Audiovisual Preservation for Culture, Heritage and Academic Collections
A One-Day course of what you need to know - and who! Preliminary announcement
Seventy percent of all audiovisual material is
under immediate threat of deterioration, damage
or obsolescence - and seventy percent of
collection managers don't know it. Surveys have
found serious shortages of trained staff and
equipment, and an even more serious shortage of
concerted preservation actions. The immediate
needs are: awareness - and help.
This one day course will provide basic
information on the problems of audiovisual
material, what to do about them - and where to
get help and more information. The targets are
culture, heritage and academic collections, to
focus on a group of people and collections with
broadly similar issues and solutions.
Sponsored by:
King's Digital Consultancy Service, King's College London: www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk
British Universities Film and Video Council: www.bufvc.ac.uk
Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe: www.tape-online.net
Prestospace: www.prestospace.org
10 November 2006, at King's College London,
Centre for Computing in the Humanities.
Fee: £60 includes lunch for non-profit making
organisations (VAT will not be charged) or £180
(plus VAT) for the corporate sector (who will be
allocated any remaining places not taken).
Early registration is advised, as numbers will be
limited to approximately 25 persons.
For registration and further information http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/AVpres.htm
Programme for the day
Basics: (1.5 hrs)
" Welcome and Introduction - KDCS
" Basic facts about audiovisual materials - BBC
" Lessons to be learnt from major film and video digitisation projects - BUFVC
" Digital Audiovisual Preservation: AHDS - Arts and Humanities Data Service
Case Studies: (1.5 hrs)
" The ITN News Archive - a JISC project
" The British Library Sound Archive - a JISC project
" Preservation and access at the BFI - British Film Institute
" Preservation and Commercialisation - Imperial War Museum
" Preservation in a Research Institute - Welcome Institute
Advanced topics: (2 hrs)
" Preservation Cost models - Southampton University (PrestoSpace)
" Audiovisual Websites and Portals - System Simulation Ltd (PrestoSpace)
" Metadata - BBC
" Sources of Help: PrestoSpace, TAPE, JISC, KDCS, AHDS, EC - BBC
" The JISC strategy for the future of audiovisual collections - JISC
" Open Question and Answer session.
Attendees may book 15 minute individual
consultancy sessions with the speakers from BBC,
AHDS, KDCS and Prestospace after the end of the course until 6.00pm.
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Simon Tanner
Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services
King's College London
Kay House, 7 Arundel Street, London WC2R 3DX
tel: +44 (0)20 7848 1678 or +44 (0)7887 691716
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www.digitalconsultancy.net
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