{"id":15958,"date":"2021-07-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artyplan.com\/uncategorized\/digitisation-of-audiovisual-and-photographic-archives\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T22:00:00","slug":"digitisation-of-audiovisual-and-photographic-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artyplan.com\/en\/blog\/digitisation-of-audiovisual-and-photographic-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitisation of audiovisual and photographic archives"},"content":{"rendered":"

The production and broadcast process in digital format has evolved alongside technological progress and improvements in telecommunications, making a shift towards a networked world necessary.<\/p>\n

Digital trends have made digitisation essential in documentation departments. This process has often proved advantageous, as it has helped solve several issues that media have faced throughout history.<\/p>\n

Below, we briefly outline the reasons why digitisation of audiovisual archives may be necessary:<\/p>\n

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  1. Greater ease of preserving collections.<\/strong> Preserving audiovisual collections involves high costs due to the need to control facilities, location, temperature, etc., requiring maintenance under specific conditions in large physical spaces. <\/li>\n
  2. Facilitates the distribution and socialisation of content.<\/strong> Digitised material is easier to distribute through new digital audiovisual platforms. <\/li>\n
  3. New market niches.<\/strong> Digitising content enables access to new targeted market niches, especially in digital environments. <\/li>\n
  4. Amortisation of collections.<\/strong> The real possibility of distributing content through digital channels creates a need to maximise the return on archival collections. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Audiovisual digitisation process<\/h2>\n

    Both digitisation and digital preservation involve a series of steps that must be carefully planned to make the process as efficient as possible.<\/p>\n

    When designing a digitisation and preservation plan,<\/strong> several factors must be considered that affect project efficiency, budget and feasibility:<\/p>\n

    Time <\/strong>is a critical factor, as the durability of the media to be digitised is often unknown. A technical analysis of the situation is therefore required. <\/p>\n