is a high-quality, cross platform standard such as MPEG4 or
 JPEG2000. Unlike WMV, Quicktime is only a file wrapper, not a codec, and
 can be played and manipulated on the major platforms with relative ease.
  It is much less likely one would ever be trapped by Quicktime, even if
 Apple drops support.  I would suggest that you go ahead and convert for
 your system, but keep the incompatible original if you can.  It may prove
 useful in the future.

 cheers,
 tod



 On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Sarah Gillis wrote:

  Hello list-serv:
 
 
 
  We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The artist
  gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival format,
  QuickTime.  Our digital asset preservation plan requires videos be saved
  as .wmv (Windows Media Video) file format.  The artist granted
  permission for us to change the format to our archival standard.
 
 
 
  I am having a devil of a time trying to change the file format from one
  to the other.  Has anyone else experienced this problem before? If so,
  any suggestions?
 
 
 
 
 
  Best Regards,
 
  Sarah Gillis
 
  Assistant Registrar, Image Management
 
  Worcester Art Museum
 
  55 Salisbury Street
  Worcester, MA 01609
 
  sarahgillis at worcesterart.org mailto:sarahgillis at worcesterart.org
 
  508.799.4406 x3027
 
  direct line: 508-793-4427
 
 
 
  Our image reproduction application is now available online!
 
  Image Reproduction Request
  http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/collection_information.html
 
 
 
  Want to own your own custom reproduction of a Worcester Art Museum
  masterpiece? Visit our partner Rudinec  Assoc. today!
 
  Request-A-Print http://www.requestaprint.net/worcester/index.php
 
 
 
  Introducing: Zazzle! Our online museum shop where you can purchase
  custom merchandise containing images from our permanent collection!
  Check it out today!
 
  Worceser Art Museum - Zazzle Shop
  http://www.zazzle.com/worcesterartmuseum
 
 
 
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852 9828 8174

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[Michael Borthwick]

On 12/07/2013, at 1:00 AM, Sarah Gillis wrote:

 Hello list-serv:



 We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The  
 artist
 gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival format,
 QuickTime.  Our digital asset preservation plan requires videos be  
 saved
 as .wmv (Windows Media Video) file format.  The artist granted
 permission for us to change the format to our archival standard.



 I am having a devil of a time trying to change the file format from  
 one
 to the other.  Has anyone else experienced this problem before? If so,
 any suggestions?

Hello Sarah,

I'm sorry that you are experiencing problems in converting the file.  
This is a common and frustrating problem.

At a high level the issue is that QuickTime is the native video file  
format on the Macintosh and Windows Media is the native video file  
format for Windows PC's.
Apple and Microsoft feel it is in their interests to limit  
interoperability of their two systems for commercial reasons - making  
it hard to use QuickTime as a source format for further processing in  
Windows and making it hard to output good quality WMV files on the Mac  
from native QuickTime sources.

I note that both formats are proprietory and that neither format is  
recommended by the Library of Congress as an archival format for  
moving image preservation.
But that is not the conversation that you want to have  :-)

If you wish to do this work yourself then you need to reach for 3rd  
party solutions:

If you are on a Mac then Flip Factory Studio allows output of WMV  
files from QuickTime source: http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac/overview.htm
If you are Windows then Adobe Media Encoder is one product that can  
ingest QuickTime files as a source and then output WMV - others might  
offer additional suggestions.

While I am all for empowering people if this is a one-off it might be  
easier reach out to a local video post-production studio and have them  
do the work.

If you get stuck please feel free to contact me off-list and I will do  
this for you pro-bono.

All the best,

Michael




Michael Borthwick Consulting Pty. Ltd.
GPO Box 1950, 380 Bourke Street, Melbourne Australia 3001
Level 1, 384 Bridge Road, Richmond
Mobile Ph: + 61 418 345 800
http://www.michaelborthwick.com.au

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[T Hopkins]

On a Mac, you can use the Flip4Mac plug-in.  Not free.  You can also use most 
high-end compression packages.  I believe Sorenson Squeeze and Adobe Encode 
(part of the Adobe Suites that include Premiere) can compress from Quicktime to 
WMV.  Both are available for both Mac and PC for that matter. On Windows, I 
personally prefer TMPG Video Masterworks for most compression and conversion, 
including Quicktime to WMV.

There may be other lower cost and even free options on Windows.  I just don't 
know them off the top of my head. I believe it is possible to use Windows Movie 
Maker for instance.  I would search Google for advise on this path. 

