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INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTS PRESERVATION
AND SOCIETY OF GEORGIA ARCHIVISTS PRESENT:
Workshops: Digital Preservation for Audio and Digital Preservation for Video
Dates:
June 26: Digital Preservation for Audio
June 27: Digital Preservation for Video
Time:
10 AM – 4 PM
Location:
Atlanta History Center
130 West Paces Ferry Rd NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
DIGITAL PRESERVATION FOR AUDIO (Full day)
Many library and archival collections contain a wide array of audio materials, ranging from early discs to many varieties of audiotape and audiocassettes. All are now faced with the increasing rarity of playback equipment and the expertise needed to maintain it. Moreover, magnetic media is especially prone to physical degradation over time—degradation that can be very difficult to detect until a tape is played back. CDs are also subject to degradation and decay.
Today, the only viable means of long-term audio preservation is digitization—but the process of digitizing audio material can be complicated and requires a series of critical choices. This workshop is aimed at artists, archivists, and librarians who are tasked with the care of audio materials in their collections, with the goal of helping them make good choices for their preservation.
Workshop topics include:
Instructor: TBD
DIGITAL PRESERVATION FOR VIDEO (Full day)
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:
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.
Instructor: Jeff Martin
Fees:
Inquiries: [log in to unmask].
Register at www.imappreserve.org/join/membership.html
These workshops are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the
support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
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