Nfsa CEO Jan Müller.
The Federal Government will give the National Film and Sound Archive (Nfsa) $5.5 million over the next four years to support its digitisation efforts, including the creation of a new hub where audiovisual artefacts will be preserved and shared with audiences.
The Nfsa has more than 3 million items in its collection. Around 400,000 items are in original analogue formats, such as magnetic tape, and are at risk of deterioration and permanent loss.
The institution has made digitisation its key priority for the last few years. In 2015, it published Deadline 2025: Collections at Risk, warning that cultural heritage held on magnetic tape will in most cases be lost forever unless it is digitised by 2025. The government’s funding designed to speed up efforts so that this date can be met.
The funding will also support the modernisation of the Nfsa’s existing digitisation technology and ongoing storage of the increasing volume of digitised material,...
The Federal Government will give the National Film and Sound Archive (Nfsa) $5.5 million over the next four years to support its digitisation efforts, including the creation of a new hub where audiovisual artefacts will be preserved and shared with audiences.
The Nfsa has more than 3 million items in its collection. Around 400,000 items are in original analogue formats, such as magnetic tape, and are at risk of deterioration and permanent loss.
The institution has made digitisation its key priority for the last few years. In 2015, it published Deadline 2025: Collections at Risk, warning that cultural heritage held on magnetic tape will in most cases be lost forever unless it is digitised by 2025. The government’s funding designed to speed up efforts so that this date can be met.
The funding will also support the modernisation of the Nfsa’s existing digitisation technology and ongoing storage of the increasing volume of digitised material,...
- 6/30/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
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