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Case study: The Österreichische Mediathek’s monitoring and analysing tool for digital archiving
Journal of Digital Media Management,
13
(1),
28-37
(2024)
Abstract
This paper provides a case study of MEDIAS, the ‘living’ digital archiving solution at the Österreichische Mediathek (OeM) — Austria’s national archive for sound and video. The paper describes the origins of this model, the challenges faced during its development and rollout, including multiple data migrations, and changes in storage and naming conventions; the development of a customised search engine to monitor the objects held in the digital archive; and how the system is used on a day-to-day basis. Although MEDIAS is not commercially available, this paper suggests that the concept could be successfully adapted by other institutions with digital archives.
Keywords: audiovisual heritage; long-term digital preservation; search engine; monitoring digital archival objects; Big Data technology; data analysis; data intelligence; migration
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Author's Biography
Marion Jaks is a digital archivist at the Österreichische Mediathek — the national audio and video archive of Austria. Before moving into the field of digital preservation, she specialised in the preservation and digitisation of analogue video for more than a decade. She studied library and information studies at the Austrian National Library, Vienna and holds an MA in history from the University of Vienna.
