[opendtv] New approaches to television archiving
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:12:14 -0500
New approaches to television archiving
by Jeff Ubois
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/ubois/
Abstract
Worldwide, more than 30 million hours of unique television
programming are broadcast every year, yet only a tiny fraction of it
is preserved for future reference, and only a fraction of that
preserved footage is publicly accessible. Most television broadcasts
are simply lost forever, though television archivists have been
working to preserve selected programs for fifty years. Recent
reductions in the cost of storage of digital video could allow
preservation of this portion of our culture for a small fraction of
the worldwide library budget, and improvements in the distribution of
online video could enable much greater collaboration between archival
institutions.
Contents
Non-commercial broadcasters, educational institutions, and libraries
For-profit organizations with television archives
Governmental institutions
Fans and amateurs
Collaborative possibilities
Cataloging
Technical standards and low-cost approaches to preservation and access
Legal strategies
Building a social consensus about television archiving
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/ubois/
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