Appalshop archive staff training on cleaning and digitization of flood damaged media [these funds will support training of appalshop archive staff to perform cleaning and preservation treatment of…

Appalshop archive staff training on cleaning and digitization of flood damaged media [these funds will support training of appalshop archive staff to perform cleaning and preservation treatment of flood-damaged magnetic media. Analog media preservation specialist skip elsheimer will travel to whitesburg to help staff create a magnetic media preservation suite. Elsheimer will instruct staff on proper procedures for cleaning and digitizing damaged media. This process involves manually wiping MUD and mold off of flood-damaged tapes, running them back and forth on a secondary ?junk? Deck for further cleaning, and then transferring them to a primary deck for digital preservation. The funds will also support purchase of appropriate magnetic media transfer equipment (e.g. mini DV deck, cables, adaptors), as well as transportation, housing, and food for elsheimer when he is in whitesburg.]