Presenter: Shahed DowlatshahiIn this session, participants will be introduced to a portable film inspection and repair kit. The main components of the kit are a set of film rewinds, splicers and leader for various gauges, a lightbox, cores, reels and split reels, and other accessories and tools necessary for film inspection and repair. The kit […]
Read More...Webinar 8: Using the Video Digitization Kit
Presenter: Shahed DowlatshahiIn this session, participants will be introduced to a portable video digitization kit. The main components of the kit are an analog/digital converter, a TBC, a VCR deck, a MacBook Pro, an audio mixer, headphones, a hard drive, and necessary cables and connectors housed inside a watertight Pelican case. Although the kit includes […]
Read More...Webinar 7: Using the Audio Digitization Kit
Presenter: Shahed DowlatshahiIn this session, participants will be introduced to a portable audio digitization kit. The main components of the kit are an analog/digital converter, an audio cassette deck, a MacBook Pro, speakers, headphones, a hard drive, and necessary cables and connectors housed inside a watertight Pelican case. The kit includes an audio cassette deck […]
Read More...Webinar 6: Mukurtu & Tribesourcing Southwest Films
Presenters: Melissa Dollman, Jennifer Jenkins, and Rhiannon SorrellJennifer Jenkins, Melissa Dollman (Yankton Sioux descent), and Rhiannon Sorrell (Diné) will present on the content management system Mukurtu. Mukurtu, the free, mobile, and open source platform, was built with Indigenous communities (the Warumungu people of Australia’s Northern Territory) to manage and share digital cultural heritage. The presenters […]
Read More...Webinar 5: Disaster Preparedness
Presenter: Pamela VadakanIn this session, participants learn the elements of disaster planning including assessing and mitigating risks (natural and manmade), setting priorities for salvage, and considering both immediate and long-term steps of emergency response and recovery, with a focus on saving audiovisual collections. Preparing a detailed disaster plan for your organization is a time-consuming and […]
Read More...Webinar 4: Digitization In- house vs. Out- of- house
Presenters: Kelli Hix & Marie LascuIn this session, participants learn about planning for digitization, with an emphasis on the differences between in and out of house digitization. Resources:Best Practices for File Naming, Stanford University LibrariesGuide to Developing a Request for Proposal for the Digitization of Video (and More) by AVPGuide to Developing a Request for […]
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