Writing a Request for Proposal (RFP)

Guide to Developing a Request for Proposal for the Digitization of Video (and more)
AVPreserve

Guidelines and Standards

Format Considerations in Audio Visual Preservation Formatting
Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative, Audio-Visual Working Group

Sound Directions
Digital preservation and access for global audio heritage

Using Lossy JPEG2000 Compression for Archival Master Files
Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative, Audio-Visual Working Group

Harvard Library Audiovisual Preservation Bibliography

Copyright Guidelines
Video at Risk, New York University Libraries

Storage Standards and Guidelines for Film and Videotape
Association of Moving Image Archivists

An Introduction to Optical Media Preservation
AVPreserve

Metadata

BWF MetaEdit
open source software to embed metadata in Broadcast WAVE files

Embedded Metadata in Broadcast WAVE Files
Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative, Audio-Visual Working Group

MDQC
AVPreserve, embedded metadata analysis

Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard
Library of Congress

Sound Directions, Appendices 1-4
Metadata Examples, Indiana University

Quality Control

DVAnalyzer
AVPreserve

Fixity
AVPreserve

QCTools
Bay Area Video Coalition

What’s the Real Impact of SHA-256?
AVPreserve

Digital File Storage

Cloud Storage Vendor Profiles
AVPreserve