seeking Native digital archivist

[Mia Kalish (LFP)]

Ah. I Knew I was going to be a Wag. Sometimes I'm good, though.



Sounds like a good project. Lots of challenge.



I could help with the access and storage. I have lots of experience in large
databases, (Chase Manhattan's first International Cash Funds Transfer
Network, for example, Records Management for nukes (40 Million documents; I
let people access them in English, when codes is what were usual). And I do
pretty spectacular interfaces for people.



I'm not Ndn, but I'm not too shabby at putting really hard languages (like
Navajo and Apache) on the web.



So if I can be helpful, I should be finishing my dissertation in about a
year. . . :-) I'm in New Mexico, San Miguel south of Las Cruces.



Mia





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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
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Subject: Re: [ILAT] seeking Native digital archivist



I'm a media producer, particularly video. I know how to digitize (no one's
saying i can be trusted doing it, but that's us producers - get on the phone
and then get in the way!!!), but I'm looking for someone for a potentially
large project who knows the ins and outs of archiving historical materials
and video storage and creating access to large amounts of digital
files...This is a future project (say...a year or so from now?)

So, as much as I love DVD storage, I'm talkin' about large scale
storage...and multi-user access and the ability to supervise..

Thanks, though, Mia!!! Wish I could help with the presentation formats, I'll
keep my eyes open for help that crosses my path.



On Jun 13, 2005, at 10:27 AM, Mia Kalish (LFP) wrote:

I hate to be a wag (I guess it's in my character).

Why don't you simply use a digital video camera, and then save on DVD? DVD
is about the best stuff there is, and if you get good quality stuff, your
recordings will be as safe as they can be.

(I am assuming that you will be doing the videoing in the future). If you
already have the videotape, then it needs to be digitized. There are several
good programs, Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Pro will do quite a
serviceable job of converting (you can specify the density), and then edit.
It is not a biggie. . . it is time-consuming, but pretty simple once you
understand the concept.

One of the things I think are still pretty ugly is that you can't easily
integrate the little videos (assuming you did clips) into any of the
presentation formats like PowerPoint and Flash. They have to be compressed
into gif like densities, which ruins the whole point of the video.

Mia



From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Smith
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 9:07 AM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] seeking Native digital archivist

Digital archivist? Well, mostly I mean someone acquainted with the process
and best practices of archiving video tape digitally. This is for a
potential project, nothing concrete yet, and for sure for some dialogue.

Pidamaya,

Mona Smith
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