One-Day course of what you need to know - and who! (preliminary announcement)
10 November 2006, at King's College London, Centre for Computing in the Humanities.
Seventy percent of all audiovisual material is under immediate threat of deterioration, damage
or obsolescence - and seventy percent of collection managers don't know it. Surveys have
found serious shortages of trained staff and equipment, and an even more serious shortage of
concerted preservation actions. The immediate needs are: awareness - and help.
This one day course will provide basic information on the problems of audiovisual
material, what to do about them - and where to get help and more information. The targets are
culture, heritage and academic collections, to focus on a group of people and collections with
broadly similar issues and solutions.
Sponsored by:
King's Digital Consultancy Service, website: King's College London
British Universities Film and Video Council
Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe
Fee: £60 includes lunch for non-profit making organizations (VAT will not be charged) or £180
(plus VAT) for the corporate sector (who will be allocated any remaining places not taken).
Early registration is advised, as numbers will be limited to approximately 25 persons.
For registration and further information, please go to the website: King's Digital Consultancy
Programme for the day:
Basics: (1.5 hrs)
Welcome and Introduction - KDCS
Basic facts about audiovisual materials - BBC
Lessons to be learnt from major film and video digitisation projects - BUFVC
Digital Audiovisual Preservation: AHDS - Arts and Humanities Data Service
Case Studies: (1.5 hrs)
The ITN News Archive - a JISC project
The British Library Sound Archive - a JISC project
Preservation and access at the BFI - British Film Institute
Preservation and Commercialisation - Imperial War Museum
Preservation in a Research Institute - Welcome Institute
Advanced topics: (2 hrs)
Preservation Cost models - Southampton University (PrestoSpace)
Audiovisual Websites and Portals - System Simulation Ltd (PrestoSpace)
Metadata - BBC
Sources of Help: PrestoSpace, TAPE, JISC, KDCS, AHDS, EC- BBC
The JISC strategy for the future of audiovisual collections - JISC Open
Question and Answer session.
Attendees may book 15 minute individual consultancy sessions with the speakers from BBC, AHDS, KDCS and Prestospace after the end of the course until 6.00pm.
Information contact:
Simon Tanner
Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services
King's College London
Kay House, 7 Arundel Street, London WC2R 3DX
tel: +44 (0)20 7848 1678 or +44 (0)7887 691716
email: simon.tanner@kcl.ac.uk
website: digital consultancy