Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 66: Don’t Throw Out That VCR

Posted on By krista
Stack of VHS tapes on left of image, right reads Episode 66 Don't Throw Our That VCR

In today's episode I'm talking about digitization of VHS tapes, digital preservation, and my recent trials and tribulations of using VCRs. I chat about the labour intensive work behind digitization and the challenges of video preservation.  Mentioned in this episode: -Samantha Thompson, "Why Don't Archivists Digitize Everything?"-National Archives, Video Guidance: Playback and Digitization of Materials" … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 66: Don’t Throw Out That VCR

All the VHS Tapes

Posted on By krista

Recently I've been working with a lot of audio-visual media and trying to begin to get a handle on what older audio and video footage we have in the archive that is in need of being migrated. Last month it was announced that the last company still making VCRs is going to cease production of … Continue reading All the VHS Tapes