IMR 665: Management of Audio Visual Records & Archives. Individual Assignment: Article summary / Muhammad Syamil Iman Mohd. Zain

Summary of the articles: “The Conservation and Preservation of Film and Magnetic Materials (2)” and “The Public-Private Partnership Case Study in Digitization of Audiovisual Heritage.”

This two article are about how public and private partnership in digitization of audiovisual heritage and how to conserve and preserve film and magnetic materials. Audiovisual has their own value and must be keep in a long term in order for future use. Nowadays, due to the advancement of technology, all the audiovisuals heritage need to be preserve well in order to avoid from danger such as the material being lost and many more. One method that can be use regarding conserving and preserving audiovisual heritage which is digitization of the material. Then, the other article focus on how to conserve and preserve film and magnetic materials. This magnetic materials such as magnetic disk can be considered as audiovisual heritage and need to be conserve and preserve in order to use them in a long term. This two article mainly focus on digitization of audiovisual heritage in order to preserve it.