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The importance of meaningful metadata for video archives and media asset management
Journal of Digital Media Management,
11
(2),
151-160
(2023)
Abstract
Over the years, the Australian Football League (AFL) Video Production team has looked to evolve the way its physical collection of historical video content is stored and accessed, to ensure it is preserved in perpetuity. This article describes the history of the AFL’s digital archive, emphasising the importance of assigning meaningful metadata in order to make this rich collection of sporting moments usable in a variety of ways while safeguarding it for use well into the future.
Keywords: archive; videotape; metadata; film; preservation; digitisation; sport
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Author's Biography
Spencer Wilson is Director of Operations & Broadcast for the Australian Football League (AFL) — the governing body responsible for controlling the laws of the game and expanding its audience. He has more than 40 years of experience working in broadcast media and is passionate about preserving the AFL’s Video Archive and champions the importance of metadata capture to ensure the collection’s searchability and value well into the future.