As Michael points out, compression/transcoding is a tricky business when 
quality and compatibility are important, especially if you don't have a 
calibrated setup.

I do not advise the use of WMV for archival video, but that is your choice.  
Although it is high quality, and common, it is one of the most restricted 
codecs in use.  I DO condone the use of Quicktime as long as the internal codec 
is a high-quality, cross platform standard such as MPEG4 or JPEG2000. Unlike 
WMV, Quicktime is only a file wrapper, not a codec, and can be played and 
manipulated on the major platforms with relative ease.  It is much less likely 
one would ever be trapped by Quicktime, even if Apple drops support.  I would 
suggest that you go ahead and convert for your system, but keep the 
incompatible original if you can.  It may prove useful in the future.

cheers,
tod



On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Sarah Gillis wrote:

 Hello list-serv:
 
 
 
 We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The artist
 gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival format,
 QuickTime.  Our digital asset preservation plan requires videos be saved
 as .wmv (Windows Media Video) file format.  The artist granted
 permission for us to change the format to our archival standard. 
 
 
 
 I am having a devil of a time trying to change the file format from one
 to the other.  Has anyone else experienced this problem before? If so,
 any suggestions?
 
 
 
 
 
 Best Regards,
 
 Sarah Gillis
 
 Assistant Registrar, Image Management
 
 Worcester Art Museum
 
 55 Salisbury Street
 Worcester, MA 01609
 
 sarahgillis at worcesterart.org mailto:sarahgillis at worcesterart.org 
 
 508.799.4406 x3027
 
 direct line: 508-793-4427
 
 
 
 Our image reproduction application is now available online!
 
 Image Reproduction Request
 http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/collection_information.html 
 
 
 
 Want to own your own custom reproduction of a Worcester Art Museum
 masterpiece? Visit our partner Rudinec  Assoc. today!
 
 Request-A-Print http://www.requestaprint.net/worcester/index.php 
 
 
 
 Introducing: Zazzle! Our online museum shop where you can purchase
 custom merchandise containing images from our permanent collection!
 Check it out today!
 
 Worceser Art Museum - Zazzle Shop
 http://www.zazzle.com/worcesterartmuseum 
 
 
 
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[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[Sarah Gillis]

Hello list-serv:

 

We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The artist
gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival format,
QuickTime.  Our digital asset preservation plan requires videos be saved
as .wmv (Windows Media Video) file format.  The artist granted
permission for us to change the format to our archival standard. 

 

I am having a devil of a time trying to change the file format from one
to the other.  Has anyone else experienced this problem before? If so,
any suggestions?

 

 

Best Regards,

Sarah Gillis

Assistant Registrar, Image Management

Worcester Art Museum

55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609

sarahgillis at worcesterart.org mailto:sarahgillis at worcesterart.org 

508.799.4406 x3027

direct line: 508-793-4427

 

Our image reproduction application is now available online!

Image Reproduction Request
http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/collection_information.html 

 

Want to own your own custom reproduction of a Worcester Art Museum
masterpiece? Visit our partner Rudinec  Assoc. today!

Request-A-Print http://www.requestaprint.net/worcester/index.php 

 

Introducing: Zazzle! Our online museum shop where you can purchase
custom merchandise containing images from our permanent collection!
Check it out today!

Worceser Art Museum - Zazzle Shop
http://www.zazzle.com/worcesterartmuseum 

 

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation

[Matt Wheeler]

Good day--we're beginning to research an approach to archiving our digital
assets. Currently, everything is stored onsite on redundant servers, but we
have no system of checksum encoding or fixity checking. The software
solutions I've investigated are all open source and therefore require
significant investment in development. The content volume-based pricing of
professional digital archives seems to be outside our budget (we're pushing
8TB of digitized heritage materials).
Does anyone know of a dependable out-of-the-box application for content
authentication, preferably Windows-based? Thanks.
-- 
Matt Wheeler,
Photography Archives,
Penobscot Marine Museum
Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation

[Megan H McGovern]

At the iPres conference last year, there were two out-of-the-box digital 
preservation vendors on site.  One was Tessella, whose product is called 
Preservica.  The other was Ex Libris, promoting Rosetta.

