Professional Report A Moment of Science（专业报告的科学）.docVIP

Preservation Assessment Report and Recommendations on Archiving Television Assets at WTIU Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grant Program Prepared by Lisa R. Carter, Consultant August 24, 2005 Table of Contents Institutional History and Situation 1 IURTS and WTIU History and Mission 1 State of Collection Management Overview 3 Format Progression 3 Asset Tracking 4 Potential Partnerships 6 What the Station Hopes to Get Out of this Report 8 Goals 8 - 9 Purpose of Grant 10 Assessment of Collection Management at WTIU 11 Overview 11 Appraisal: Selection and Evaluation 12 Analysis 12 Recommendations 14 Project 1: Establish selection criteria and a tool to implement appraisal. 14 Description, Cataloging and Indexing 17 Analysis 17 Recommendations 18 Project 2: Create a tool that can be used to describe assets 19 Project 3: Inventory, evaluate and describe all videotape assets 22 Alternative Project 4: Inventory all tapes and send inactive assets to storage without extensive review and cataloging. 28 Project 5: Integrate selection and description into daily production workflow. 31 Preservation: Storage 34 Analysis 34 Recommendations 37 Project 6: Storage of inactive materials at the Ruth Lilly Auxiliary Library Facility. 38 Project 7: Develop a disaster plan. 39 Preservation: Reformatting 41 Analysis 41 Recommendations 43 Project 8: Reformat the most at risk materials. 46 Considerations 47 Preserving a Legacy 49 Moving Forward 50 Appendix A: Selection Worksheet 51 Appendix B: Inspection Guidelines 53 Appendix C: WGBH Shutdown Procedures Samples 55 Appendix D: Resources List 59 General Resources Not Currently Available on the Internet 59 Collection Assessment 59 Video Preservation 60 Digital Asset Management 61 Metadata Specific 61 Funding 62 Overview Institutional History and Situation IURTS and WTIU History and Mission As part of its educational mission, Indiana University (IU) has utilized media to deliver