Introduction to Moving Image Archiving & Preservation H72.1800

Nov. 11  New Media & Digital Preservation Issues
see entire syllabus

ure: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Digital Age. Available at the Bobst Library and in the Film Study Center.

• Read:
• Besser, Howard (2001). Digital Preservation of Moving Image Materia l,The Moving Image, Fall, pages 39-55
• Besser, Howard (2000). Digital Longevity , in Maxine K. Sitts (ed.) Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access Andover Mass: Northeast Document Conservation Center, pages 155-166
• Variable media Initiative
• Preserving the Rhizome ArtBase . Richard Rinehart
• Richard Rinehart, " Archiving the Avant Garde: Documenting and Preserving Variable Media ," D-Lib Magazine, 8 (5), May 2002
• Rinehart, Richard," The Straw that Broke the Museum's Back? Collecting and Preserving Digital Media Art Works for the Next Century "
• Besser, Howard (1997). The Transformation of the Museum and the way itís Perceived , in Katherine Jones-Garmil (ed.), The Wired Museum, Washington: American Association of Museums, pages 153-169
• Variable Media case study (from monograph)
• "Quick Reference Guide for Care and Handling" (see "the Checklist" in Byers, Fred R.. Care and Handling Guide for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs - A Guide for Librarians and Archivists.    (24 June 2003).

 

* Knowing more about digital media artifacts, what does that tell you about risks to the material? What about its needs for description and care?
* What are some of the major issues with new media preservation?
* What are the major issues facing moving image and sound archivists in the "digital age"?
* What are some of the practicalities that preservationists must address?
* What theories and predictions are being advanced?

* Does this evidential value change when materials are reformatted?
* What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping different versions of materials?
* What is different between the preservation needs of material that is "born digital" and that which has been digitized?
* Is it possible to preserve digital materials unchanged?
* What are the strengths and limitations of the various proposed methods of digital preservation for different uses of cultural materials?

* As the digital world moves toward multiple uses and viewing works from different angles, how does this affect notions of context and its preservation?
* How do digital objects challenge traditional archival notions of evidence?  Can ways be found to authenticate digital works, and track provenance and versioning?

* Documentaries, Actuality Footage, media art, installation art, performance art
* Documentation, treatment
 

• Reports
• Cineric visit
• Margaret Mead Festival
• Installation--Paik
• Elements in Digital Production (including examples)
• Introduction to Digital Video encoding Standards
• Variable Media Initiative
• Student reports on Orphans project
• Digital Preservation Problems
• Current Events
• Copyright
• Voting Machines
• Machine Politics in the Digital Age, NY Times, Nov 9, 2003
• Diebold Voting Case Tests DMCA, PC World, Nov 4, 2003
• Judge Speeds Case on Electronic Voting Company's Threats Against Critics; May Prevent Diebold From Suppressing Evidence of Voting Machine Flaws, Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release, Nov 4, 2003
• Broadcast Flags
• Federal Communications Commission Adopts Hollywood Tech Mandate; Digital Television "Broadcast Flag" Stymies Innovation, Fair Use, and Competition, Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release, Nov 4, 2003
• FCC Order, Nov 4, 2003

• Review of previous readings (if time)
• Assignments for next week