For Immediate
Release
August 5, 2005
JDAVA, Digital Audiovisual Archiving Blog
Launched by Media Matters, LLC
New York, NY – August 5, 2005
- Media Matters, the nation’s leader in
automated audiovisual migration systems for the
archival field, is proud to announce the launch
of DAVA, the Digital Audiovisual Archiving blog.
Updated weekly, this blog will feature news and
announcements on topics related to the digital
transformation and preservation of audiovisual
materials. The blog will also list upcoming conferences
and workshops pertinent to archives and digital
libraries, as well as links to metadata resource
sites and other digital archiving resources. The
blog will be maintained by Media Matters, and
is intended to help librarians, archivists, technologists,
and anyone else who needs to stay on top of information
relating to the intersection of digital media
and audiovisual archives.
“This blog will weave together disparate
sources of information into a focused tool for
archivists and other professionals who need to
stay abreast of changes in the archival digital
media space,” said Jim Lindner, international
authority on audiovisual migration and Managing
Member of Media Matters. “With technology
changing so rapidly, and the general shift to
migrating analog media assets to digital files,
this blog is a timely and useful resource for
anyone involved with media collection management.”
DAVA can be found at http://av-archive.blogspot.com.
Media Matters, LLC is a technical consultancy
specializing in archival audio and video material.
Media Matters provides advice, analysis, and products
to media archives that apply the beneficial advances
in technology to collection management. The company’s
flagship product is SAMMA, the System for the
Automated Migration of Media Assets, a robotic
system designed for the mass migration of magnetic
media from tape to tape and tape to digital file.
Media Matters consults to commercial, non-profit,
and government agencies on issues pertaining to
the intersection of modern digital technologies
and traditional archival practice.
For questions or comments about DAVA, please
contact Gilad Rosner at gilad@media-matters.net.
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