I would just like to discuss another research article that obtained during my library database search at the Ryerson Library. The article is titled, "Preserving Digital Public Television" and i have included this on my annotated bibliography section of our collaborative research project. I believe this will be useful to me and my group when researching a community like the Junction Triangle that utilizes digital media and video production.
Television Production has shifted rapidly from an analog process to that of storing digital video files. However, as we enter the digital preservation age, video files are deemed to lose its authenticity and trust. Nan Rubin and his research team have created a systematic method that challenges current preservation techniques. Preserving digital public television requires a collaborative effort and this research methodology creates basic goals that identify the problems that need to be resolved when storing video files. He concludes that digital preservation cannot be an afterthought and public education is the key to preserving digital data.
For me this article really rang true because of all the articles that I've obtained regarding digital preservation...the future looks bleak for our future generations to come. Without a educating the masses about the possibility of losing digital data, our children will have no historical record of our past. We are losing our heritage and hardly anybody is aware of this matter. Nan Rubin and his research team are currently devising a strategic plan on how to preserve digital media such as public television production. I would recommend to everyone to educate themselves on the downfalls of digital preservation? Is Analog archiving better than digital?
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