HypotheticalWorkflow

The description of a workflow is based on internationally acknowledged ideas of how an archive should handle accession.

The case chosen here is a collection called Åstedet : Arbejdererindringer fra Århus. The media is DAT audio cassettes and the content is interviews with working men and women not only about their working life but also about childhood, youth etc. The tapes were recordede from 19xx to 19xx and was donated to Statsbiblioteket in 19xx.

Receipt

On ceceipt the tapes shall be kept separate from the rest of the collections in the archive until it is examined if they are infected by mould or other kind of contamination, and if that is the case the pollution must be eliminated.

As soon as possible after receipt the collection has to be recorded.

Cataloguing

Digitization

References

Juha Henriksson and Nadja Wallaszkovits (2009?) Audio Tape Digitisation Workflow http://www.jazzpoparkisto.net/audio/