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NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
November 1, 2001
Multimedia Archive Preservation: Practical Workshop
May 22-24, 2002: London, UK
http://presto.joanneum.ac.at/may.asp
Project organized by:
European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
International Federation of Television Archives (IFTA/FIAT)
Information Science and Technology (IST)
Preservation Technology (PRESTO)
Here is an important and useful European workshop organized chiefly
by PRESTO, a preservation technology consortium with the mission to
"develop state of the art technology in the preservation of film,
video and audio media."
David Green
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Subject: Multimedia Archive Preservation workshop
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:36:23 -0000
Multimedia Archive Preservation - a practical workshop
Organised by IASA, FIAT, PRESTO, ECPA ... and more!
22-24 May 2002 in London, UK
Overview: 80% of audio and video archive content is at risk, according to
the results of EC project PRESTO. Unless preservation procedures are funded
and implemented - quickly - unique heritage and commercially valuable
material will be lost. This workshop will provide, in a concentrated three
days, the combined experience of ten major European broadcast archives, and
the new technology developed by PRESTO.
What we will cover:
* Funding: sources of funding; a model business case; benchmark costs
* Selection: criteria; prioritisation; life expectancy and condition
monitoring
* The Preservation Factory: how to process the most material with the least
labour; how to control quality; how to manage metadata; what to include and
(exclude) during preservation to maximise access and future use
* Sustainability: the 'total cost of ownership' of archive material;
technology for automation of quality monitoring and data update; media life
expectancy; what formats to choose
* Online and Internet: how to build new technology into a preservation project
- without blowing the budget;
* The small archive: how to be efficient on small-scale projects; special
funding for private and historical collections; sources of support, advice
and resources; out-sourcing options
* Commercial resources: information on technology and facility houses
specialising in multimedia archive preservation; comparative costs; how to
manage quality and cost; do's and don'ts of working with contractor
* New technology: advances in mass storage, process automation, automatic
quality control, and asset management; what it is, what it really can and
cannot do, costs and benefits. Also new technology developed by PRESTO and
by related EC projects.
What else
You also get:
** tours of actual preservation projects for audio, video and film in
the London area
** a copy of the PRESTO Multimedia Preservation Handbook
Cost: 250 euros for the three days, which includes three lunches and one
formal dinner, but does NOT include accommodation. For members of PRESTO,
IASA, and FIAT the cost of the conference itself is free but there will be
a 50 euros charge for the lunches and dinner.
Accommodation: block bookings will be available in nearby hotels; estimated
cost is 125 euros per night single, 160 euros per night double.
Who: PRESTO is a project sponsored by the Cultural Heritage sector of the
IST programme of the European Commission. The main partners are BBC (UK),
RAI (Italy) and INA (France). Seven more major broadcast archives form the
PRESTO user group. This workshop is a 'PRESTO special' of the series of
technical meetings organised annually by IASA/FIAT, hosted on this occasion
by BBC Information & Archives. Guidance and support is also provided by
ECPA (all acronyms decoded below).
Where: Central/West London venue, including tours of London-area
preservation projects
When: 20-24 May 2002
Registering: SEND NO MONEY NOW. Space is limited to 80 delegates, as we
don't think we can create a workshop environment with more than that number.
Priority will be given to members of IASA/FIAT, and to the PRESTO user
group. Please register your firm intention to attend by 30 November - and
we will send you a bill in January 2002.
How to register:
1) Preferred method:
send an email to:
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Please give the following information
1. Name
2. Affiliation
3. Please state whether you are a member of IASA/FIAT
4. Email or postal address
5. If you need hotel accommodation, and for which dates
6. Special requirements for physical access or diet
2) Alternative: send the same information by post to:
Richard Wright
Technology Manager, Projects
Information & Archives
S120 South Block
Reynards Mill, Windmill Rd
Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9NQ - UK
Acronyms:
ECPA European Commission on Preservation and Access
IASA International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
IFTA (FIAT) International Federation of Television Archives
IST Information Science and Technology
PRESTO Preservation Technology a project about new technology and
processes to make preservation projects more cost effective.
European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
P.O. Box 19121, NL-1000 GC Amsterdam,
visiting address: Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, NL-1011 JV Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
tel. ++31 - 20 - 551 08 39 fax ++31 - 20 - 620 49 41
URL: http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/
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