311.2 Never Best Practices: Born-Digital Audiovisual Case Studies from Production, University, and Federal Government Environments (discussion panel)

In this panel, archivists specializing in time-based born-digital workflows will discuss their use cases involving the span of collections processing practices, from “best” to the practical reality of “good enough”. These use cases will highlight situations wherein video quality, subject matter, file size and stakeholder expectations play decisive roles impacting preservation workflows. From these experiences, the panel will put forth suggestions for tiered preservation decision making, recognizing that not all files should necessarily be treated alike.
The goal of this presentation is to discuss real-world workflows, taking into account institutional culture, policy, digital storage, staffing, and tools. The panel emphasizes the ‘art’ in the science of digital video preservation by exploring alternatives to the idea of one-size-fits-all ‘best practice’ recommendations. The panelists will engage with each other throughout to discuss how their different approaches towards digital video preservation have been impacted by the needs and capabilities of their institution, and how one organization’s best practice might be inappropriate or impractical for another. The goal of the panelists is to demystify the process of preserving born-digital video, and explore the role that creativity can play in developing policies and workflows that are ‘good enough’.

在本环节中，专注于基于时间序列的数字化原生工作流程的档案专家们将讨论其在集合处理实践中的应用案例，这些案例涵盖了从‘最佳’实践到‘足够好’的实用现实。这些应用案例将凸显视频质量、主题内容、文件大小以及利益相关者期望在影响保存工作流程中所扮演的决定性角色。基于这些经验，讨论小组将提出针对分层保存决策的建议，认识到并非所有文件都应同等对待。本次演讲的目的是探讨现实世界的流程，考虑到机构文化、政策、数字存储、人员配置和工具等因素。讨论小组通过探讨针对‘一刀切’‘最佳实践’建议的替代方案，强调了数字视频保存科学中的‘艺术’。小组成员将在整个讨论过程中相互交流，探讨他们各自在数字视频保存方面的不同方法如何受到其机构需求和能力的影響，以及一个组织的最佳实践可能对另一个组织来说不合适或不切实际。讨论小组的目标是消除对数字化原生视频保存过程的神秘感，并探讨创意在制定‘足够好’的政策和工作流程中所扮演的角色。