[cma-l] UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers

[Jaqui Devereux]

Dear all

Further international news re digital; archiving

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Jaqui



Dear Members,
attached below details about a recent publication by the Indian branch
of UNESCO that might interest people on this list.

Best Wishes,

Salvo
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Dear Colleagues

UNESCO releases Digital archiving of audio content using WINISIS and 
Greenstone software: a manual for community radio managers

UNESCO Office in New Delhi has published Digital archiving of audio 
content using WINISIS and Greenstone software: a manual for community 
radio managers. This self-instructional handbook is aimed at helping 
managers of community and FM radio stations, public service broadcasting 
agencies and any other organizations that deal with audio files create 
prototype archives of digital audio documents.

Free and open source software (FOSS) helps digital inclusion of citizens 
in developing countries through easy-to-get and socially useful 
applications. UNESCO's information processing tools assist many 
grassroots institutions in disseminating information to local 
communities. Digital archive of a community radio station can be a 
knowledge repository containing collective wisdom of indigenous people, 
as well as of regional communities and institutions.

The South Asian sub-region is now at the nascent stage of community 
radio development, with the introduction of policy frameworks in India, 
Nepal and other countries. Community radio has a great development 
potential across the sub-region with ever increasing number of community 
radio stations. To maintain an archive of broadcasted contents is a 
legal obligation as a self-regulatory mechanism, however many stations 
are not equipped for doing this.. Moreover, community radio stations 
often need to re-use and re-broadcast many of their archived contents.

This new publication is a reliable manual for digital archiving of 
multimedia contents, with special focus on community radio contents. Its 
users will find it helpful in their every-day work. The publication has 
its genesis in the recommendations and proceedings of two events, 
supported by UNESCO: National Consultation on Community Radio for 
Practising and Potential Community Radio Operators in India and National 
Consultation to Review Community Radio in Nepal, during which community 
radio station managers stressed the importance of archiving digital 
audio contents.

In line with the needs of the community, the manual guides users in 
creating their own archives with stable, free software like WINISIS, 
GenISIS and Greenstone. The book also provides the URL addresses from 
where this software can be downloaded.

The manual can be downloaded here:
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/28434/12367893463digital_archiving_en.pdf/digital_archiving_en.pdf
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28434&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html 


Source: 
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28438&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html


If you want a print copy of this book, please send a request letter to 
Ms. Ajitha Vijayan, CI Sector, UNESCO, B5/29, Safdarjung Enclave, New 
Delhi-110029; Fax: 011-26713001/2 along with a self-addressed A4 size 
envelope.




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