PRESERVATION IN A DIGITAL WORLD

Presented By:

Darrell Garwood

Imaging Lab Manager

Library and Archives Division

Kansas State Historical Society

Dgarwood@kshs.org

785-272-8681, ext.141

•Analog•Digital

–Scanned images–Camera images–Born digital images–Digital recordings

If you don’t save it, it is gone.

Analog

• Equipment dependent

• Deteriorating or stable

• Reformat, save or recycle original

Digital

• Equipment dependent

• Deteriorating or stable

• Reformat, save or recycle original

Scanned Images

• Scanning parametersFile format

• Uncompressed and lossy tiff for images

• Uncompressed AIFF or WAV encouraged for audio

• Mp3 discouraged• Semi-compressed MPEG2 for video

Scanning Work Flow

Preservation

Has my work been compressed?

• Compression is a bad word for digital formats of any kind.

• Select a lossless and uncompressed format to store your master files and recordings.

• TIFF, AIFF or other non-proprietary file format

• Find a SAN, somewhere.• Cloud????

CDs and DVDs

• These are storage mediums, not stone.

• Verify, verify, verify.

• Establish a refresh cycle of 3 to 5 years.

Friends

• NDNP

• Regional Library System-ILDP

• Kansas Humanities Council-Preservation grants

QUESTIONS