IMR 665: Management of Audio Visual Records & Archives. Individual assignment: Article summary / Wan Nornadzira Wan Bulkarim

Article on:
Article 1 - “Digital heritage material preservation in Botswana: problems
and prospects”
Article 2 - “Digital preservation of audio, video and film”

These papers focused about the preservation of audiovisual materials. Audiovisual material included audiotapes, videotapes, motion picture, photograph, CDs, DVDs and films. Audiovisual can also be considered as heritage materials that require special attention. This is because the record is at risk, as the recordings are deteriorating or on obsolete formats. In both papers that had been reviewed, method that was used to preserve the audiovisual was digitization. The discussions were covered about the problems arises regarding digitization process, recommendations for those problems and a way to increase the quality of digitization for preserve AV materials (Presto Project).