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Challenges of the Digital Era for Film Heritage Institutions: Final Report

Title
Challenges of the Digital Era for Film Heritage Institutions: Final Report
Date
1 Dec 2011
Link
http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/info_centre/library/studies/index_en.htm#herit
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Publisher
European Commission
Category
Surveys and Reports
Subject
New Technology; Archives
Inactive
No
Description
This report recognises that European cinema is still a key component in the European media industry, as well as constituting a unique and irreplaceable part of European culture and history. The study describes the challenges that film heritage institutions are facing in relation to collection of digital film
material, the storage and long-term preservation of digital film material, digital restoration, digitisation and integration in Europeana, access to collections thanks to new technologies and digital cinema distribution. The report notes the need to introduced legal/organisational/technical changes to ensure that film archives will continue to perform their role in the digital era. An executive summary of the report is available here.

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