Panelists will present the archival challenges of two communities that produce video in an increasingly file-based workflow, and tackle real-world issues that arise between production and eventual ingest into a preservation repository. Both projects are part of the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Masters Degree Program at New York University (NYU), that trains audiovisual preservation specialists, and advocates for preservation across diverse communities.

Preserving Digital Public Television is a collaborative project between NYU, public television stations WNET and WGBH, and the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). Part of the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program of the Library of Congress, this partnership brings together varied professionals to create a model repository for born digital public television, and to solve selection, metadata, and interoperability concerns. Cross-disciplinary solutions have been achieved through the cooperation of very diverse project stakeholders. As an example, the adaptation of the emerging PBCore (Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary) standard for preservation will be presented.

Best Practices for Digital Video is a research initiative in MIAP's digital preservation curriculum, analyzing productions by independent videomakers. Serious obstacles to archiving, resulting from factors such as imperfect production practices and issues inherent to video editing software, have been identified. The project's best practices, used to educate creators and archivists, are designed to both prevent and mitigate risks to the works. The complex tasks required to prepare the collections for ingest into repositories will be outlined, as well as the need for ongoing research and education to prevent significant losses.