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The School of the Sky Returns
Cover of a School of the Sky brochure, 1947. University Archives. “I imagine you’ve heard of old-time radio drama before—The Shadow, The War of the Worlds, that sort of thing. But did you know that,...
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Extracting Audio from Pictures
Three years ago, a survey team identified a staggering 569,148 time-based media objects on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University—that’s over half a million sound recordings, video recordings,...
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Extracting Audio From Pictures (Summary)
Some of the world’s earliest disc recordings, dating from the late 1880′s, exist today only as pictures in books or magazines. The discs themselves were lost long ago, leaving little hope that their...
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An Hour in the Life of a Project
It’s the middle of summer and campus is quiet. Despite the seeming inactivity, I realize that nearly all Media Preservation Initiative (MPI) hands are on deck, so I begin asking everyone what they are...
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On Death and Media Preservation (Why Things Are Not As They Seem)
Guest Series Introduction While we’re not ready to call it a trend just yet, the Indiana team has noticed movement on media preservation issues at a number of academic institutions, particularly within...
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Capture Metadata and Wild Obsolescence: Media Preservation at the University...
Hello, all you media preservation-curious readers! I currently serve as the Audiovisual Conservator in the Preservation Services department at University of Virginia Library. As I am the only staff...
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Beginning Media Preservation at the UCLA Library
Screen shot from the film “Instant Guide to Synanon” (1973) that is currently being preserved through a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF). The UCLA Library holds a large...
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Good Numbers, Better Access, EIAJ and Irony
I feel honored that Mike Casey, a media preservation hero of mine, asked me to blog here. His invitation arrived on a happy day: I was feeling good about the annual internal report I’d recently...
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Would Anyone Like Some Corn With Their Preserved Media?
October 3, 2011: The day that the program in Media Preservation (and its sister program in Digital Preservation) rose from the fertile Illinois soil like a new crop of sprouting corn. Ok, well maybe...
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On Addressing a White Elephant: Developing Audiovisual Preservation at the...
White Elephant. 2011, from: circusnospin.blogspot.com/2011/11/white-envelope-thailand.html Since taking over management of the Digital Media Group at Cornell University Library in 2005, a/v has felt...
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The Library of Congress Unveils National Recording Preservation Plan
The Library of Congress today unveiled “The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan,” a blueprint for saving America’s recorded sound heritage for future generations. The...
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A Declaration of VHS Independence
[Author’s note: At last December’s Association of Moving Image Archivists conference in Seattle, Rachael Stoeltje graciously asked me to write a guest blog for IU’s Media Preservation Initiative about...
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Moving Beyond Band-Aids at Berea College
This continues our series of guest posts from universities actively addressing media preservation issues. Berea lacquer discs arrived relatively dust and dirt free. Creative splicing found in donated...
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Moving Image Digitization in the Real World
Two of my favorite moments at work are when I confirm that the regular UPS visit just picked up a shipment of tapes going to the vendor and when I receive a package from the vendor—the hard drive with...
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New York University Libraries: Looking Forward, Looking Back
Kimberly Tarr in NYU Libraries’ Film Preservation lab Last fall, I returned to New York University to take on the role of managing the film, video, and audio preservation program within NYU Libraries....
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The AV Artifact Atlas: Two Years In
Two summers ago, the team at the Stanford Media Preservation Lab (SMPL) decided something needed to be done about the lack of shared terminology surrounding audio-visual “artifacts” found in...
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Digitization and the Preservation of Knowledge
Below is an excerpt from Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie’s State of the University address, delivered Tuesday, October 1, 2013. This excerpt discusses the time-based media digitization...
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Indiana University’s Time-Based Media Digitization Project
On Tuesday, October 1, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced a comprehensive time-based media* digitization project during his State of the University address. According to...
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Job Posting: Indiana University Media Preservation Specialist
Indiana University is hiring a Media Preservation Specialist to work on its Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative. To find out more or to apply, use the link below and enter the position...
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We’ve Moved! You may have noticed the absence of content on this blog over the past several years. Our move from planning stage to implementation has necessarily led to administrative changes. Last...
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