Audiovisual digital preservation and DNA storage requirements, Friday, April 9 2021, 17:00 UTC (10:00AM-PST/1:00PM-EST)

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Synthetic DNA technologies show promise as a long-term data storage medium, with potential implementations in future digital preservation strategies. A JPEG Committee Ad Hoc Working Group on DNA Storage was formed to study use cases, to identify requirements and to assess the state of the art in DNA storage for the purpose of image archival using DNA in order to launch a standardization activity. As part of its information-gathering over the past year, the Committee has been holding online workshops. At its third workshop being held online on April 9th, Digital Bedrock’s  Founder/CEO Linda Tadic will present on DNA storage use cases and requirements for digital audiovisual content. The public is welcome to register and attend the workshop, held Friday April 9 at 17:00 UTC (10:00 AM PST/1:00 PM EST).  Watch the proceedings HERE (Linda’s presentation is at 10:45).

Wasabi and Digital Bedrock Announce Hybrid Hot Cloud Storage-Offline Digital Preservation Solution

Digital Bedrock expands its services for media companies, creatives and archivists into the cloud with Wasabi’s low-cost, high-performance storage 

BOSTON MA,— March 18, 2021 — Wasabi, the hot cloud storage company, today announced a new partnership with Digital Bedrock, an affordable, secure digital preservation service. Together, the companies will offer a new solution that extends Digital Bedrock’s offline digital preservation services into the cloud using Wasabi’s low-cost cloud storage.

As a digital preservation service, Digital Bedrock performs ongoing managed, secure data preservation services protecting any type of highly specialized digital content including post-production assets from media and entertainment companies, and valued digital content from museums, individual artists and creators, academic institutions, government agencies, businesses, and cultural heritage organizations. Through its partnership with Wasabi, Digital Bedrock customers can now receive the benefits of a flexible and comprehensive hybrid cloud storage solution for their stored media that is user-friendly, highly secure and low cost.

Founder/CEO Linda Tadic to moderate a roundtable discussion on digital preservation and museums, Wednesday, Feb.10th, 2:10PM-EST/11:10AM-PST

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Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO Linda Tadic will facilitate a "Birds of a Feather" lounge discussion on digital preservation and museums as part of HSEvents’ new DAM and Museums online event, Wednesday, Feb.10th.  Network and learn from colleagues from around the world, and discuss common DAM pain-points. There is no formal agenda.   This roundtable starts at 2:10PM EST.   Register here:

https://www.henrystewartconferences.com/events/events-dam-and-museums We look forward to seeing you.

Founder/CEO Linda Tadic to speak on mitigating the environmental impact of digital preservation, Tuesday, Dec.1st, 9:00AM Pacific.

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This free online seminar series (“Serie 112”), hosted by the National Library of Norway, examines how climate and environmental change sheds new light on our understanding of cultural heritage and history.  In this seminar, the environmental aspects of the preservation of audiovisual media will explored.   What is the carbon footprint of the digital film and music industries? To what extent can digitization be understood as a material practice? What can audiovisual archives do to limit the carbon footprint of digital and analogue preservation?  These questions, as well as others, will be addressed. 

Program:

• Introduction (Eirik Frisvold Hanssen, National Library of Norway)

• Kyle Devine, University of Oslo: Recorded Music: Supply Chains, Waste Streams, and the Human Condition

• Nina Lager Vestberg, NTNU: The Labour of Digitization

• Linda Tadic, Digital Bedrock/UCLA: Mitigating the Environmental Impact of Digital Preservation

• Q&A and discussion with the speakers and Siv Frøydis Berg, National Library of Norway

Date: Tuesday December 1 at 9:00-11:00AM Pacific. Presentations will be in English. 

Livestreamed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/791240028086492/

More information: https://www.nb.no/hva-skjer/renewable-heritage-footprints-of-the-future/  (click on “For more information in English, click here”)

Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, Re-elected to NDSA Coordinating Committee

Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, has been elected for a second term to the National Digital Stewardship (NDSA) Coordinating Committee: https://ndsa.org.  In her past term Linda facilitated discussions and projects between organizations of different types and sizes, including the academic, non-profit, government, for-profit, and creative communities.  All of us are facing the need to preserve digital content and are utilizing different methodologies and technologies.   We can learn from each other while supporting the preservation objectives that we all have in common.

Members of the Coordinating Committee serve a three-year elected position that works with the chairs of the Interest and Working groups on the strategic goals of the NDSA. Details about the purpose, charge, and expectations of the committee are recorded in the Coordinating Committee Information document.

