Audio Archiving in Australia
In November, Gareth Watkins, the Radio Collection Developer at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, visited a number of Australian archives and attended the Australasian Sound Recordings Association conference in Sydney. Some of the interesting learnings he brought back with him follow.
The conference’s theme was “Play It Forward – Sustainability in a Time of Rapid Change,” and it explored the many issues faced by audiovisual institutions in order to remain sustainable into the future.
Watch Gareth’s report back to staff on his travels:
Links of Interest
- Sound and Vision LABS – new ways to interact with audiovisual collections: http://labs.beeldengeluid.nl
- Oral histories online at the National Library of Australia: http://www.nla.gov.au/content/oral-history-collection-highlights
- The National Library’s interface is based on OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer): http://www.oralhistoryonline.org
- SketchUp: free 3D modelling and library: http://www.sketchup.com/ and https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com
- Graduate Certificate in Audiovisual Archiving (Charles Sturt University): http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/graduate-certificate-in-audiovisual-archiving
- Mediaflex: Digital Asset Management: http://www.tmd.tv/mediaflex
- DOBBIN – fully automated file management and media processing system: http://cube-tec.com/de-de/news/news/new-cube-tec-product-dobbin-audio-rendering-farm
- Newspaper search portal: https://news.google.com/newspapers
- Podcast statistics reporting: http://www.rawvoice.com
– By Gareth Watkins
Minor corrections to the above presentation:
- The buy-up of Studer tape parts was in 2004 (not in 2014 as mentioned)
- The NFSA “intern” describing collection items is actually a volunteer role
