[Tig] Library of Congress facility in Virginia

[James Snyder]

Hello all,

Apologies for the long time in answering. We're in the middle of 
construction and its keeping me quite busy.

1. Is there a final plan for the film scanning system or systems?

The LOC has a Spirit Datacine for film captures of most motion 
picture film.  For the paper film prints (which were submitted in the 
early 1900s on paper instead of film because the copyright law at the 
time only covered items printed on paper) they have a custom paper 
film scanner.

For copyright submissions in the future the LOC is considering 
accepting submissions as D-cinema, possibly by direct electronic 
deposit.


2. Can you describe the media for your offsite backups?

Two types of storage are planned for day one: an enterprise-class SAN 
for online access and tape backup for long-term storage.  Which tape 
format for long-term storage or where it will be located is not yet 
public information.  Site and path diversity for storage are both 
primary considerations.

I hope this is a good start!

James


James Snyder
Senior Video Systems Engineer
Communications Engineering, Inc. (CEI)

Member: AES, IEEE, NATAS, SMPTE, WEBE


>On Feb 19, 2007, at 12:37 AM, James Snyder wrote:
>
>>
>>Preservation format will be lossless profile JPEG2000 format files 
>>in an MXF wrapper.  Viewing and distribution copies for research 
>>purposes will depend on specific needs.
>>
>>If you'd like more specifics (and I am permitted write about it) 
>>I'll be happy to answer questions.
>>
>
>it's excellent to have you on the TIG James and in order not to
>overwhelm you at first with too many questions, thought I'd just
>start with: is there a final plan for the film scanning system, or
>systems?  And, if you have time, can you describe the media for
>your offsite backups?   thanks in advance.
>
>regards
>Rob
>--
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