More information about the NDSA announcement can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y5c22w8b

Digital Bedrock included in MESA Europe’s virtual “Take the DAM(n) Tour"

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Now in its seventh year, the “Take the DAM(n) Tour” (TTDT) is coming to MESA Europe on September 9th & 16th as a virtual e-tour, and Digital Bedrock is pleased to have been selected as one of the presenter tour stops.    Join MESA’s content solutions strategists for a two-hour guided rundown of the hottest media management providers that were set to be showcased on the IBC Show floor.    

Digital Bedrock’s slot is on Wednesday September 9 at 9:00 am Pacific / 12pm Eastern.

Sign up and see the list of other presenters here: https://www.mesalliance.org/ttdt20

This tour is by invitation only and you must sign up in advance for a guaranteed spot. Space is limited. We look forward to seeing you on September 9th! 

“Digital Obsolescence Avoidance Systems and Methods” Patent Application Approved

Our patent application for “Digital Obsolescence Avoidance Systems and Methods” was approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office! This is the algorithm underlying our “Digital Object Obsolescence Database” (what we affectionately refer to as “The DOOD”). The DOOD monitors factors impacting obsolescence vulnerabilities in formats, codecs, software, operating systems, hardware, and owning entities for any type of digital content. While it currently is only integrated with Digital Bedrock’s Digital Preservation Application, our intent is to make the data available for integration with other systems, and for one-off searching in an online database. The DOOD provides a mechanism to ensure that our clients’ valued digital content is usable and viable into the future.  (#DBDOOD)

(US Patent number 10,592,674 issued March 2020)

Digital Bedrock has joined We Are Still In, the largest U.S. coalition in pursuit of Climate Action

Digital Bedrock, a secure digital preservation service, has joined We Are Still In, the largest and most diverse American coalition ever assembled in pursuit of climate action. We Are Still In gathers mayors, county executives, governors, tribal leaders, college and university presidents, businesses, faith groups, cultural institutions, healthcare organizations, artists, and investors from across the country to show the world that America is “still in” and is committed to meeting its goals under the Paris Climate Agreement. 

Digital Bedrock’s infrastructure and workflow were purposely built to have a small carbon footprint and utilizes green technologies. CEO Linda Tadic frequently speaks on digital preservation’s impact on the environment.  Her presentation, which is updated every December, can be found here: https://www.digitalbedrock.com/resources-2.

Digital Bedrock Approved as a Vendor for Federal Services

As of September 2019, Digital Bedrock is now an approved vendor for preservation and consulting services with the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK).  Government agencies may now conveniently contract with Digital Bedrock using the FEDLINK consortial pricing ‎and services program.   

Digital Bedrock provides long-term reliability, authenticity, and security to meet discovery requirements for law enforcement, government agencies, and the legal profession. We are in full compliance with CJIS guidelines.

To learn more about FEDLINK, visit: http://www.loc.gov/flicc/

Digital Bedrock’s Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract #LCFDL19D0094 for FEDLINK preservation and consulting services.

Digital Bedrock’s FEDLINK service ID (SID) is “DK”. 

Digital Bedrock included in MESA’s 6th annual NAB “Take the DAM(n) Tour"

Digital Bedrock is pleased to have been selected as a stop on MESA’s 6th annual NAB “Take the DAM(n) Tour.” Join other professionals on a 2-hour tour of the hottest media management providers on the NAB show floor – including Digital Bedrock! Our stop is during the Monday April 8 tour. Sign up and see the list of tour stops here: http://www.mesalliance.org/TTDT19  

If you can’t make the tour and are at NAB, visit us at SL 10130, or make an appointment in your NAB show planner here.  See you in Vegas!

PBCore Cataloging Tool Released

Los Angeles – January 7, 2019

Digital Bedrock, an affordable, secure digital preservation service, and public media leader WGBH, are excited to announce the launch of   an open source PBCore Cataloging Tool (http://pbcore.org/cataloging-tool.html) developed for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting’s PBCore Development and Training Project.  The PBCore metadata standard is used by broadcasters, archives, and producers to organize and catalog their television, film, and radio holdings.

Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, Elected to NDSA Coordinating Committee

Dec 21, 2018

We are very excited to announce that Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, has been elected to the National Digital Stewardship (NDSA) Coordinating Committee: https://ndsa.org.  Her goal while serving will be to facilitate discussions and projects between organizations of different types and sizes, including the academic, non-profit, government, for-profit, and creative communities.  All of us are facing the need to preserve digital content and are utilizing different methodologies and technologies.   We can learn from each other while supporting the preservation objectives that we all have in common.