Best,
Megan

Megan McGovern
Digital Asset Manager
Progressive Insurance
440.395.1660
megan_h_mcgovern at progressive.com



-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Matt 
Wheeler
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 11:34 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital Preservation

Good day--we're beginning to research an approach to archiving our digital 
assets. Currently, everything is stored onsite on redundant servers, but we 
have no system of checksum encoding or fixity checking. The software solutions 
I've investigated are all open source and therefore require significant 
investment in development. The content volume-based pricing of professional 
digital archives seems to be outside our budget (we're pushing 8TB of digitized 
heritage materials).
Does anyone know of a dependable out-of-the-box application for content 
authentication, preferably Windows-based? Thanks.
--
Matt Wheeler,
Photography Archives,
Penobscot Marine Museum
Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Workshop - Columbus

[Angela O'Neal]

[Please excuse cross-postings.]

 

Seats still available for:

 

The Ohio Historical Society and Society of Ohio Archivists are joining
with LYRASIS and the National Endowment for the Humanities to bring
Staying on TRAC: Digital Preservation Implications and Solutions for
Cultural Heritage Institutions to Columbus on September 27-28, 2011!

 

Registration is now open!

 

Registration for this two-day workshop is $35.00 per person and includes
materials and lunch. Space is limited, so please register today! For
registration information, contact:

 

Jillian Carney

jcarney at ohiohistory.org

614-297-2578

 

About the Workshop 

 

Deepen your digital preservation knowledge with a two-day workshop
targeted toward representatives from organizations who have acquired or
created digital content and are now ready to address the issue of long
term access to digital collections by partnering with other
organizations. These partnerships can be existing or newly forming
intra- or inter-institutional collaborative efforts for digital
preservation.

 

The workshop sessions will cover key digital preservation planning
topics including:

 * assessing your local situation;
 * determining your organizational, functional, and technical needs;
 * matching needs to current digital preservation solutions.  

 

The workshop helps participants develop their own digital preservation
planning document, and allows time for group exercises and feedback.  

 

Workshop Faculty

 

Faculty for the Ohio workshop includes digital preservation experts
Robin L. Dale, Director of Digital Services for LYRASIS, and Priscilla
Caplan, Assistant Director for Digital Library Services at the Florida
Center for Library Automation.  

 

Workshop Location 

 

This two-day workshop is being held at the Ohio History Center, 800 E.
17th Ave. Columbus, OH, 43211. Lodging is available at nearby locations;
a listing of nearby hotels is available upon request. 

 

This workshop is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.

 

 

 

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[MCN-L] Digital Preservation for Videotape workshop/METRO - June 6th

[Independent Media Arts Preservation]

[Please excuse cross-postings]
?
Independent Media Arts Preservation [IMAP]
presents a workshop on

DIGITAL PRESERVATION FOR VIDEOTAPE

Co-sponsored with New York Metropolitan Library Council [METRO]

Monday, June 6, 2011
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
--
If content on analog videotape is to survive for the long term, the tapes must
be digitized - moved from the unstable magnetic media on which the content is
currently held, into the digital realm where - in theory - they can be preserved
indefinitely and migrated forward as files rather than physical objects.?

Digitization, however, means more than simply selecting a destination file
format.? It requires a series of decisions that will determine the long-term
viability of files created - and thus of the valuable video content.?

Workshop topics include:? basic digital file creation, preservation and access
file formats and codecs, software, storage and trusted digital repositories,
workflows for digitization, and technical and preservation metadata. In
addition, participants will examine case studies of small and large-scale
digitization projects in order to understand real-world applications of
principles introduced in the workshop.
--
PRESENTER
Linda Tadic consults and lectures in areas of digital asset management,
audiovisual and digital preservation, and metadata.? She is Executive Director
of the Audiovisual Archive Network [www.archivenetwork.org], and an adjunct
professor in New York University?s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation
graduate degree program, teaching two core courses:? Collection Management and
Access to Moving Image Collections.?

Ms. Tadic's over 25 years experience working with and managing audiovisual,
digital, and broadcasting collections includes positions of Manager of the
Digital Library at Home Box Office [HBO] and Director of the Media Archives and
Peabody Awards Collection at University of Georgia. She is past Director of
Operations for ARTstor.
--
WORKSHOP LOCATION? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
METRO Training Center? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
57 East 11th Street - 4th floor
New York, NY 10003? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
212/228-2320
? ? ? ?
Workshop fee and registration? ? ? ?
$100 IMAP and METRO members? ? ? ?
$150 non-members
$50 artists and students
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Pre-payment is required with registration. Space is limited.

REGISTER:? http://www.metro.org/en/cev/76
INQUIRIES: imap at imappreserve.org
__
?

