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Digital Preservation And Restoration, H72.1807, Spring 2007
Version 1 — 1/25/07
- Spring 2007
- Thursdays, 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- 665 Broadway, Rm 643
- Instructor
- Mona Jimenez
- mona.jimenez@nyu.edu
- 212-992-8458
- Rm 613, 665 Broadway
- GOALS
- This class will address the use of digital files as production and preservation media, and will build on Handling New Media to further investigate the preservation of digital materials. Initiatives by broadcasters, the Library of Congress and other national archives, digital libraries and others will be explored as examples of the architecture and attributes of digital repositories. Students will develop an increased understanding of metadata and of rights management for digital materials. Lab work will include the assessment of digital and "born digital" moving image materials, and an exploration of approaches to preservation of interactive multimedia.
- EXPECTATIONS
- Each student will do two assignments as described below. Attendance at all classes is expected; more than one unexcused absence will affect grading. Grades will be based on a combination of class preparedness and participation (40%); and two assignments (30% each).
- Assignment #1
- Students will work in a group to conduct an assessment of collection that includes digital video or audiotape, digital media and digital files. The assessment will include an item level examination of video and/or television materials that start out on tape, are edited on the computer, and exist in final form partly as digital files. A report including a preservation plan will be completed. The information gained will then be used to do a mock submission process for a digital repository. The practice with submission will be part of a visit by Steve Chapman from the Harvard University Library on March 29. Due March 21. (70 min.)
- Assignment #2
- Students will work as a group to plan and carry out the migration of an interactive CDROM. We will choose one of the CDROMs that was examined last semester in Handling New Media. The plan will consider refreshing, migration and/or emulation, along with more traditional strategies such as researching the availability of source materials. Due April 26 (written component to be decided.)
Class 1: January 25
Topics/activities
- Syllabus review and discussion of semester projects. Follow-up issues from last semester. (55 min.)
- Follow-up from last semester's work on assessments of interactive CDROMs. How are collection assessments of mixed collections of analog and digital materials or of digital tape and digital files different from traditional assessments? (45 min.)
- Initial review of collection for Assignment #1 at Deep Dish Television. We will meet in front of 665 Broadway and walk over. (2 hours)
Class 2: February 8
Due this class
- Read: TBA. Readings will be posted on Blackboard site by 1/31/07.
Topics/activities
- Institutional repositories and multi-institutional projects.
- Visit by Steve Chapman, Preservation Librarian for Digital Initiatives, Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard University Library. Review of attributes architectures and workflows of a digital repository. What is involved in planning and running a digital repository? (90 min.)
- Review of major projects of digital libraries and digital repositories, and the problems they are trying to solve relating to digital preservation. This is an intro to topics covered in more detail as the semester progresses. (30 min.)
- Lab work: Progress on the collection assessment and beginning of analysis of the digital files associated with the collection that is being assessed as Assignment #1. (90 min.)
Class 3: February 22
Due this class
- Read: Selections to be announced from Cox, Michael, Ellen Mulder and Linda Tadic. Descriptive Metadata for Television: An End-to-end Introduction. 2006. Burlington, MA: Focal Press.
- View: Library of Congress. "Preserving Public Television" in the Library of Congress Webcasts. 2006. Accessed 1/24/07 at http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3848
Topics/activities
- Lab work: Review of essence, file formats and file structures. Students will practice bringing audio and video streams into a computer, and learning about the file's characteristics through software tools such as Final Cut Pro. (100 min.)
- Visit by Nan Rubin, Project Director of Preserving Digital Public Television: the NYU/WNET/WGBH NDIIPP project, a model for management of born digital video materials. (90 min.)
- Check-in on collection assessment (30 min.)
Class 4: March 8
Due this class
- To be determined
Topics/activities
- Visit by Ian Gilmour, Media Matters, who will define and discuss metadata (generated by computers and people) as it relates to the management and preservation of born digital and "born again" digital materials. (90 min.)
- Visit by Grace Agnew, Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems, Rutgers University. Rights management of digital assets, including digital assets management or DAM software, and attempts to manage rights at the object level, such as with encryption. (90 min.)
- Check-in on collection assessment and discussion of Assignment #2 (40 min.)
Class 5: March 29
Due this class
- Read: TBA
- Assignment #1
Topics/activities
- Follow-up visit by Steve Chapman. The class will work with Steve on various scenarios for working with a digital repository to ingest and manage an archive's digital assets. We will use as examples the priority audio and video files from the collection assessment (Assignment #1), as well as a few examples of CDROMs examined last semester in Handling New Media. Students will practice the submission process, as well as gain an understanding of the different requirements and practices of digital repositories, roles and responsibilities, and how relationships between archivists and repositories are negotiated. (2 hours)
- Review of results of Assignment #1 (75 min.)
- Check-in on group work for Assignment #2 (35 min.)
Class 6: April 12
Due this class
- Review the web site of the Archivists' Toolkit at http://archiviststoolkit.org/index.html
- Library of Congress Audio–Visual Prototyping Project, "Typical Elements for Use in a Statement of Work for the Digital Conversion of Sound Recordings and Related Documents" on the web site of the Library of Congress Audio-Visual Prototyping Project. 1999. Accessed 1/24/07 at http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mopic/avprot/audioSOW.html
Topics/activities
- Lab work: Group work on preservation plan for CDROM (Assignment #2) (~ 2 hours)
- Visit by Lee Mandel, Project Team Manager, Archivists' Toolkit (invited). The Archivists' Toolkit is an archival management system for both analog materials and digital files, and is compatible with metadata and data transmission standards including EAD 2002, MARC XML, METS, MODS, and Dublin Core. (90 min.)
Class 7: April 26
Due this class
- Read: TBA
Topics/activities
- Lab work: Group work carrying out preservation plan for CDROM (Assignment #2); i.e., refreshing, migration, etc. as needed. (~ 2 hours)
- Review and critique of semester's work (40 min.)