Post by Laoupdate news on Mar 22, 2005 3:27:32 GMT -5
Developing Radio Archives in Laos and Bangladesh
22-03-2005 (UNESCO/AIBD)
The Headquarters of Lao National Radio in Vientiane, June 2003.
Workshops aiming at digitizing and preserving sound archives in Asian radio stations at Lao National Radio, Vientiane and Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, were recently conducted by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) as part of the project “Digitalization of Radio ArchivesE that is funded by UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).
At Lao National Radio 10 engineers, librarians and producers participated in the workshop (28/2 E04/3)-and 16 at Bangladesh Betar (6-14/3). In both stations the consultant, Karl Lippe, also conducted well-attended half-day seminars for the station's management, which informed them about the aims of the workshop, modern sound archiving concepts and the possibilities to preserve their archives.
Although both workshops had the same subject, they had to deal with quite different situations in the stations. Both archives had considerably different volumes and while Lao National Radio had switched to computerized programme production a few years ago, Bangladesh Betar produces its programmes with analogue equipment. So the digital archiving strategies had to be adapted to the different requirements of the stations.
In common to both stations is the fact that the old tape archives are steadily becoming obsolete and substitutes have to be found in the one or the other way. Also the cataloguing systems in both stations do not meet modern requirements and converting them to computerized database systems has been one of the key matters that were addressed during the workshops.
Karl Lippe discussed the various problems of sound archives and presented what modern technologies can offer to overcome them. During the workshops new metadata structures were developed, which considered the existing catalogue information as well as modern standards like Dublin Core. Also solutions for the storage and the conversion of digital audio were developed and the participants had a chance of having first hands-on exercises in these new technologies.
“During a 5 or 8 days workshop an analogue archive cannot be converted to digital. This is a process, which will take months and even yearsE says Karl Lippe. Therefore, the preparation of a road map, which will guide the institutions in the further development of their archives, was a final but important part of the workshops. “The dedication and enthusiasm that the participants had shown during the workshop will ensure that they will continue this important taskE concludes Lippe..
Source: portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=18417&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Photo: www.asiawaves.net/lao-radio.htm
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22-03-2005 (UNESCO/AIBD)
The Headquarters of Lao National Radio in Vientiane, June 2003.
Workshops aiming at digitizing and preserving sound archives in Asian radio stations at Lao National Radio, Vientiane and Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, were recently conducted by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) as part of the project “Digitalization of Radio ArchivesE that is funded by UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC).
At Lao National Radio 10 engineers, librarians and producers participated in the workshop (28/2 E04/3)-and 16 at Bangladesh Betar (6-14/3). In both stations the consultant, Karl Lippe, also conducted well-attended half-day seminars for the station's management, which informed them about the aims of the workshop, modern sound archiving concepts and the possibilities to preserve their archives.
Although both workshops had the same subject, they had to deal with quite different situations in the stations. Both archives had considerably different volumes and while Lao National Radio had switched to computerized programme production a few years ago, Bangladesh Betar produces its programmes with analogue equipment. So the digital archiving strategies had to be adapted to the different requirements of the stations.
In common to both stations is the fact that the old tape archives are steadily becoming obsolete and substitutes have to be found in the one or the other way. Also the cataloguing systems in both stations do not meet modern requirements and converting them to computerized database systems has been one of the key matters that were addressed during the workshops.
Karl Lippe discussed the various problems of sound archives and presented what modern technologies can offer to overcome them. During the workshops new metadata structures were developed, which considered the existing catalogue information as well as modern standards like Dublin Core. Also solutions for the storage and the conversion of digital audio were developed and the participants had a chance of having first hands-on exercises in these new technologies.
“During a 5 or 8 days workshop an analogue archive cannot be converted to digital. This is a process, which will take months and even yearsE says Karl Lippe. Therefore, the preparation of a road map, which will guide the institutions in the further development of their archives, was a final but important part of the workshops. “The dedication and enthusiasm that the participants had shown during the workshop will ensure that they will continue this important taskE concludes Lippe..
Source: portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=18417&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Photo: www.asiawaves.net/lao-radio.htm
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