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Management Workshop, SUNY Albany, June 5-10 - Applications Open, April 13 1:00 PM ET

[Smith, Kari]

** Apologies for Cross-posting - and please share **


Call for Applications

We are very pleased that our colleagues at the University at Albany, SUNY will 
host the five-day

Digital Preservation Management workshop this June in Albany, New York.  
Application Form available on April 13, 2011 at 1:00pm ET at 
http://www.regonline.com/DPMworkshop-Albany2011.



Digital Preservation Management: Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term Problems

Location:  Albany, New York, USA

Dates:  June 5 - 10, 2011

Tuition:  USD $ 950.00



 Who Should Attend?

The intended audience for the workshop series is managers at organizations of 
all kinds who are or will be responsible for managing digital content over 
time. The workshop begins on Sunday evening with an opening session, continues 
Monday -Thursday 9am - 5pm, and concludes on Friday at noon.

Additional information about the workshop content and instructors is available 
at:

http:// www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops/fiveday.html.



Instructors and Keynote Speaker

Nancy McGovern is the lead instructor for the workshop and will be joined by 
three topical instructors.  The Keynote speaker for the Albany June 2011 
workshop is Theresa Pardo, the Center Director of the Center for Technology in 
Government.



Application for Registration

Workshop applications are reviewed before a formal acceptance and registration 
for the workshop may occur - a two-step process.  The application system will 
be available at 1pm ET on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 and will remain open until 
the workshop is full (24 participants).  We have already had a very high level 
of interest in the workshop and encourage early application. Apply online at: 
http:// www.regonline.com/DPMworkshop-Albany2011



Please Note: Applicants will be notified within five (5) business days if they 
are accepted to register for the June Albany, NY workshop. Until then, all 
applicant status will be 'pending'.  Persons accepted to register will be able 
to do so at the beginning of May when the registration and tuition payment 
system will be made available.



About the Workshop

The Digital Preservation Management Workshops, a series presented since 2003, 
incorporate community standards and exemplars of good practice to provide 
practical guidance for developing effective digital preservation programs. The 
workshops were initially developed at Cornell University beginning in 2003 
under the direction of Anne Kenney and Nancy McGovern.  Since 2006, McGovern 
has continued curricular development and directing the workshop from ICPSR at 
the University of Michigan. This has included development of Special Topic 
advanced workshops and a Train-the-Trainer program.  Through 2010, the workshop 
series was developed with funding from the National Endowment for the 
Humanities.

 If you have questions, please contact us at: digital-preservation @ 
icpsr.umich.edu

Kari R. Smith

Project Manager, Digital Preservation Management workshops

http:// www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Management: New Topical Workshops Nov 2010 - Spaces Still Available

[Smith, Kari]

***Apologies for cross-posting***



Digital Preservation Management: Topical Workshops





Digital Preservation Management Workshops, a series offered since 2003, is 
pleased to offer two new workshops that focus on special topics for digital 
preservation management. These new workshops build on our core DPM principles 
and concepts to extend our curriculum. Held in Ann Arbor, MI the week of Nov 
1-5, 2010 the workshop spaces are filling up but we still have spots left.


Registration information at: 
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops/topical-registration.html
For more descriptions of the workshops and other information, please see: 
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops/topical.html


A. Digital Preservation Management: Introduction (2 days) November 1-2, 2010
This is a two-day version of our regular DPM workshop -  a prerequisite for 
attending the Tools and Workflows workshop for people who haven't already 
attended a regular five-day or two-day workshop.

B. Digital Preservation Tools and Workflows (2 days) November 3-4, 2010
Also geared towards managers as the regular workshop is, this workshop looks at 
the range of issues involved in identifying and incorporating tools and 
workflows into a digital preservation program.

C. Legal Considerations for Digital Preservation (1 day) November 5, 2010
Explores legal issues for digital content from a digital preservation 
perspective - prior attendance at a regular two-day or five-day is recommended, 
but not required for this workshop.

Workshop Goals
Promote Practical and Responsible Stewardship of Digital Assets
DPM workshops strive to foster critical thinking in a rapidly changing 
technological environment and provide the means for exercising practical and 
responsible stewardship of digital assets in an age of technological 
uncertainty. The workshops are designed to encourage the development or 
enhancement of an effective digital preservation program for organizations of 
any size or shape by making the essentials of digital preservation management 
understandable and doable. All of the sessions include as many relevant 
examples as we can fit.
Workshop Audience
The target audience for the workshop series is managers who are or will be 
responsible for digital preservation programs - or for any aspect of managing 
digital content over time - in libraries, archives, and other cultural 
institutions.
Instruction Team
Dr. Nancy Y. McGovern has been a lead curriculum developer for the DPM workshop 
series since its inception at Cornell University in 2003. She continues to 
serve as the director and primary workshop instructor along with a 
teamhttp://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops/instructors.html of expert 
instructors.

