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AVPS Coordinates The Most Comprehensive Assessment And Prioritization Session To Date For The 2007 Joint Technical Symposium (JTS)

AVPS has organized an international seven participant session for JTS 2007 on the topics of collection assessment and prioritization that is groundbreaking in both its comprehensiveness and scale.

The session is a survey and review of the most significant recent moving image and sound collection assessment and prioritization projects. This is the first session within any conference that has covered these important topics with such depth and with such broad representation.

As a community long operating without adequate tools, this session is needed more than ever. With a great focus on digital reformatting for preservation, tools for the appropriate and efficient selection of collection items for this purpose are increasingly necessary for institutional archives. All of the speakers in this session understand that need and are helping to increase those capabilities. The speakers and subjects include:

Chris Lacinak: AVPS – Introducing the topic of assessment and prioritization for moving image and sound objects.
Leon-Bavi Vilmont: Presto Space/CRCDG – Media Condition Assessment Work Package
Jean-Louis Bigourdan: IPI/NEH – Magnetic Media Study
Tanisha Jones: NYU/Mellon – Magnetic Media Assessment Project
Mike Casey: Indiana University/Sound Directions – The Field Audio Collection Evaluation Tool
Janet Gertz: Columbia University/Mellon – Special Collections Materials Survey Instrument
Dietrich Schueller: Phonogrammarchiv/IASA – The Task Force on Selection for Digital Transfer ReportFor more information on the session and full program please click below. We hope to see all of you there!
www.jts2007.org/program.htm

AVPS To Coordinate A Session On Audiovisual Asset Assessment At The 2007 AMIA Annual Conference

AudioVisual Preservation Solutions is coordinating a session for the AMIA Annual Conference which will take place during November 2007 in Rochester, New York. The session is based on the premise that assessing audiovisual signals stored on magnetic media has proven to be an evasive task. This session aims to provide information and direction that will inform good collection management and preservation planning.

The speakers and subjects are:

Chris Lacinak: AVPS – Assessing dynamic audiovisual objects; Related research and development projects.
Jean-Louis Bigourdan: Image Permanence Institute (IPI) – Report on the IPI Magnetic Media Study.
Ian Gilmour: Media Matters – Discussion of emerging assessment methods and technologies.

The lack of tools and the need for relevant training has left the moving image and sound archivist in a quandary over how to accurately perform this activity. Assessment efforts have typically combined visual inspection of the media with informal experiential and speculative data. These are imprecise approaches that disregard the whole of the system responsible for producing the signal. They are not accurate or effective enough to inform solid preservation strategies or large expenditures.

For more information on the session and full program please click below. We hope to see all of you there!
www.amiaconference.com/2007/forms/Program.Download.01.pdf

AVPS Asked To Speak At The National Archives Preservation Conference

Every year the National Archives (NARA) puts together an impressive collection of topics and speakers to make up their Preservation Conference. This year will bring the 21st Annual Preservation Conference, titled “Managing the Intangible: Creating, Storing and Retrieving Digital Surrogates of Historical Materials.”

Chris Lacinak of AVPS accepted the invitation to contribute to this conference by speaking about Quality Control and Digitization involving dynamic audiovisual objects – two topics that AVPS has gained extensive recognition for. The presentation on Quality Control will be on day one of the conference, and the Digitization presentation will be on day two. Chris finds himself in good company with an illustrious array of speakers lined up to discuss a fascinating and relevant group of topics.

For more information on the conference and to see the program and presentations please visit the National Archives Conference website below.
www.archives.gov/preservation/conferences/2007

AVPS Represents AMIA And AES At National Recording Preservation Board Hearing

Chris Lacinak of AudioVisual Preservation Solutions (AVPS) was honored and privileged to receive a request from the Association of Moving Image Archivist (AMIA) Executive Director , Keith LaQua and President, Janice Simpson to represent the AMIA community at the New York Hearing of the National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) held on December 19th , 2006. The hearing was attended by a broad range of experts filled with passion on the topic of the preservation of recorded sound.

As a co-chair of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Technical Committee on Archiving, Restoration and Digital Libraries, Chris also represented the AES community at the hearing.

The National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) was formed through a mandate of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000. The Librarian of Congress, in consultation with the National Recording Preservation Board, is conducting a study on the current state of recorded sound preservation and restoration in the United States. The NRPB’s activities in this area will be compiled into a report for the Librarian of Congress to raise awareness and inform policy affecting our cultural heritage.

More information can be found at the website below.
www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-clir.html

AVPS Recognized In The Image Permanence Institute’s Magnetic Media Study Report Funded By The National Endowment For The Humanities (NEH)

AVPS was honored to collaborate with the stellar team at the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) on their Magnetic Media Study. This study aims to find correlative and causal relationships between detectable degradation mechanisms and quality of reproduction. In finding such relationships, tools can be created similar to the IPI Acid Detection Strip, which will detect a known indicator of failure.

AVPS was proud to be asked to share our experience and knowledge on the matter of assessment and we are thankful to the Image Permanence Institute for the opportunity to work together. You can view the special thanks to AVPS, and more importantly the full report from the study in the coming months.

For more on IPI contributions to Magnetic Media Preservation, you can visit their website below.
http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/shtml_sub/pr_magnetic.asp

AVPS Contributes To The Newly Launched Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) Online Preservation Resource

When AVPS was asked to contribute to the Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) online preservation resource by bringing clarity to the client/preservation vendor relationship, we gladly accepted. The client/vendor relationship and matching of audiovisual preservation goals with institutional capability is a primary activity of AVPS. Given the present state of audiovisual preservation standards and best practices, this is a topic worthy of much conversation for the sake of needed clarification.

We were happy to have the opportunity to lend a helping hand in navigating this difficult path. You can download the resource created by AVPS in the resources section of our website.

You will also find the EAI online preservation resource below.
resourceguide.eai.org

AVPS Invited To Join The Advisory Board For The Recently Launched NYU Preservation Department Assessment Project Funded By The Mellon Foundation

AVPS was asked to join the advisory board for the NYU Preservation Department Assessment Project due to our experience with assessing dynamic objects (audiovisual media and content) and for our perspective on the landscape of current assessment projects and technologies.

The project titled “Developing Principles and Methodologies for Moving Image and Audio Preservation in Research Libraries” will conduct research to develop new surveying methodologies for video and audio collections.

Results will ultimately aid in the development of best practices for assessment and preservation planning. We are proud to serve on the advisory board and look forward to working with the excellent team assembled to take on the project.

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