Digitising Analogue Audio

Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30

Aim

To meet the skills required by libraries, archives and institutions to digitise their existing analogue collections, this course aims to provide a complete introduction to the theory and practicalities of successfully digitising analogue audio resources. The workshop will provide hands-on tuition alongside presenting theoretical knowledge with group discussions of topics surrounding the digital lifecycle, in a digitisation project based context. The workshop has been designed as a precursor for our more technical, media specific training modules. The practical elements will involve digitising audiocassette tapes as example media.

Audience

This course is aimed at those wishing to embark on digitising their audio, including librarians, archivists, and support staff. The course is also aimed at project managers wishing to understand the technical aspects of digitisation. It is aimed at those with little or no previous knowledge of the subject area, however a good general understanding of IT is required.

Content

• Theory of analogue and digital audio
• Selection and identification of media
• Equipping and preparing a digitisation system
• Digital capture and basic editing techniques
• Quality control issues, metadata and standards
• Considerations for delivery

Workshop dates and locations

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Tags: analogue collections | audio editing | digitisation

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