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Strategies for Digitizing and Preserving Audio-Visual Records at the National Archives of Korea
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Manage No DI00001269 Country Republic of Korea Author Mr. Sang Kook KIM (Deputy Director, Records Preservation & Restoration Center, National Archives of Korea) Published Year 2017 Language English Copyright 
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| Description | The National Archives of Korea (NAK) currently has in its collection approximately 320,000 pieces of audiovisual material (audio, video, photos), of which audio and video materials make up 70,000 pieces, ranging from broadcast media from the ‘60s to the latest digital files. Table 1 presents figures on the physical media and media type (tapes, films) etc. of the audio and video materials in the NAK’s collections. In more recent years, audio and video materials produced as digital files from their inception have been transferred to the NAK and showing a steady increase in number. This report looks at the considerations to be made in the long term preservation of audio and video materials while introducing the long term preservation methods used at the NAK. | ||
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