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October 14, 2008
Federal guielines
So if theory usually lags behind practice, how long does it take for the feds to catch up? Only time will tell, but at least they have begun work in 2007 on creating a set of guidelines, methods and practices. Their website will eventually have these reports posted. This website is a work in progress, but does show some interesting tendencies of the ephemeral digital form. A list of the sustainability of formats (at this point in time) includes only the formats that seem to be more sustainable (and non-proprietary).
There are two working groups currently in activity, one for still images and the other for audiovisual. I think the video digitization guidelines will be the most interesting to watch for, since video seems to be the most lacking in structure and guidelines (at least, in the 'digital preservation arena'.
Members of these groups include: Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Gallery of Art, the National Library of Medicine, the National Technical Information Service, the National Transportation Library, the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Government Printing Office, Defense Visual Information Directorate of the Department of Defense, the Library of Congress and the Voice of America.
Posted by vad17 at October 14, 2008 08:00 PM
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