Keeping it in context

First EUscreen International Conference on
Content Selection Policies and Contextualisation

(Info from EUscreen website)...
4 August 2010, 8:54 am
Date: 7-8 October 2010.

Location: Casa del Cinema. Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1,
Rome, Italy.

EUscreen has organized a two-day conference on content
selection policies and contextualisation in the audiovisual domain,
to be held in Rome on October 7 and 8 2010. The conference will
focus on contextualisation of audiovisual material, especially in the
academic field. The conference programme is still under construction,
but the first day includes a plenary session focussing on
contextualisation of audiovisual material with keynotes and
presentations of use cases.
The second day comprises two workshops: one on European IPR
legislations in the audiovisual sector and the impact on the exploitation
of audiovisual and television archives, and one on best practices and
guidelines for digitising audiovisual heritage.

Best Archives on the Net

Best Archives on the Net

The Best Archives on the Net awards - re-purposing descriptive data.

The Smithsonian example sounds very interesting and useful. So much for one-size-fits-all collections management solutions.

Carve up your collections

(Image linked from Scott Marr's blog - thanks)

I'm not sure that as a sound archivist I should condone this...but somehow I do.

Carved records by Scott Marr

Savage sector cuts in the UK

It was announced today that there would be savage cuts in the UK umbrella bodies responsible for the archive, library, museum and film sectors. All these sectors fall under the remit of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

The curt press release, ironically titled "DCMS improves efficiency and cuts costs with review of arm's length bodies" can be found here.

Software development opportunity

One of the most interesting current developments at NSSAW is the off-air capture and integration project. The NSSAW, being part of the National Library of Wales, is a Designated Archive, allowed to record programmes off-air, and over the decades has built up a substantial access collection of TV and radio. During the last couple of years it has switched off-air recording from analogue to digital.

The Library now has a vacancy for a software developer to complete the integration of the digital capture service with the main library information management systems, including the implementation of a novel access mechanism for our users.

Details of the post, closing date 2 August, can be found on the NLW website

UNESCO recognition for Wales

The1918 film "The Life Story of David Lloyd George" has received recognition by UNESCO as being of "outstanding value and importance", receiving an inscription to the UK Memory of the World Register earlier this week. The film is cared for by the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, at the National Library in Aberystwyth.

Bedtime reading for insomniacs - film archives in the EU

An important 160ish page report from the EU on film archiving issues in the EU