A Race Against Time: Preserving AV Media, AUDIOVISUAL PRESERVATION BASICS
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Segment 2: Audiovisual Preservation Basics
Length: 8 minutes, 11 seconds
Ingrid Bogel, discusses the challenges of preserving audiovisual media, the many facets of long-term care, the definitions of audiovisual preservation terminology, and the multiple copies associated with audiovisual media archives.
Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archivist & Consultant, discusses some fundamental principles common to the care of audiovisual collections. He describes the archival set, which includes a preservation copy, a reference copy, an intermediate copy and a replacement preservation copy. Mr. Lewis also explains what an institution should consider before accepting audiovisual media into their collections. Considerations for reformatting and reformatting priorities are also discussed.