Indiana University Bloomington Media Preservation Survey

Indiana University Bloomington has released its Media Preservation Survey.

Here's an excerpt:

The survey task force recommends a number of actions to facilitate the time-critical process of rescuing IUB’s audio, video, and film media.

  • Appoint a campus-wide taskforce to advise
    • the development of priorities for preservation action
    • the development of a campus-wide preservation plan
    • how units can leverage resources for the future
  • Create a centralized media preservation and digitization center that will serve the entire campus, using international standards for preservation transfer. As part of the planning for this center, hire a
    • media preservation specialist
    • film archivist
  • Develop special funding for the massive and rapid digitization of the treasures of IU over the next 10 years.
  • Create a centralized physical storage space appropriate for film, video, and audio.
  • Provide archival appraisal and control across campus to
    • assure quality of digitization for preservation
    • oversee plans for maintaining original media
  • Develop cataloging services for special collections to improve intellectual control to
    • accelerate research opportunities
    • improve access.