Moving Image Preservation Of Puget Sound

DIGITAL VIDEO COMMANDER [THE DIGITAL VIDEO COMMANDER PROJECT SEEKS TO REFRAME THE PARADIGM OF PRESERVATION AS IT APPLIES TO DIGITAL MOVING IMAGES, RATHER THAN ADOPTING THE PRACTICES USED FOR ANALOG VIDEOTAPE. IT WILL DO SO BY DEVELOPING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE, FACILITATING USER TESTING, AND CREATING DOCUMENTATION, WHICH WILL RESULT IN INTUITIVE, COMPREHENSIVE AND AUTOMATED DATA MIGRATION TECHNIQUES.]

DV RESCUE

MAGNETIC MEDIA IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SAVING OUR VISUAL MEDIA

TO SUPPORT A COLLABORATION WITH THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES, SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ETHNOMUSICOLOGY COLLECTIONS, AND UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS TO PROCESS AND CREATE ONLINE DESCRIPTIONS FOR FOUR VIDEOTAPE COLLECTIONS, DIGITIZE 1,228 TAPES AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE ONLINE, AND TRAIN A REPRESENTATIVE AT EACH INSTITUTION IN BEST PRACTICES AND METHODS IN DIGITAL CONVERSION OF VIDEOTAPE. COLLECTIONS INCLUDE THE SEATTLE CHANNEL COLLECTION ON COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS; THE DONALD SCHMECHEL ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF ORAL HISTORIES OF 65 INDIVIDUALS PROMINENT IN SEATTLE?S GROWTH; THE VI HILBERT COLLECTION ON COASTAL SALISH LANGUAGE, SONGS, STORIES, AND CULTURE; AND THE DORIS CHASE COLLECTION ON NORTHWEST WOMEN?S ISSUES.