For specific questions please contact us at:  digital-preservation at 
icpsr.umich.edu.

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation and Nuclear Holocaust: An Animation

[Perian Sully]

Oh, the things that pop up on Twitter (I think Richard Urban was the
first to tweet this...)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbBa6Oam7-w

 

A cute animation about the (very) basics of digital preservation.

 

Enjoy!

 

Perian Sully

Collections Information Manager

Web Programs Strategist

The Magnes

2911 Russell St.

Berkeley, CA 94705

Work: 510-549-6950 x 357

Fax: 510-849-3673

http://www.magnes.org

http://www.musematic.org

http://www.mediaandtechnology.org

 

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Conference Chicago - Deadline Extended

[Julie Martin]

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DEADLINE 
EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008

PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY: 
Sustaining Digital Collections
December 9-10, 2008
InterContinental Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois

PRESENTED BY the Northeast Document Conservation Center
CO-SPONSORED BY Society of American Archivists, American Library
Association, and Center for Research Libraries

TAUGHT BY A FACULTY OF NATIONAL EXPERTS, this two-day conference on
digital longevity provides information about the latest developments in
digital preservation to help you with the life-cycle management of your
institution's collections.

CONFERENCE COST:  $425
Take advantage of the GROUP CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DISCOUNT RATE:  
Register 3 or more individuals from the same institution at the same
time for $340 each.

INTERCONTINENTAL CHICAGO HOTEL RATE:  $175 / NIGHT 
**HURRY! Discounted hotel rate is only available through Tuesday,
November 11.
Make your reservation today! Be sure to mention Persistence of Memory to
get the conference discount.

FOR COMPLETE CONFERENCE INFORMATION AND ONLINE REGISTRATION:
http://www.nedcc.org/education/conferences/pom2008/pombroc.php

For Web stories and sample comments from past participants of
Persistence of Memory: http://www.nedcc.org/about/archives.php

For more information about NEDCC and its programs: www.nedcc.org

Join NEDCC's E-mail Announcement List:
http://www.nedcc.org/contact/signup.php
(If you prefer to receive paper mailings, contact Julie Martin,
jmartin at nedcc.org.)

Partial funding for this conference is provided by the Institute of
Museum and Library Services. NEDCC gratefully acknowledges support for
its field service activities by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Management Workshop: October, 2008 (Michigan)

[Aprille Cooke McKay]

Digital Preservation Management: Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term Problems
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR),
Ann Arbor, MI
October 19-24, 2008

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR), at the University of Michigan is offering a digital
preservation training program based on and continuing the curriculum
developed at Cornell University Libraries by Anne Kenney and Nancy
McGovern.  The workshop is offered with funding from the National
Endowment for the Humanities.

The Workshop targets managers at organizations that are facing the
digital preservation challenge and highlights the need for the
integration of organizational and technological issues to devise an
appropriate approach.

Mark you calendars now, registration will begin for this workshop via
our website, at 9am EDT on August 1, 2008.  There will be two
additional offerings of the workshop in 2009 (May 10-15 and October  
11-16) and one in 2010 (May, dates to be determined) in Ann Arbor.

For more information:

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops/fiveday.html

Aprille McKay

-- 
Aprille Cooke McKay
Digital Preservation Specialist
Inter-University Consortium for Political
and Social Research (ICPSR)
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
(734) 764-8071
(734) 647-8200

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Management Workshop: October, 2008

[Aprille McKay]

*Digital Preservation Management: Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term
Problems
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Ann
Arbor, MI, USA
October 19-24, 2008

*The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR),
at the University of Michigan is offering a digital preservation training
program based on and continuing the curriculum developed at Cornell
University Libraries by Anne Kenney and Nancy McGovern.  The workshop is
offered with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Workshop targets managers at organizations that are facing the digital
preservation challenge and highlights the need for the integration of
organizational and technological issues to devise an appropriate approach.

Mark you calendars now, registration will begin for this workshop on August
1, 2008.  There will be two additional offerings of the workshop in 2009 and
one in 2010.

