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Preservation Guide - Introduction

News Flash: March 2009: PrestoPRIME public launch 24 March in Turin

January 2009: New Project: PrestoPRIME It's not Presto3 or Son of Son of Presto but it is related: life after digitisation. After years of digitising audiovisual content, what do we do with all those files to keep them safe, and working properly? All the answers from PrestoPRIME

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General Guide to Audiovisual Preservation

Is this your problem?

A mixed audiovisual collection
Henry Hampton Collection, photo: Howard Besser

If you have audiovisual media, it needs maintenance – or you will lose it. This guide shows how to:

• conserve old formats
• digitise for transfer to new formats
• create digital file formats
• use digital restoration
• use mass storage
• provide electronic and web access

Those are just the technologies – some strategic thinking is also needed:

• at the institution level: where you are, where you want to get
• at the project level: how to run an efficient preservation project

The strategic issues raise other ‘how to’ issues, which this guide also covers:

• how to estimate costs – for specific projects and for long-term maintenance
• how to fund preservation

So, where to start? The navigation guide shows the organisation of the information. Each topic gives basic information, plus where to look for more if needed.

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