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Hi all,

 

Looking at the list of presentations, I wanted to remind folks of the excellent and still-valid CLIR/NIST report by Fred Byers from 2003:  

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists. It can be read and downloaded here:

http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/contents.html

 

Best,

Linda

 

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Audiovisual Archive Network (AVAN)

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Subject: [NDSA-STANDARDS] NDSA Standards & Practices agenda and call info - Monday, 9/15, 1 pm Eastern

 

Hi all,

Here is our agenda and the call-in information for Monday’s Standards and Practices Working Group call, 1-2 pm Eastern.  We have an excellent number of speakers lined up for a discussion on optical media. Hope you can make it!

 

== Adobe Connect online meeting information ==

•             Go to https://locosi.adobeconnect.com/digitalpreservation

•             Enter your full name and institution in the text box, for example Barrie Howard (Library of Congress)

•             Click the “Enter” Room button

•             Dial 877-299-5123 for audio

 

 

NDSA Standards and Practices Working Group Meeting Agenda

 

Administrivia (New member introductions, call for note taker)

 

Announcements and Project Updates

-Video survey update

-Email exploration meeting

 

Main Discussion Topic: Optical Discs

 

Longevity of Optical Media Discs, Michele Youket, Library of Congress (http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/the-library-of-congress-wants-to-destroy-your-old-cds-for-science/370804/ )

 

Introduction to Optical Media Preservation, Alex Duryee, AV Preserve (http://www.avpreserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/OpticalMediaPreservation.pdf)

 

Preserving Write-Once DVDs: Producing Disc Images, Extracting Content, and Addressing Flaws and Errors, Morgan Morel and George Blood, George Blood Audio Video Film (http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/Preserve_DVDs_BloodReport_20140901.pdf )

 

Data Extraction from Rewritable CDs and DVDs, John Passmore, WNYC (http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2014/02/getting-public-radios-legacy-off-ageing-rewritable-cds-an-interview-with-wnycs-john-passmore/?loclr=blogsig )

 

Brief Introduction to M-Disc and Cost Comparisons for Data Storage, John Spencer, BMS/Chace

 

Questions/Discussion

 

Wrap up

 

 

Best,

Erin

 

Erin Engle

Digital Archivist

Library of Congress

National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program

202-707-1120

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