Sound and Image: Protection, Enhancement, and Promotion of Audiovisual Assets
Knowledge of Cultural Heritage
10th Course: The Future of the Past. The Library Between Tradition and Technological Innovations.
- November 7-11, 2006
In collaboration with the Discoteca di Stato-Museo dell’Audiovisivo and with the support of the Campania Region – Museums and Libraries Department.
10th Course: The Future of the Past. The Library Between Tradition and Technological Innovation. Preservation, Enhancement, and Promotion of Audiovisual Heritage.
Ravello, November 7-11, 2006
In collaboration with the Discoteca di Stato-Museo dell’Audiovisivo and with the support of the Campania Region – Museums and Libraries Department.
The course aims to provide a broad overview of issues concerning audiovisual assets in Italy and abroad, covering institutional, legal, administrative, managerial, and technological perspectives.
This theme fits coherently into the program “The Future of the Past: The Library Between Tradition and Technological Innovation,” which the Ravello Centre has been developing for a decade now through the organization of annual courses of excellence.
Audiovisual materials are an integral part of national and international cultural heritage, and the application of cutting-edge technologies enables the broad, innovative dissemination of information and knowledge—one of the institutional mandates of libraries and archives.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Opening of the Proceedings
The Honorable Danielle Gattegno Mazzonis, Undersecretary, Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Pietro Graziani
Regulations and issues concerning the preservation and enhancement of audiovisual assets in Italy: International perspectives.
Maria Lalla Sotgiu
European initiatives in the audiovisual sector
Daniel Teruggi
The French experience: the INA (Institute National de l’Audiovisuel)
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
PROTECTION
Massimo Pistacchi
The Voice of Memory: History and Development of the Sound and Audiovisual Collection of the Discoteca di Stato-Museo dell’Audiovisivo
Luciano D’Aleo
Evolution and handling of audio media (mechanical, magnetic, digital, etc.). Audio digitization standards and quality: analog-to-digital conversion. Linear digital vs. compressed digital.
George Brock-Nannestad
The intrinsic and extrinsic content of sound media
Paolo Crisostomi
Sound preservation and restoration
Thursday, November 9, 2006
ENHANCEMENT
Goffredo Haus
Multimodal search and access to musical information in multimedia archives: content-based technologies and multi-layer representation
Francesco Baldi
Data and metadata: management and preservation of digital audio data
Assunta Blasi, Antonella Fischetti
Cataloging of audiovisual materials: criteria and methodologies
Friday, November 10, 2006
CONTRIBUTIONS
Anna Fiaccarini
Films and “extra-film” documents: methods for describing and enhancing complex archival collections
Madel Crasta
Memory and digital environments
Luca Giuliani
Film culture and audiovisual languages: the role of the film archive between museum and public library
Gabriele d’Autilia
The Audiovisual Archive Foundation of the Workers’ and Democratic Movement: management issues regarding non-fiction film
Saturday, November 11, 2006
PROMOTION
Francesco Aquilanti
Network services and promotion of audiovisual works
Piero Cavallai
Audiovisual assets as the historical memory of the territory
Participants from Italian research institutions and libraries attended the course, bringing the total number of participants—including both learners and instructors—to 41.
The proceedings are currently being published by the Discoteca di Stato.
