by Mike Casey, Director of Technical Operations, Audio/Video, Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative, Indiana University Quality Control as Risk Management In this post, I’ll continue exploring the quality control system developed for the audio/video side of the MDPI project. My earlier post on types of quality control ended with a discussion of risk-based QC. This… Read more »
Hope
by Mike Casey, Director of Technical Operations, Audio/Video, Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative, Indiana University Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. —Lin Yutang* For the past year, I have ended the Why Media Preservation Can’t Wait presentation… Read more »
Types of Quality Control
by Mike Casey, Director of Technical Operations, Audio/Video, Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative, Indiana University At the ARSC conference a few weeks ago, I explored the quality control system we developed for the audio/video side of MDPI, including the different types of QC we use. At the highest level, we recognize two basic QC types:… Read more »
Obsolescence in Action: How Fast Can You Solder 2,400 capacitors on 12 VHS Machines?
by Mike Casey, Director of Technical Operations, Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative, Indiana University Welcome to the first installment in our occasional series, “Obsolescence in Action.” In the early days of MDPI, I came across a university in Ohio that was looking to dispose of twelve Panasonic AG-DS840 VHS machines. High-end VHS machines, free for… Read more »
On Rugby, Software Development, and Managing Media Digitization Workflows (Pt. 1)
by Mike Casey, Director of Technical Operations, Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative, Indiana University Part 1 What do Rugby, software development, and media digitization have in common? The answer is scrum. scrum[1] /skruhm/ noun in rugby, the act of restarting play after an infringement when the two opposing packs of forwards group together with heads… Read more »
On Rugby, Software Development, and Managing Media Digitization Workflows (Pt. 2)
by Mike Casey, Director of Technical Operations, Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative, Indiana University Part 2 This is a continuation of a post discussing the use of scrum procedures to help manage a media digitization operation. In part 1 we explored how scrum influences time, choice, and morale. In part 2 we begin with ideas… Read more »