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Like the BBC, discovering subtitle files has allowed the OU to index their audio-visual collections. Sue Allcock and James Alexander then discussed the Outcomes and Lessons learnt from the Access to Video Assets Project at the Open University which makes past video content from the Open University’s courses available to OU staff through a Fedora repository.

He also spoke about the useful digital preservation tools available online via Presto Space. Richard Wright of the BBC spoke about the Presto Centre and the tools it has developed to help with audio-visual preservation. One of the many interesting facts that he mentioned was that subtitle files originally produced by the BBC for broadcast have been used as a tool for search and retrieval of video content.Īfter enjoying lunch and the beautiful sunny weather on the British Library terrace we moved onto the afternoon programme based on specific projects and tools. He mentioned the difficulties researchers find when citing videos, especially those on YouTube that may disappear at any time! To round off the morning John Zubrycki from BBC R and D spoke about Challenges and Solutions in Broadcast Archives. Next Stephen Gray from JISC Digital Media spoke about how students are using audio-visual content in their research.

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He played a speech from Nelson Mandela’s 1964 trial to emphasise the value of audio preservation. Richard Ranft then gave a fascinating insight into the history and management of the British Library Sound Archive. We began with Nicky Whitsed from the Open University who spoke about the nature of the problem of preserving audio-visual content a particularly pertinent issue for the OU who have 40 years of audio-visual teaching resources to deal with.

The morning talks gave an overview of issues associated with preserving audio-visual resources.

I was particularly interested in the event because of digital video files currently held on DVD media at the Bodleian.Īfter arriving at the British Library and collecting my very funky Save the Bits DPC badge I sat down to listen to a packed programme of speakers. Last Friday I went along to the DPC briefing Preserving Digital Sound and Vision.