Tens of thousands of hours of audiovisual content held on magnetic tapes will be lost forever unless the material is digitised by 2025.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia estimates the cost of digitising at $10 million -. $6 million to convert videotapes and $4 million for audiotapes.
Today the Nfsa released a discussion paper calling for a national framework for digitisation of audiovisual collections.
That would entail a collaborative approach by government and cultural institutions in order to mass-digitise before the 2025 deadline.
Nfsa CEO Michael Loebenstein said: .All tape-based formats created in the 20th century are now obsolete. Tape that is not digitised by 2025, we risk losing forever.
.This is a preventable loss. If we act swiftly today, we will all enjoy the advantages that digitisation of our collections can bring to Australia..
The content at risk includes news and current affairs, dramas, comedies, music and spoken word.
The Nfsa says...
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia estimates the cost of digitising at $10 million -. $6 million to convert videotapes and $4 million for audiotapes.
Today the Nfsa released a discussion paper calling for a national framework for digitisation of audiovisual collections.
That would entail a collaborative approach by government and cultural institutions in order to mass-digitise before the 2025 deadline.
Nfsa CEO Michael Loebenstein said: .All tape-based formats created in the 20th century are now obsolete. Tape that is not digitised by 2025, we risk losing forever.
.This is a preventable loss. If we act swiftly today, we will all enjoy the advantages that digitisation of our collections can bring to Australia..
The content at risk includes news and current affairs, dramas, comedies, music and spoken word.
The Nfsa says...
- 10/26/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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