- Preservation in the Digital World Bibliography
- Preservation Planning and Management Preservation
Preservation Planning and Management provides guidance and a list of consultants and resources for audiovisual preservation, organized under sections for consultants, project planning and management, collection assessment and surveys, collection management, appraisals, and resources. It cites James C. Scholtz’s Developing and Maintaining Video Collections in Libraries (Santa Barbara, CA: CLIO, 1989) and notes the Magnetic Media Preservation Sourcebook available from Media Alliance; listings are provided as a service and are not endorsements by Media Alliance or the Experimental Television Center. Named consultants and institutions (including Boston Art Conservation; Heritage Resource Management Associates; Hollywood Vaults; the Image Permanence Institute at RIT; VidiPax; and others) are described with services such as collection assessment, appraisal, storage and environmental surveys, disaster planning, grant consultation, cataloging, and technical research on temperature, humidity and pollutants.
- Getting Started Preservation
Practical guide for initiating videotape preservation covering planning, storage environment assessment, cataloging, consultant use, education and preservation management; emphasizes prioritization, emergency response and short- and long-term goals. Recommends climate control and monitoring, upright shelving, computer inventories and the IMAP FileMaker Pro catalog template; advises commissioning preservation surveys by moving-image archivists or conservators and cites AIC/FAIC guidance and several archive partners (Andy Warhol Museum; Anthology Film Archives; The Jewish Museum Archive of Broadcasting; MoMA; Video DataBank; WGBH; WNET Tape Archive). Bibliographic references include Boyle (1993), Murphy (Library of Congress, 1997), Wheeler (Nov 1994) and Scholtz (CLIR, 1989).
- Preservation and Conservation Organizations - Profiles and Links Preservation
Annotated directory of preservation organizations, working groups, publications and online resources addressing moving image, audio, magnetic media and digital preservation; sections cover archivists, library organizations, conservators, technical standards, information services, audio preservation, digital preservation and listservs. Entries include AMIA, SAA, ALA, CLIR (Commission on Preservation and Access), Library of Congress, RLG (with a 1997–98 NARAS-funded project), AIC and EMSIG (formed 1997), Image Permanence Institute (RIT, Rochester, NY), National Media Laboratory (hosted by 3M), SMPTE, WGBH UPF, IMAP, Media Alliance (founded 1979; 1991 survey and conference), ARSC, AES, IASA, InterPARES and the Internet Archive; the text cites reports, manuals and listservs for further information.
- Introduction to Archival Organization and Description: Access to Cultural Heritage Bibliography
- Video Preservation - The Basics Preservation
Table of Contents Acknowledgements Background and History Preservation Terms and Definitions: Publications, Resources and Links Video Terms Getting Started Preservation Planning and Management Preservation and Conservation Organizations - Profiles and Links Care and Handling of Tape Storage Guidelin…