Future Proof: The Transition to Digital at IFI Archive

Future Proof: The Transition to Digital at IFI Archive

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This journal article delineates the procedures undertaken and the standards implemented in the establishment of a time-withstanding digital audiovisual archive known as the IFI Irish Film Archive. After collecting the results of various research endeavors regarding archival strategies, the Irish Film Institute launched a six-year digital preservation and access strategy in 2014, which prioritized the design and installation of digital archive tools for extended preservation and workflow redesigning practices. It discusses the impact that these fresh strategies evidenced in the management of high-resolution digital film and related metadata. The article delves into the Irish Film Institute’s past and origins as well as that of the project itself, which partnered with technology professionals before the release of its new strategy to deliver an extensible, viable, and cost-efficient solution to the recurring challenge of digital preservation, especially the preservation of audiovisual media. It surveys the development of preservation budgets and constraints, implementing methods to eliminate all but the essential aspects of a system enabling the delivery of primary objectives, adjusting system designs and greatly reducing unnecessary costs. After detailing the decisions taken to facilitate high speed data transfer and the adoption and promotion of its digitization standards, the article concludes by listing its partners in the archive, film, and research communities and their considerable contributions to the resulting Irish Film Archive.

Mahler, Anja; Factor, Simon; and Casey, Raelene

New Review of Information Networking, Taylor & Francis Online

2015-12-17

Taveras, Sabrina

Journal Article

ISSN: 1361-4576 (Print) 1740-7869 (Online)

Anja Mahler, Simon Factor & Raelene Casey. "Future Proof: The Transition to Digital at IFI Archive." New Review of Information Networking, December 17, 2015. 20:1-2, 149-154, DOI: 10.1080/13614576.2015.1112683.