The Environmental Impact of Digital Preservation
Presentation slides from talks on the environmental impact of digital preservation given by Linda Tadic at various conferences around the world. The presentation slides will be updated periodically, and are available as a download.
The last update is from May 2023: The Environmental Impact of Digital Preservation (slides)
Conference presentations: AMIA conferences (Portland, Oregon November 2015; Pittsburgh, 2016; keynote, virtual, November 2021), the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audio Visual Archives Association (SEAPAVAA) conference (Singapore, April 2015; keynote, virtual, June 2021), International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) conference (Paris, September 2015), and the IV Congreso Internacional de Archivos Digitales (keynote, virtual, November 2021); online webinar for the American Library Association (April 2022), FIAT/IFTA FRAME Expert workshop (October 2022); SMPTE Technical Conference (October 2022); Virtual SARBICA International Symposium presentation (November 2022).
Southeast Asia Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (SARBICA) (November 2022): https://nlb.ap.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ebbf6aa9-519c-480e-a03a-afa50081a316
SEAPAVAA 2021 keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oflcgEEcTN8
IV Congreso Internacional de Archivos Digitales keynote (November 2021) - Spanish-language slides: Archivos Digitales Keynote (slides)
- link to the video presentation: "La relación entre los archivos audiovisuales digitales y el medio ambiente” ("The Relationship Between Digital Audiovisual Archives and the Environment”). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBQ-QABZk-w&t=1s
Association of Moving Image Archivists 2021 keynote with Henry Newman and Tre Berney: “Environmentally Sustainable Preservation: Challenges, Solutions, and What’s Ahead.” https://vimeo.com/681182336
Case Study: Digital Bedrock and Quobyte - Putting High-Performance Storage at the Heart of Digital Preservation
Click here to read Quobyte’s case study on Digital Bedrock. Digital Bedrock uses Quobyte’s software-defined storage to help manage client data while it is undergoing digital preservation processing.
PBCore Cataloging Tool
Digital Bedrock was proud to partner with public media leader WGBH to develop an open source PBCore Cataloging Tool 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.
PBCore Cataloging Tool (http://pbcore.org/cataloging-tool.html)
Physical Distancing Your Data
Article on securely managing and preserving data in the era of COVID-19 quarantines by Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO Linda Tadic. Published in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue of the MESA M&E Journal.
Abstract: The only absolutely fool-proof way to protect data from hackers and ransomware vulnerabilities is the same as what protects humans from viruses: physical barriers. Storing assets offline protects companies from ransomware attack and unauthorized access.
The Art of Self-Preservation: DIY Digital Preservation Tips for Independent Producers
A presentation by Digital Bedrock Founder/CEO, Linda Tadic, on the issues and difficulties in preserving documentary productions’ digital files as part of a panel entitled Documenting the Present, Preserving the Future, at Getting Real '18. The event, produced by the International Documentary Association, was held September 25, 2018, at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, in Hollywood.
The Art of Self-Preservation (slides) (PDF)
Are We in a Post-Metadata Standard World?
Presentation by Linda Tadic at the 3rd annual Entertainment Technology Center@USC vNAB Conference. This year’s vNAB featured thought leaders and catalysts from the entertainment, consumer electronics, technology, and service industries presenting their insider’s perspective on emerging and disruptive technologies. The talks were recorded March 20-21, 2017, at Google’s offices in Venice, California.
The Entertainment Technology Center @ the University of Southern California (ETC) is a think tank and research center that brings together senior executives, innovators, thought leaders and catalysts from the entertainment, consumer electronics, technology and services industries along with the academic resources of the University of Southern California to explore and to act upon topics and issues related to the creation, distribution and consumption of entertainment content.
Managing Static and Active Metadata in Support of Content Preservation
Abstract: Digital content being preserved for future use requires careful management of the assets. Equally important to preserve are the potentially hundreds of metadata elements describing the digital object’s creation, characteristics, environment, and sustainability that should also be retained along with the assets. Encapsulating critical metadata in a container along with the objects is one metadata preservation method, for example using AXF, TAR, or ZIP. Objects that are actively managed for preservation, however, will also have metadata that can change over time. This article outlines the metadata types that can be considered static or active, with recommendations on metadata management methodologies for preserving the metadata along with their related objects.