“The Vanderbilt Television News Archive, the worlds most comprehensive collection of television network news programs, marks its 35th anniversary this week by going digital.” [Link]
“Since Aug. 5, 1968, archivists at Vanderbilt University have preserved on videotape and indexed nearly 40,000 hours of network news just as they aired on television sets throughout the nation….the archive is now positioned to take advantage of the many benefits of digital recording…In the future, there is the possibility of loaning DVDs or even streaming content directly to an end user so he or she doesnt have to order a tape,” according to Marshall Breeding, library technology officer.
For background on the archive, and plans/examples of the new digital interface, see this PowerPoint presentation, Vanderbilt Television News Archive; Preserving Television News Since 1968 – The transition to a Digital Archive, 4/25/03.
