Presentations
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This year's iteration of the future of AMIA focuses on the massive paradigm shift that has occurred in the field of moving image archiving from the analog to the digital. How does our work and thinking change when we are no longer dealing with a culture of objects, but rather with a culture of electronic bytes? How do archival values, such as provenance and uniqueness change, when we enter the realm of the digital? hat challenges do we have when confronted with internet archives that only exist on servers in cyberspace? Panelists will discuss these and other questions with the audience.
Presentation: Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive
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The Audiovisual Self-Assessment Program Project
at the University of IllinoisThe University of Illinois has designed the Audiovisual Self-Assessment Program (AvSAP) to help collections managers in archives, libraries, and museums learn about audiovisual preservation and create prioritized preservation plans for their audiovisual objects. Join the Project Coordinator of the AvSAP as he describes the program and the IMLS-funded project that created it. This session is targeted at collections managers and other professionals with any level of audiovisual preservation experience.
Presentation: Jimi Jones, University Of Illinois
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This panel offers approaches to increase accessibility by enhancing your web presence. Speakers will discuss the benefits and challenges of launching online catalogs, remodeling web sites, and utilizing cost-effective Web 2.0 applications such as YouTube, Wikipedia, Second Life, etc. They will also share how these methods have extended the reach of their collections. This session addresses the need for moving image archives to evolve with the current technological trends that shape how users access information.
Presentation: Nadia Ghasedi, Washington University
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Content Storage Management versus HSM in A/V Archiving
Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) tools lower the cost of A/V storage by moving files between expensive disk arrays and less expensive data tapes. But HSM technology's market is not A/V, it's general purpose data, and it's not a natural fit for media. 10 years ago the storage manufacturing community invented a new approach called Content Storage Management (CSM), quickly adopted by virtually all broadcasters. This SMPTE-style presentation compares HSM and CSM, and outlines CSM's value proposition in an A/V archive infrastructure.
Presentation: Josef Marc, Front Porch Digital
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Digitizing 201: Video Digitization Workflows and Challenges
Following last year's "Digitizing101", we will review the planning process for a video digitization project; examination of exceptions; customization of the process to the source material, and quality control. The session will examine case studies for working with damaged or 'not-to-spec' materials, address documentation practices for preservation workflow, and stress how to conduct quality control. Actual situations are used in covering strategies for video digitization - (identification of format, warning signs to look for before playback, determining the length and more.) We will cover how to deal with tapes that do not play back and what you need to think about when playing back damaged tapes; how to determine correct playback settings for tapes with no color bars; preservation strategies for digital media on tapes or discs (DVCam and Compact Disc), with attention to how to design a high-efficiency workflow and perform quality control on the digital results.
Presentation: Angelo Sacerdote, Bay Area Video Coalition
Presentation is here (pdf)Presentation: Skip Elsheimer, A/V Geeks LLC
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Evolving Content: Workflow, Technology, Audience and Sustainability in WGBH Digital ProjectsHeeding the call of users worldwide, archives are continually thinking of new and interesting ways to expose content. This session will present two current projects that are substantially changing access to materials from the WGBH Media Library and Archives. By showcasing the work of the Mellon and Vietnam projects, we present a glimpse into how media libraries can serve multiple audiences with the same content and technology. In addition, we'll present a report on sustainability. WGBH OpenVault is a model for access to archival media materials. Working across projects and funding streams, sharing workflow and technological innovations, we are furthering the goals of the archive as a whole. The session will end with a discussion of what OpenVault 2.0 might be. What functionality, such as social tagging, is appropriate to apply to the next version. What are the design challenges inherent in presenting the same information to different audiences.
Presentation: Courtney Michael, WGBH Media Library and Archives
......................Karen Carian, WGBH Media Library and Archives
......................Karen Colbron, WGBH Media Library and Archives
......................Chris Beer, WGBH Interactive
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The Problem of Open MediaThe term 'Open Media' has gained currency with the explosion of online archives. Some media collections are open for people to download, share, mashup, and reuse. Others seek to prevent their works from being copied. To the extent that there is an "open media community," it envisions a large and active public media commons, providing global access to historical, cultural, and other materials relevant, and in many cases vital, to the public interest. Meanwhile, copyright and intellectual property laws add layers of confusion and conflicting interests, while new technologies make controlling and monetizing media problematic for all concerned. How might we solve the problem of open media? This session will address some of the obstacles and opportunities, and suggest new business models that allow content to breathe freely while still paying the rent. We'll also discuss the role of the archivist as key to an open media future.
Presentation: Suzanne M. Fischer - The Henry Ford
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