After a great presentation from our AAPB NDSR residents at the Society of American Archivists meeting in Portland last month, the 2016-2017 AAPB NDSR residencies have officially drawn to a close. Each host site has written up a report on the progress that was made on their digital archival practices over the course of the … Continue reading AAPB NDSR Final Station Reports
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Launching the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Wiki
The AAPB NDSR residencies have now ended, but we're very proud to launch the final project created by our AAPB NDSR residents: The American Archive of Public Broadcasting Wiki, a technical preservation resource guide for public media organizations. Selena Chau, Eddy Colloton, Adam Lott, Kate McManus, Lorena Ramírez-López, and Andrew Weaver have highlighted their collaboration … Continue reading Launching the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Wiki
Moving Beyond the Allegory of the Lone Digital Archivist (& my day of Windows scripting at KBOO)
The “lone arranger” was a term I learned in my library sciences degree program and I accepted it. I visualized hard-working, problem-solving solo archivists in small staff-situations challenged with organizing, preserving, and providing access to the growing volumes of historically and culturally relevant materials that could be used by researchers. As much as the archives … Continue reading Moving Beyond the Allegory of the Lone Digital Archivist (& my day of Windows scripting at KBOO)
Louisiana Public Broadcasting Digital Preservation Plan
I have completed my NDSR AAPB residency at Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB)! While most of my cohort will continue chugging along for another few months, I sadly have to finish up a bit early. But, I’m leaving for an exciting opportunity in the conservation department at the Denver Art Museum. I’m feeling good about the … Continue reading Louisiana Public Broadcasting Digital Preservation Plan
Advocating for Archives in a Production Environment
One of the new experiences I’ve had here at LPB, among the many new experiences that have accompanied moving to Baton Rouge, Louisiana (I have way more opinions about gumbo now), has been working for an archive in a production environment. The primary purpose of a TV station is, believe it or not, to broadcast … Continue reading Advocating for Archives in a Production Environment
Register for our upcoming webinars
We have two free, resident-hosted, open-to-the-public webinars coming up in January! Challenges of Removable Media in Digital Preservation (Eddy Colloton) Thursday, January 12th, 3:00 PM ET Removable storage media could be considered the most ubiquitous of digital formats. From floppy disks to USB flash drives, these portable, inexpensive and practical devices have been relied upon … Continue reading Register for our upcoming webinars
Inside the WHUT video library clean-up – part 2: lots of manual labor
Resident log, NDSR date 20161220.1 Last time on “Inside the WHUT video library clean-up” WHUT’s RECOMMENDED “TO DO” CHECKLIST new shelves to be placed in library-adjacent rooms A and B retiling the linoleum floor thermometer and humidity reader removal of 2 metal shelves in the back of the library new overhead light bulbs new overhead … Continue reading Inside the WHUT video library clean-up – part 2: lots of manual labor
Catch up on the AAPB NDSR session at AMIA!
Last Saturday, six of our seven AAPB NDSR residents presented a panel at the Association of Moving Image Archivists conference on their experiences preserving media at public broadcasting organizations across the country. If you couldn’t attend the session, we invite you to catch up virtually with this summary of questions and Tweets around the panel! … Continue reading Catch up on the AAPB NDSR session at AMIA!
AAPB NDSR Webinars
Every two weeks through the end of November, we're hosting a webinar event for the AAPB NDSR community on an area that's relevant to the current projects. (After November, the residents get to start hosting webinars themselves!) Our first webinar, held August 12th, featured Kara van Malssen, Partner & Senior Consultant at AVPreserve, discussing "Metadata: … Continue reading AAPB NDSR Webinars
Kicking off the AAPB NDSR
The 2016-2017 AAPB NDSR residencies have now officially kicked off, starting with our AAPB NDSR Immersion Week. From July 25-29, hosts, residents and mentors gathered at WGBH to learn, discuss, and review information about digital preservation and archiving audiovisual materials. Immersion Week presentations covered a wide array of topics, including the history of public media … Continue reading Kicking off the AAPB NDSR
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