UC DLFx 2018: Archiving AV: Analog to Born Digital

Audiovisual media is ever increasing and contributing to backlogs in libraries and archives where analog materials experience degradation, deposited hard drives sit on shelves, and digital files languish on servers. Many librarians and archivists consider audiovisual collections to be a challenge to preservation due to rapid format obsolescence, barriers to digitization, and popular software-as-a-service archiving models that limit practitioners’ knowledge and participation in the digital archiving process.

In this half-day workshop fundamental questions will be addressed including:

• What constitutes an archive of audiovisual media and how does one address digitization?
• How can an archive curate and steward a born digital AV collection for preservation and access?
• How can archiving AV be practical, efficient, and cost-effective?

This workshop curriculum will include characteristics of analog and born digital AV, methods of digitization and digital curation, efficient and practical digital tools, and preservation strategies for retention and access.

Space is limited, a waitlist will be generated when capacity is met. If registered and can no longer participate, please notify stelnabli@ucsd.edu

Presenter: Stefan Elnabli (UCSD)