Quick-Start Guide to Digital Preservation for Audio

Kansas State University Libraries New Prairie Press Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management Planning and Digitizing Yesterday to Preserve It for Tomorrow (2016) Quick-Start Guide to Digital Preservation for Audio Sandy Rodriguez University of Missouri-Kansas City, rodriguezsan@umkc.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://newprairiepress.org/cpndam Part of the Archival Science Commons, Cataloging and Metadata Commons, Computer and Systems Architecture Commons, Data Storage Systems Commons, Digital Communications and Networking Commons, Management Information Systems Commons, and the Technology and Innovation Commons This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License Recommended Citation Rodriguez, Sandy (2016) "Quick-Start Guide to Digital Preservation for Audio," Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management https://newprairiepress.org/cpndam/2016/day2/1 This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Conferences at New Prairie Press It has been accepted for inclusion in Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management by an authorized administrator of New Prairie Press For more information, please contact cads@k-state.edu Quick-Start Guide to Digital Preservation for Audio Sandy Rodriguez University of Missouri—Kansas City What To Expect • Digital preservation ≠ digitization • Practical strategies • Use case • Demo of tools Marr Sound Archives 350,000+ sound recordings Commercial music and radio programs Versatile formats Our Operations Chuck Haddix, Director Other Staffing: Audio Engineer Operations Manager (now a Librarian) Student Supervisor Define the need & the opportunity Ahmad Alaadeen Cassettes Conduct a self-assessment & gap analysis “render the information generated through our work generalizable to other institutions who want to use the project’s innovations but cannot redesign their audio studios nor completely alter their staffing situations in order to so.” Partner with Audio Engineer Define principles to guide decision-making • Understand current capacity & priorities • Take an iterative approach • Leverage efficiencies • Use standards and best practices • Define “good enough” Define “good enough” the ability to answer these questions • What is this? • What does it contain? • Is the metadata accurate? • Did the file change? • What is our process? Implement recommendations • Standardize filenames • Embed “catastrophic” metadata • Quality control • Add fixity information • Select applications / tools • Document specifications & process Standardize filenames Embed metadata Applications selected • BWF MetaEdit – Embed metadata • MDQC – Automate QC of metadata • Fixity – Monitor file integrity Demo Final Thoughts Selected Resources • Sound Directions: Best Practices for Audio Preservation • ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation • IASA TC-04: Guidelines on the Production and Preservation of Digital Audio Objects • FADGI Embedded Metadata in Broadcast WAVE Files • BWF MetaEdit • MDQC • Fixity • AVCompass Questions? Contact Info Sandy Rodriguez rodriguezsan@umkc.edu @audiocat7 .. .Quick-Start Guide to Digital Preservation for Audio Sandy Rodriguez University of Missouri—Kansas City What To Expect • Digital preservation ≠ digitization • Practical... Fixity – Monitor file integrity Demo Final Thoughts Selected Resources • Sound Directions: Best Practices for Audio Preservation • ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation • IASA TC-04: Guidelines on... gap analysis “render the information generated through our work generalizable to other institutions who want to use the project’s innovations but cannot redesign their audio studios nor completely