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Case Studies on the Dig i t i sat ion and Subsequent Usage of Audiovisua l Col lect ions

DAMsmar t Es tab l i shed in 2007 .

Produc t ion Fac i l i t y i n Canberra .

D ig i t i sa t i on o f Fi lm , V ideo and Aud io .

Ta i l o red So lu t i ons Based on Requ i rements .

RICH END-USER EXPERIENCEMetadata to enable deep search of an oral history archive.

CUSTOMER EFFICIENCYDelivering a transmission ready broadcast archive.

CONSERVATION = RECOVERY The importance of media preparation in the digitisation process.

Case Study 1:

RICH END-USER EXPERIENCE

Australians At War Film Archive: searchable collection.

 

www.DAMsmart.com.auAustralians at War Film

Archive

2000 PEOPLE

Australians at War Film Archive0199-1-2003

0497-1-2003

1145-1-002

1182-1-2003

1352-1-2004

1414-1-2004

 

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Australians at War Film Archive

Transcript

Video

Searchable

Temporal Media

Australians at War Film ArchiveAn app was needed to test for legal timecode using many variables.

Eg: 01:00:01;30 000:01:30

11,000 hrs of content= 1,320,000 30 second timecode points!

ONE INTERVIEW CONTAINING MULTIPLE TAPES

01:00:00:00

02:00:00:00

03:00:00:00

Tape 1

01:00:32:00 

Q: Can you give us a summary of your life?

A: I was born on the 19th of August, 1917 in Windsor. My father was away at the war and I didn't see him until I was two. I grew up, on his return - in 1919, we 

01:01:00:00 moved to Caulfield where I lived until the Second World War. I went to Caulfield North State School. And the local church, and had a pleasant childhood although with memories of war. In 1937, 

01:01:30:00 I'll go back a bit, I attended Caulfield North Central School, became dux there and then went to Wesley like my father on a scholarship. I changed careers - choices - while at Wesley, and decided to become an actuary. I joined the militia in 1937 and I was a sergeant by the time the war broke out. 

01:02:00:00 I was in the 2nd Medium Brigade and was seconded to other regiments for particular reasons. The 15th Field Artillery Regiment. Later I returned to service with the Mediums 

01:02:30:00 but in 19 - I was commissioned in 1940, too, I was transferred to the 2nd Field Artillery Training Regiment in Puckapunyal, later moving to Greta. And I tried to get into the air force at one stage, but the war took an unusual turn. I 

01:03:00:00 was - people were competing, well I was competing for where to serve. Although I tried to get into the air force I finally was transferred to Melbourne to become a ballistician in the last two years of the war, helping to make range stables for the short 25 pounder gun. During the war, in September '41, I married and had 

01:03:30:00 a wonderful marriage lasting nearly 54 years. After the war I resumed my actuarial studies and qualified; I became manager of the Collective Insurance. At the age of 60 I was

Australians at War Film Archive

01:03:00:00 it leads back to the, the fogey, old Masters I had at Melbourne Grammar School.

Q: Can I ask how your mother came to be living in Australia and where she came from in England?

A: I don’t know where she came from but her mother was an English widow and she had four daughters and she emigrated to Australia with these four daughters. And my mother was the eldest of the daughters. And she was a powerful old lady my grandmother.

01:03:00:00

Australians at War Film Archive Transcript
01:03:00:00 Marker 6	Event		it leads back to the, the fogey, old Masters I had at Melbourne Grammar School. Q: Can I ask how your mother came to be living in Australia and where she came from in England? A: I don’t know where she came from but her mother was an English widow and she had four daughters and she emigrated to Australia with these four daughters. And my mother was the eldest of the daughters. And she was a powerful old lady my grandmother

Australians at War Film ArchiveImport into catdv

Case Study 2: CUSTOMER EFFICIENCYRadio Television Hong Kong: The Broadcast Ready Archive

OBJECTIVES

Radio Television Hong Kong needed to meet programming requirements.Television Archive locked in obsolete formats.Ensure the content is secured for future generations.DAMsmart delivered over 600,000 assets.

21,000 hours of archive material

Across 40,000 Digital Betacams

IT ALL STARTS WITH THE MEDIA: PHYSICAL TAPE.

SEGMENTATION

DAMsmart REGISTRATION CLEANING

DIGITISATION QC

ARCHIVING

RTHK DIGITISATION WORKFLOW

EPISODE 1 EPISODE 2

MASTER FILE

SEGMENTED FILE SEGMENTED FILE

18079201 0131 1302 1131 01 31 13 02 11 31 6484601SD00001807920101030000064846 ACQ_20040131_NO

18079202 1403 2504 1101 14 03 25 04 11 1 6484701SD00001807920201030000064847 ACQ_20040131_NO

18079101 0131 1303 1132 01 31 13 03 11 32 6484801SD00001807910101030000064848 ACQ_20040131_NO

18079102 1346 2447 1101 13 46 24 47 11 1 6484901SD00001807910201030000064849 ACQ_20040131_NO

18081701 0134 1314 1140 01 34 13 14 11 40 6485001SD00001808170101030000064850 ACQ_20040131_NO

18081702 1401 2451 1050 14 01 24 51 10 50 6485101SD00001808170201030000064851 ACQ_20040131_NO

18081801 0130 1301 1131 01 30 13 01 11 31 6485201SD00001808180101030000064852 ACQ_20040131_NO

18081802 1347 2448 1101 13 47 24 48 11 1 6485301SD00001808180201030000064853 ACQ_20040131_NO

18072501 0131 1255 1124 01 31 12 55 11 24 6485401SD00001807250101030000064854 ACQ_20040131_NO

18072502 1341 2447 1106 13 41 24 47 11 6 6485501SD00001807250201030000064855 ACQ_20040131_NO

15885101 0131 1247 1116 01 31 12 47 11 16 6485601SD00001588510101030000064856 ACQ_20040131_NO

15885102 1333 2447 1114 13 33 24 47 11 14 6485701SD00001588510201030000064857 ACQ_20040131_NO

15883901 0132 1249 1117 01 32 12 49 11 17 6485801SD00001588390101030000064858 ACQ_20040131_NO

CLEAN, ACCURATE DATA.

RTHK INGEST AND STORAGE

DELIVERED AND RETURNED

50 tonnes of videotape.155 x 4 TB hard drives.652 TB x 2 data output.Over 600,000 assets delivered.

Case Study 3:

CONSERVATION = RECOVERY

National Archives of Fiji: recovering a degraded archive.

THE TRANSFORMATION STARTED WITH ORGANISATION.

CONSULTATION AND PARTNERSHIP

 

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At risk Slide

MANY HOURS WERE SPENT ON THE CONSERVATION.

PROJECT DELIVERABLES

Digitisation.Quality Control on video files.Creation and Delivery of a Media Asset Management System.

RICH END-USER EXPERIENCEMetadata to enable deep search of an oral history archive.

CUSTOMER EFFICIENCYDelivering a transmission ready broadcast archive.

CONSERVATION = RECOVERY The importance of media preparation in the digitisation process.

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