joshuatjFinal #JTS2026 session - Lessons learnt, future speculations and breakthroughs.
Dr Victor Kabata, Sorbonne University, on preserving audiovisual archives using Piql at UAE National Library and Archives.
@notclacke for touchlessly reading magnetic media, there should be quite a few articles out there since this was first done in 2024. For the motion picture part, that's new. There were audible gasp in the theatre at #JTS2026. I am looking forward to see further development on this.
Final #JTS2026 presentation @briannatoth Brianna Toth and Casey Winkleman - From degralescence to collective action: Community-driven response to magnetic media crisis. Magnetic Media Crisis Committee (MMCC)
Super glad MMCC is able to present at #JTS2026. For the past two days, we've heard so many questions and comments about the importance of working together, especially on legacy equipment, manuals, knowledge sharing and resource development.
NOW: Caroline Ashworth and Rod Butler, National Archives of Australia - Lessons from a decade of audiovisual digitisation.
Most challenging format - video. QC of non-broadcast format - very hard. Need experienced eye. Double the time you think you need for logistics. Triple the time you think you need for QC. IT (OT?) infrastructure, interconnected systems need to be fit-for-purpose.
Recommend watch if you are embarking on a video digitisation project.
Proven that synchrotron x-ray can be used to touchlessly read magnetic media. Now experimenting with reading degraded motion picture film without even need to unroll the film. It's even sitting in the can. [jaw dropping] 🤯🤯🤯
NOW: Dr Sebastian Gliga, Paul Sherrer Institute on Play It Again - Recovering audiovisual content from degraded tapes and films with synchroton X-rays. Also motion pictures from degraded films (!!)
"Big machines looking at small things"
Swiss light source synchrotron. High powered, focused X-rays. Beam lines.
NLA has a highly secured facility for Piql reels in Abu Dhabi. Government agencies and private organisations can deposit their Piql reels in NLA facility. Can opt for 2nd copy in Arctic World Archive, Norway.
Hazard and heritage session at #JTS2026. I'm speaking about calculating avoided carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by adopting #FFV1 lossless compression.
View from panel seats on stage.
Scientific research done found no evidence that magnetic properties are affected by cold store!
Positive experience working with scientists.
Charles Fairall, BFI on Particle acceleration and spectral microscopy on magnetic track conservation conundrum.
Suspect Iron in the magnetic coating acting as catalyst for deterioration - vinegar syndrome.
Magnetic materials don't do well in cold enrlvironment. BFU master film store -5°C & 35% RH. Only way to preserve magnetic material is to digitise them.
