Digitization of IRIB's audio archives: Evaluation against IASA standards

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Purpose: Examining the state of digitization (conversion of analog to digital and dig­ital-to-digital resources)in the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)audio ar­chive and compare it against the standards of the International Association of Sound and Audio-Visual Archives (IASA).
Method: 6 audio archives in Tehran, and 37 staff managers and involved in converting analog audio sources to digital format were surveyed. A checklist was used to collect data from the archives. A questionnaire was designed and administered to collect views of the staff and managers.
Findings: Staff and managers considered saving of time and space as the primary ad­vantage of digitization of the analog. Digitization of 77/3% of 592937 items was com­pleted. 72 systems are operational in the 6 archives. Only 2 have space of mass storage. Digitization met 82/7% software and 79% of hardware standards of IASA. Nearly two-third of staff have received some kind of training for digitization. The staff considered lack of appropriate infrastructure, up-to-date tools and technologies, and lack standards challenges they face.

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  • Receive Date: 10 June 2013
  • Revise Date: 11 July 2013
  • Accept Date: 15 April 2014

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