The tutorials cover both introductory and more advanced topics relating to storage management and digital archives. They also provide information about the use of the facilities on the site including the analysis tools.
Digital storage media are critical for the succesful archival of audio visual assets ion the future, yet for many archives they present an entirely new set of problems. Key amongst these is a radical change in the standards of formats, the tools available to manage their quality, and the ways in which they may fail over time.
What possible developments are most likely in the next ten years of digital mass storage? We review the most pertinent elements for Audio Visual Archives.
Using IT components for mass storage exposes archives to the issue of managing rapid obsolescence. This tutorial explains the main issues, and how archives can overcome them.
Tutorials
Why Digitise
Selecting your storage solution
The SAM analysis tools revealed
Training Videos
Storage Media Quality Assurance
Planning Your Preservation Project
You are not alone
Looking ahead - the next ten years in Mass Storage