Film preservation at the Library of Congress
Posted by Steve Hull on Thursday 06 May 2010 at 11:45am
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analogue collections |
audiovisual |
digital preservation |
digital preservation policy |
repositories |
restoration |
storage |
Creative Cow has published a wonderful article from Ken Weissman, supervisor of the Film Preservation Lab at the Library of Congress in the US.
Weissman is responsible for literally millions and millions of feet of irreplaceable film, much of it in very delicate condition. In addition to discussing such things as storage conditions and expected lifetimes, he has a few surprising things to reveal, such as the importance of paper as a storage medium for movies and why digital is a long, long way from being the preferred method of preservation at the Lab.
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