A new Information Document, AES-11id-2006, Extended term storage environment for multiple media archives has been published. This information document provides guidelines for archivists faced with storing a variety of audio, still image and moving image media in a single storage environment. This circumstance is faced by many archivists in small and medium size archives that must preserve and make available the wide variety of media from nitrate film to optical discs. These guidelines provide recommendations to harmonize storage recommendations contained in standards and recommended practices published by the AES and the International Standards Organization (ISO).
http://www.aes.org/publications/standards/search.cfm?docID=56
Posted: Monday, February 19, 2007
