Extending the Reach of Southern Audiovisual Sources

Extending the Reach of Southern Audiovisual Sources The Southern Folklife Collection University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

VIDEO

Southern Folklife Collection ...archival resource dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating vernacular music, art, and culture related to the American South.

Total 226937

AUDIO

Total 3520

Southern Folklife Collection ...archival resource dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating vernacular music, art, and culture related to the American South.

FILM 4-6 million feet total

(roughly 3 million processed)

8mm - 23 S8mm - 19 16mm - 2377 35mm - 8

Extending the Reach of Southern Audiovisual Sources

○  Large scale digitization program for SFC AV materials

■  Prioritization ■  Workflows ■  Technology ■  Online delivery

○  SFC as testbed ■  Sustainability ■  Scalability

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant, awarded August 2014 - $187,082

Research & Development

Priorities

Surveys Conservation & Access needs

MediaScore Format obsolescence

Decision Matrix Scoring system for: content, rights, uniqueness, level of previous processing/digitization, and use

Workflows

Processing In house digitization Vendor work Film transfer to cool storage File ingest to Carolina Digital Repository File ingest to DuraCloud Aim to… •  Locate opportunities for automation &

integrate open source tools •  Define project team responsibilities

Technology Digitization needs for multiple ingests and problem formats: •  Sony PCM-R500 DAT Recorders (x4) •  Otari MX-5050BIII Analog Audio

Tape Recorder •  Steinberg Cubase Pro 8 Software •  Steinberg Wavelab 8.5 Software

QC Needs: •  Cube-Tec AudioCube Dobbin with

Audiofile-Inspector Software •  DigiMetrics Aurora 5 Software

Access

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ContentDM ↑ Finding aid

⇅(open)⇅(IP address)⇅(UNC) Contract work with DuraCloud to meet 3 use cases: •  Open access •  Restricted to campus IP range •  Restricted to UNC affiliates (students, faculty, etc.)

Implementation

Build project team Co-Principal Investigators

AV Conservator / Project Director

Audiovisual Archivist

AV Assistant

Audio Engineer

Applications Analyst

SFC awarded second Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant ($986,000 - September 2015 - 2018)

Photograph from Brown Photograph Album, circa 1970s, Goldband Recording Corporation (Collection 20245).

Implementation (years 1-2)

•  Centralize & normalize legacy records

•  Develop workflow management

system

•  Work through processing backlog

•  Incorporate new technology

•  Implement and refine workflows

Photos used in Southern Cultures, Goldband Recording Corporation (Collection 20245)

Implementation (year 3)

•  Scale support to Wilson Library

•  Report on sustainability

Frame from unprocessed film in Penn School Papers (Southern Historical Collection, 03615)

Questions?

Erica Titkemeyer Audiovisual Conservator

Project Director [email protected]

http://library.unc.edu/wilson/sfc