More information about the NDSA announcement can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/y9chztnl

 

 

Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, at the 2018 IDA Getting Real Conference

Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, spoke on the issues and difficulties in preserving documentary productions’ digital files as part of a dynamic panel entitled Documenting the Present, Preserving the Future, at Getting Real '18 Sept 25th.   The event, produced by the International Documentary Association, was held in the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, in Hollywood. 
 
The panel, organized around the theme that a creative project is never finished, focused on the processes that are needed to ensure that filmmakers can re-use their content in the future.  Tadic offered some basic DIY recommendations for “self-preservation.” Indie producers must curate files directly in their custody, as well as masters held at post houses.  Dispersed content can make future preservation more complicated, so preservation must be planned for before production even begins.
 
The International Documentary Association (IDA) is dedicated to building and serving the needs of a thriving documentary culture, including educating about how filmmakers can continue to preserve and monetize their assets well into the future.  

The presentation can be found HERE

Moderator:  James Moll Director, Obey Giant, Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
Panelists:
•           Ross Lipman- Corpus Fluxus Restorationist, Director, Notfilm
•           Shola Lynch- Curator, Director, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
•           Linda Tadic -  Founder/CEO, Digital Bedrock
•           Todd Weiner - Motion Picture Archivist, UCLA Film & Television Archive

Digital Bedrock at ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2018 in Washington, DC

Digital Bedrock will be at the ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2018 conference in Washington, DC August 16-17, presenting our unique approach to digital preservation. If you are among the thousands of archivists and records and information professionals from around the world attending the event, please visit us at booth 314 during the Expo hours on Thursday, August 16th, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm, and on Friday, August 17th, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.

We are offering a 10% discount off initial processing costs to any conference attendee sign-ups. And if you’re a LYRASIS member, you have even more discounts through our existing partnership.

Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, To Speak at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference (CS 2018)

Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, will speak on digital obsolescence issues at the 2018 Creative Storage Conference on Thursday June 7, 2018.   The event, produced by the Entertainment Storage Alliance, will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA.  Information can be found at (www.creativestorage.org).                                                                

Preserving Digital Content—the Challenges, Needs, and Options

There is constant pressure on everyone in the visual industry to create, produce and distribute 4K and increasingly VR entertainment to awaiting audiences.  The most difficult part of these projects is making certain the video products (including all of the video assets) are still available 5, 10, 20 years from now. A creative project is never finished; it just runs out of time.  What processes are needed to ensure content owners can maximize their return on every frame of the digital film?  Find out about valuable developments in content archiving, automated metadata generation and asset management that will make sure that our content libraries are resilient, strong and useful.   This session will help you to map out a strategy for long term retention of precious professional content.

Moderator:  Larry Jordan, Digital Production Buzz

Speakers:

Linda Tadic, Digital Bedrock

Hossein ZiaShakeri, Spectra Logic

Andy Klein, Backblaze

Michael Oros, SNIA

CS 2018 brings together digital storage providers, equipment and software manufacturers and professional media and entertainment end users to explore the conference theme of "Enabling Immersive Content:  Storage Takes Off."  At CS 2018 you can find out the latest developments in digital storage for media and entertainment, find out how other media professionals meet their digital storage needs and network with other industry professionals. 

The conference agenda page can be found here:  http://www.creativestorage.org/2018Agenda.htm

Digital Bedrock to archive and preserve Steven Soderbergh’s "Logan Lucky" and "Unsane"

LOS ANGELES — March 13, 2018:

Digital Bedrock, a secure digital preservation service, is proud to announce its association with Fingerprint Releasing to preserve the digital masters for Steven Soderbergh’s films Logan Lucky (2017) and Unsane (2018).

Logan Lucky’s preservation involved approximately 50 TB of data in a variety of file formats, including four versions of OpenEXR image sequences, production sound, final sound mixes, DCPs, and ProRes masters. To perform the digital preservation, Digital Bedrock analyzed every file, extracting both the technical and embedded metadata to make it searchable; validated formats to help identify obsolescence vulnerabilities; and created SHA-512 checksums (a unique file “fingerprint”) for every file, and in the case of OpenEXR image sequences, 170,000 per version. Almost 800,000 files were ingested, processed, and indexed. After analysis, files were then copied to four sets of LTO-7 tape and geographically dispersed. Digital Bedrock will perform ongoing preservation maintenance on the Logan Lucky data to ensure its viability well into the future.