Free Tutorial
Digitising Analogue Video Recordings
Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30
Aim
Over the past fifty years the videotape has grown from an obscure television production tool into a vibrant and vital social document. But videotape has proved to be a fragile long-term medium and its contents are at risk. This risk can only be mitigated through careful planning. This workshop will investigate the challenges associated with the preservation of videotapes. Through practical exercises, we will look at how digitising materials to archival standards can both safeguard and help develop a collection. We will also look at the challenge of creating a sustainable digital collection. Quality assurance procedures and best practice will be referred to throughout.
Audience
The workshop is targeted at the non-specialist with some understanding of IT but little audiovisual experience. Attendees may be caretakers to a small number of videos or may be involved in larger, specially funded projects. Attendees may also be wishing to gain an overview of the process prior to outsourcing video digitisation work.
Content
- What is a video tape and how does it work?
- What is a digital video file?
- What can go wrong when digitising video?
- Quality control measures
- Identification and assessment of videotapes
- Selecting digitisation equipment
- Everyday calibration of equipment
- Optimising tape playback
- Digital capture of videos
- Creating a simple technical metadata record
- The challenges of digital preservation
Workshop dates and locations
- Monday 22 March 2010
Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30
ILRT, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1HH 
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Tags: analogue collections | digital preservation | digitisation | training | video
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