Memnon
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Ensuring the world’s content is preserved, discoverable and accessible
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https://memnon.com/ 12-05-2015 11:35:25
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Mark your calendars for 21 Feb📅 Our CEO Heidi Shakespeare will be at @HPAOnline’s 2024 Tech Retreat, speaking on a panel on digitization & archives alongside Andrea Kalas (Paramount Pictures), Carin Forman (Amazon Web Services) & Linda Tadic (Digital Bedrock) Learn more: ow.ly/syO550QAO6n
Ready for a musical time capsule? 🎶 kelly stanford is launching 4 new DAB+ stations jam-packed with hidden gems from their 60-year musical archive! From the 60s to the 00s, relive British music history like never before. bbc.com/mediacentre/20…
Preservation requires more than #digitization—it demands tackling modern challenges for #archive resilience. In Post Magazine's Jan/Feb edition, Memnon's Denis Mahé explores preservation's future and Library of Congress' support for FFV1/MKV 📼 ow.ly/jHGR50QHh52?
Ever seen a poem on the London Underground? The Poems on the Underground project has spotlighted literary greats on the underground since 1986. Its archive featuring past-century poet’s posters & letters is now at Cambridge University’s Library. Learn more: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
The countdown to the #Oscars is on! Did you know The Academy preserves history with a massive film archive? Explore the #AcademyFilmArchives - one of the world’s most diverse collections with over 250K items - before the big night! oscars.org/film-archive
#ICYMI Did you catch the news on Radio Prague International about the family from Hořice, who helped save and preserve the first known score for the Šumava Passion Plays from 1935? 🎻🎼 Find out more here: bit.ly/4af3s15
Dive into the hidden treasures of BBC Archive📻✨ Thanks to Radio Circle, over 1K radio plays were returned, made up of reels & home recordings sent in by members of the public - including the 1st EVER stereo production of Macbeth! Read more 🔽 ow.ly/eHBK50R029G
If your preservation strategy stops at saving your assets in a digital format, you risk that content going the way of many silent films. Check out The Hollywood Reporter’s recent article, which dives into the #preservationists who are racing to save our film history 🎞️ ow.ly/ElFq50R28p1
"In addition to using new methods, our human expertise... enhances the reliability of the transfer process for old media" Read about our 3-year project with Telefónica to migrate 200,000+ #Betacam tapes for long-term #preservation in Digital Media World. digitalmediaworld.tv/broadcast/memn…
This has to be up there as one of the more unusual - and very tempting! - #Archives we've encountered. Such a captivating way to chronicle Cadbury UK's 200-year history! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…