VidiPax Magnetic Media Reference Links

 

Magnetic Tape Preservation Reference

 

A Report on the Current State of American Television and Video Preservation: Volume 1: Report

A report by the Library of Congress published in October of 1997.

 

Archival Copies of Video Tapes

An article by Erich Kesse of the University of Florida on selecting the right videotape format for preservation.

 

Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Material

Written by Gilles St-Laurent of the National Library Of Canada in January 1996.

 

Conservation OnLine

A Resource for Conservation Professionals.

 

Disaster Recovery Plan: Recovery of Damaged Magnetic Tape and Optical Disk Media

By John Van Bogart of the National Media Lab

 

Experimental Television Center: Video History Project

Extensive site on issues dealing with videotape preservation.

 

Magnetic Tape Storage and Handling: A Guide for Libraries and Archives

Written by Dr. John W.C. Van Bogart of the National Media Laboratory in June of 1995.

 

Preservation of Audio Materials

Resource site by Stanford Universityís Conservation Online program.

 

Videotape Preservation, Glossary of Terms

Reference guide prepared by Rebecca Bachman of BAVC.

 

Histories of Audio and Video Technologies

 

100 years of Film Sizes

A timeline of the various film sizes used over the last 100 years.

 

A Timeline of Audio-Video Technology

Brief mix of Audio / Video history together.

 

Ampex Virtual Museum

Everything you need to know about Ampex.

 

Audio Recording History and Development

Compiled by David Rubenstein, well organized.

 

Consumer Videotape Formats

A brief history on consumer formats on the market since Betamax.

 

Dave Sarser

Great stories about genius Dave Sarser and his involvement with Pultec and NY recording written by Jim Reeves

 

Digital Audio Technology Part I

A unique audio history timeline featuring audio concepts and descriptions as well. Compiled by Robert Thompson, PhD.

 

The Early Video Project

A history of early video art.

 

History of Early Color Television

An extensive site on the evolution of color television

 

History of Record Production

Starting in the 1940s

 

History of Recorded Sound (Antique Phonograph Books Edison)

Allen Koenigsberg's article "The Birth of the Recording Industry".

 

History of Videotape Formats

Articles on early videotape formats.

 

The Media History Project

The study of media history.

 

Museum of Early Video Editing Equipment and Techniques

Extensive information on the history of videotape editing.

 

Professional Videotape Formats

Brief history of professional videotape formats since 1" Type C.

 

Quadruplex Park: Museum of Broadcast Technology

Early video technology.

 

The Sarnoff Story

A brief biography of David Sarnoff, Co-founder of RCA.

 

Sony History

Very well researched site on Sony's contribution to the world of video and audio technology.

 

Sound Recording History

Directory of Sound Recording resources, especially inventors.

 

TCMHC Timeline of Computer History

The history of computing from 1945 - 1990.

 

Videotape Formats

Well-researched site on the history of videotape formats.

 

Video Recording Formats

Informative site on videotape formats.

Professional Groups and Associations

 

Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science

 

American Film Institute (AFI)

 

American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)

 

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

 

Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)

 

Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)

 

Audio Engineering Society (AES)

 

Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP)

 

International Association for Media and History

 

International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)

 

Library of Congress

 

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)

 

National Film Preservation Board

 

National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)

 

Society of American Archivists (SAA)

 

Society of Broadcast Engineers

 

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers(SMPTE)

 

The Society of Professional Audio Recording Services (SPARS)

 

Museums, Repositories and Historical Organizations

 

American Museum of the Moving Image

 

Anthology Film Archives

 

Berkeley Film Archives and Pacific Film Archives

 

Canada Science and Technology Museum

 

The Computer Museum History Center Home Page

 

Electronic Arts Intermix

 

George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film

 

The Image Permanence Institute (IPI)

 

Menlo Park Museum in Edison, NJ.

 

Museum of Broadcast Communications

 

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

 

The Museum of Sound Recording

 

Museum of Television and Radio

 

U.K.National Museum of Photography, Film & Television

 

Video Data Bank

 

The Whitney Museum of American Art

 


 


 


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