For more information:

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops/fiveday.html


Aprille McKay

-- 
Aprille Cooke McKay, JD, MSI
Digital Preservation Specialist
Inter-University Consortium for Political
and Social Research (ICPSR)
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
(734) 764-8071
(734) 647-8200

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Conference - Persistence of Memory, Seattle, Nov 28-29 - Register Now!

[Julie Martin Carlson]

Apologies for cross-postings.



REGISTER ONLINE NOW at www.nedcc.org http://www.nedcc.org/ 

 

PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY

A Two-day Conference on Digital Preservation

 

NOVEMBER 28-29, 2007

Hilton Seattle

Seattle, Washington  

 

A conference presented by the

Northeast Document Conservation Center

Co-sponsored by OCLC Western Service Center  

 

WHAT IS PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY? This two-day conference, taught by a faculty
of national experts, addresses the question of digital longevity. The
conference will highlight evolving best practices for digital preservation
to help you with the life-cycle management of your institution's
collections. Topics include: The All-Important Metadata, Surveying Digital
Preservation Readiness, Preserving Audio, Preserving Video, Preserving
Digital Art, and Business Models for Preservation, and Trusted Digital
Repositories.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Librarians, archivists, museum professionals, information
technology professionals, and administrators responsible for managing and
preserving digital resources.

 

WHAT DOES THE CONFERENCE COST?  $350  

WHEN IS THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE?  Friday, November 9, 2007 

FOR COMPLETE CONFERENCE DETAILS AND TO REGISTER ONLINE

Go to: www.nedcc.org http://www.nedcc.org/ 

 

QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION?   

Contact Ginny Hughes, ghughes at nedcc.org

978-470-1010, ext. 224 

 

QUESTIONS ABOUT CONFERENCE CONTENT?

Contact Lori Foley, lfoley at nedcc.org

978-470-1010, ext. 223   

 

Partial funding of this conference is provided by the Institute of Museum 

and Library Services. NEDCC gratefully acknowledges support for its field
service 

activities by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

 

[MCN-L] digital preservation formats for audio, video

[Ari Davidow]

I'm posting the same thing to digi-pres, so apologies to those on both who
get two of the same question.

We are in the serious part of planning a media archive (oral histories) that
will include interviews, some in audio, some in video formats.

1. I originally assumed that we would store the audio in aiff or wav, per
the IASA Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digtial Audio
Objects book, with mp3 used for presentation copies. Now I here that mp3
is being used by many archives as their preservation format. A lossy
preservation format? This makes no sense to me, but if the world has
changed, I'm ready to listen. What do you use? If it is mp3, why?


2. For video, I have no clear idea what the preservation format should
be--dvi, I have been assuming, since in our case, these are all coming off
DV tape? (Don't talk to me about disk space requirements!) We use mpg for
presentation copies. Again, are others doing differently? What works for
you? Why?

3. I am leaning heavily towards storing the objects and metadata in FEDORA
(possibly using Fez until something simpler becomes available--we are
stumbling reasonably forward in a first configuration attempt). Given one
basic, albeit complex, content model, are there people with similar
experience who are happy with a different toolset? Other than the general
desire to keep costs down, the requirement that the repository be accessible
over the web, and to be able to migrate when/if we decide on a different
repository I feel quite agnostic. If you are using a tool that really works
for you doing similar work, what is it? What makes it work so well for you?

Thanks for any and all discussion and feedback,
ari

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Summit, Indiana State University, May 21

[Emily Symonds]

DIGITAL PRESERVATION SUMMIT, INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

You are cordially invited to attend a Digital Preservation Summit on
May 21, 2008 at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana.  The
featured speakers for this all day event include Martin Halbert,
MetaArchive Cooperative, Educopia Institute; Beth Sandore, ECHO
DEPository, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jeff Essic, Data
Preservation Project, North Carolina State University; and Taylor
Surface, OCLC.

Registration is $75 per person and lunch will be provided.  For more
information on how to register for the Summit, please visit
http://library.indstate.edu/digital/.

The Digital Preservation Summit is sponsored by Indiana State
University Library and the Office of Information Technology; Wabash
Valley Visions  Voices; the Indiana State Library with funding from
IMLS; INCOLSA; OCLC; TIG; and EMC.



---
Emily Symonds
Metadata  Digital Initiatives Librarian
Cunningham Memorial Library
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
http://visions.indstate.edu
esymonds at isugw.indstate.edu
(812) 237-3052