Digital archives are essential for sharing information and encouraging its preservation, especially for sound. Unlike photography, text, or visual art, it’s a medium that requires a form of listening ...

The National Film and Sound Archive say the long term collection and preservation of video games is at risk. Legal and technical issues make preserving software and hardware difficult for curators.

Endangered collections, Cold War radio, metadata, indigenous/First Nations radio, public broadcasting and feminist broadcasts were a few of the topics broached at the second Radio Preservation Task ...

“We started changing the tapes eight or ten years ago. The first transfers we made were all to DAT. We found that DAT started deteriorating so we moved them to CDs. We didn’t think that was sufficient ...

The Library of Congress has competed its annual selection of 50 sound recordings for the National Recording Registry. But the task of preserving the likes of Martha and the Vandellas' 1964 “Dancing in ...

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has selected data management software company Arcitecta’s Mediaflux platform to serve as its central Digital Asset Management System (DAMS). Arcitecta ...

Eight Australian games have already been added. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Australia's National Film and Sound Archive has ...

During the 19th Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (11 December 2024), the project Strengthening and Protecting the Memory of Chilean Resistance through ...

The notice of the Sound Library’s closure was first spotted by Eurogamer. An announcement on the website of the library states, “This service has been terminated as of May 31, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. UTC.” ...

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has announced plans to begin collecting Australian-made video games for archival preservation. The new initiative was announced for the opening ...