The evolution from analogue to digital.

1. Turning a national archive digital, by
degrees…
Charles Fairall
Helen Edmunds
BFI National Archive
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2. Evolution from Analogue to Digital
1980
Digital?
1990
HLF funded
project:
building an
archive for
the 21st
century
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2000
Digital
preservation
JISC funded
project:
InView:
British history
through the
lens
2010
Digital
National
Television
Archive
Digital
research
access
Screen
Heritage UK
BFI Film
Forever –
Film Heritage
Unlocked
All Digital?
Charles Fairall, Helen Edmunds: Turning a national archive digital, by
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3. Cultural Programme
• Digital National Television Archive
• Archive Online
• Digital Access
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4. Evolution of New Skills Profiles and
Staffing Structures
Off air TV preservation
4K film scanning for
restoration
Real time HD film scanning for access
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5. Tools and Standards
Film Storage: BFI’s Master Film Store
Photo credit: Edmund Sumner © BFI
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6. Tools and Standards
Collection Information Database with integrated workflow
Workflow activity at BFI National Archive Conservation Centre
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7. Tools and Standards
Conservation technology
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8. BFI Film Forever 2012-2017
Film Heritage Unlocked
• Digital Capability
• Digital Infrastructure
• Film Digitisation
• Stills Digitisation
• Collections Management
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Charles Fairall, Helen Edmunds: Turning a national archive digital, by
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9. Turning a national archive digital, by
degrees…
Charles Fairall
Helen Edmunds
BFI National Archive
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Charles Fairall, Helen Edmunds: Turning a national archive digital, by
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