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It’s an unfortunate reality that not all audio tape digitisation projects result in a high-quality outcome. Here are some things to look out for as you quality check your newly digitised collection.

Audio digitisation gives your audio archive another chance at life. Make sure you know what factors play a role in determining the quality of your digitised audio archive before you embark on your next digitisation project.

The digitisation of audiovisual content is challenging. It can require a greater investment of time and money than other format digitisation projects and this often restricts projects getting underway. Here are 6 considerations that may help you start to digitise your videotape, film or audio tape archive sooner rather than later.

After my previous post, tricks for recovering your oral history and sound collections from magnetic audio tape, I wanted to share an interesting experience from a couple of recent projects where we encountered an unusual form of degradation.

Outsourcing some or all videotape, audiotape and motion picture film digitisation will, in most cases, be the only viable solution for organisations wanting to save their content. In light of recent failings by Fairfax’s digitisation program, here are four points to think about when choosing a digitisation partner.

When making the commitment to digitise an audiovisual collection, you want to make sure your organisation is clear on the outcomes it wants to achieve - answering the why.

IASA has just released IASA-TC 05 which describes the main recording principles of sound and audiovisual carriers – mechanical, magnetic, and optical – their components, physical and chemical stability, and their vulnerability.

To extend on my previous post, technical metadata is critical in a multi stream video digitisation environment with video originating from many different formats.