Please note that registration is open till 2 September 2011
The audiovisual (AV) record of the 20th century is at risk, with digitisation being a solution, but this created a new problem: the preservation of digital AV content. Managers and technical staff of the AV industry need to be knowledgeable of, and understand how to use, the latest digital preservation technologies, in order to procure the safety of these documents of cultural heritage. Based on the experiences of some of the largest audiovisual and broadcast archives in Europe, this training will give a complete account of the tools and technologies available for the digital preservation of, and access to, audiovisual content, outlining strategies, workflows and architecture planning.

Training locations are Paris and Bry-sur-Marne. Registration is limited to 40 delegates.

Topics
Strategy; preservation planning; OAIS; workflow; architecture; mass storage; formats; encoding; compression; metadata; preservation metadata; quality control; service management; risk management; rights management; partnerships; state of the art; support mechanisms; future developments.

Learning objectives

• Understand current and future challenges of the digital environment and the impact on the role of the information professional in an audiovisual archive;
• Understand how significant properties for digital preservation of AV content can be conceptualised;
• Be able to identify international standards, technologies and software
• Be able to critically analyse the results of some recent digitisation projects
• Design strategies for particular digital preservation projects
• Determine relevant conceptual approaches of organisation and planning of digital preservation
• Have a complete overview of the state of the art industrial solutions to digital preservation of audiovisual content;
• Know the support networks to strengthen his/her future professional career in AV digital preservation;

For more Information:
Web: http://training2011.prestocentre.eu
Tel: +31 20 894 3570
E-mail: events@prestocentre.eu