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.

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