Digitization of audio-visual materials in broadcasting archives

Ovaj rad polazi od pretpostavke kako je audiovizualno gradivo neprocjenjiv dio kulturne baštine te kako je digitalizacija jedini način njegovog dugoročnog očuvanja. Fokus rada stavljen je na radiotelevizijske arhive kao najveće i najznačajnije stvaratelje audiovizualnih zapisa te na različite metode i standarde koje takvi arhivi koriste prilikom digitalizacije svoga gradiva. Prvi dio rada odnosi se na definiranje pojma audiovizualnih dokumenata te opis procesa digitalizacije. Unutar ovog procesa opisani su postupci analize i odabira gradiva, digitalizacije slikovnog, zvučnog, filmskog i video gradiva te postupci njihove pohrane s naglaskom na odabir uređaja i sustava za pohranu i prijenos kao i odabir sheme metapodataka. Drugi dio sadrži kratak prikaz konkretnih projekata digitalizacije različitih vrsta audiovizualnog gradiva u većim europskim radiotelevizijskim arhivima. Kao primjeri opisani su projekti digitalizacije u britanskom BBC-u, talijanskom RAI-u, francuskoj INA-i te nizozemskom B&G arhivu.This thesis assumes that the audiovisual materials are invaluable part of cultural heritage and that digitisation is the only way for its long-term preservation. The focus of the thesis is on the broadcasting archives as the largest and the most important creators of audiovisual records and the different methods and standards that these archives use to digitize their material. The first part of the thesis deals with the definition of the concept of audiovisual documents and the description of the digitization process. Within this process the following procedures are described: analysis and selection of materials, digitization of image, sound, film and video material as well as procedures for their storage with an emphasis on the selection of equipment and systems for storage and transfer as well as the selection of the metadata schema. The second part consists of overview of specific digitisation projects of different types of audiovisual materials in the major European broadcasting archives. Described examples include digitization projects in the British BBC, the Italian RAI, the French INA and the Dutch B&G archives