Preservation Planning for Digital Audio-Visual Material at the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) – Developing a Catalogue of Criteria and a Migration Plugin
Merle Friedrich
<p>The German Nation Library of Science and Technology (TIB) runs a digital archive in order to preserve its digital holdings which consists amongst others of audio-visual material. In order to identify obsolete audio-visual file formats a catalogue of criteria is developed and file formats which represent the majority of TIB&rsquo;s audio-visual holdings are examined. The assessment reveals that the examined file formats are not a preferred file format for digital preservation, but on the other hand they are not at risk to become obsolete to TIB&rsquo;s designated community. Furthermore, a migration plugin for the digital archive&rsquo;s software environment is developed and successfully deployed. The migration plugin can be used during preservation planning in order to migrate the examined formats into TIB&rsquo;s chosen archival file format if a migration becomes necessary.</p>
Digital Preservation Preservation Planning Audiovisual Media Migration