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DC 2006 Program Session
508. Future Shock: Saving the Signals of Audiovisual Records
Friday, August 04, 2006
4:00 PM-5:30 PM  Recorded session
Charles Kolb, Chair
National Endowment for the Humanities Steve Weiss
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“Preserving Audio Collections on African American
Culture” Virginia Danielson
Harvard University
“Research and Development for Best Practices to Preserve Analog Audio with Digital Reformatting” Joanne Rudof
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust
Testimonies
“Preserving Oral Histories in the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies”
The challenge of preserving the intellectual content of a
variety of analog sound recording and video formats is being engaged by new
research and development projects and recent implementation projects funded by
NEH. Panelists present examples of reformatting projects and discuss theoretical
and practical best practices. Among the topics considered in this open forum are
the efficacy of external hard drives, compressed storage, optical discs, laser
discs, digital audio tape, and audio extraction by laser.
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