Translations:Registratie en identificatie van video- en audiotapes bij Damaged Goods voor digitalisering/26/en
Determining priorities
After drawing up the inventory, a decision needs to be made as to which material should take priority for digitisation. Priorities are determined on the basis of the following criteria:
- medium/format: is this a medium that is known to be prone to deterioration (e.g. video tape formats for non-professional use because the tape is narrower)? Is it a medium/format that has fallen into disuse (and for which playback devices are hard to find or no longer available)?
- contents: are the contents essential for the organisation (e.g. a performance that has only been recorded once, and of which there are not multiple copies)?
- state of the medium: does a superficial inspection already detect deterioration?