European film heritage on the threshold of the digital era : the FIRST Project's final report ; conclusions, guidelines, recommendations, June 2004.
Film Restoration and Conservation Strategies.
Brussels : Gabrielle Claes, Royal Film Archive,
2004.
Report containing the findings and the results of the work carried out by the FIRST Project, its partners and all the individuals and bodies who contributed by participating in FIRST's several symposia and Workshops held in the EU and in the US.
"The booklet contains the Executive Summary only, while the CD-ROM contains the full length reports, as prepared by FIRST's workgroups."
Highlights of FIRST's conclusions, guidelines and recommendations - Film collections are largely inaccessible - A growing demand for access - The digitisation chain; an integrated process - Digitisation is a means not an end - Technological answers and issues - The costs of digital - Investing in human resources - Going digital is a trans-national effort - The copyright short circuit - The present is the past of the future - An agenda of research.
Report containing the findings and the results of the work carried out by the FIRST Project, its partners and all the individuals and bodies who contributed by participating in FIRST's several symposia and Workshops held in the EU and in the US.
Motion picture film
Digital preservation.
Film archives.