crisis or opportunity: av athletics in a university archive
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MOLLY ROSE [email protected]
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH J. WILLARD MARRIOTT LIBRARY
CRISIS OR OPPORTUNITY:AV Athletics in a University Archive
An Overflowing Archive
Our Mandate
“ALL UNIVERSITY RECORDS OF PERMANENT OR HISTORIC VALUE
SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES”
http://regulations.utah.edu/general/1-009.php
Existing Collections Negligible Representation
Football (men) 16mm & VHS 1960s-
1990sBasketball (men)
16mm 1950s-1990sBasketball (women)
VHS 1987-2000Gymnastics (women)
VHS 1980s-2000s
Baseball (men) Cross Country (women) Golf (men) Skiing (men) Skiing (women) Soccer (women) Softball (women) Swimming & Diving (men) Swimming & Diving (women) Tennis (men) Tennis (women) Track & Field (women) Volleyball (women)
Special Collections Legacy
Athletics Footage Yesterday and Today
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The Good
Improved coverage of athletics history
The Good
Improved coverage of athletics historyImproved reference and organization
Hierarchies and metadata established before accession
Football All Other Sports
Athletics Digital Organization
Naming Convention Men’s Basketball Clips
YearSportOpponentStudent Athlete
Athlete Level File Names
The Good
Improved coverage of athletics historyImproved reference and organization
Hierarchies and metadata established before accession
Improved partnership with Athletics Department Licensing expertise Reference expertise Streamlined access
The Bad
Multiple TB added yearly
2012 2013 2014 201502468
1012
Estimated Athletics Data Growth (TB)
New FootballNew Other SportsOlder Files
The Bad
Multiple TB added yearly
Compression necessary for this scale of production
2012 2013 2014 201502468
1012
Estimated Athletics Data Growth (TB)
New FootballNew Other SportsOlder Files
The Bad
Multiple TB added yearly
Compression necessary for this scale of production
Athletics server workspace nearly full 2012 2013 2014 20150
2468
1012
Estimated Athletics Data Growth (TB)
New FootballNew Other SportsOlder Files
The Ugly
No budget to accommodate new digital material
The Ugly
No budget to accommodate new digital material
Huge amount of legacy analog and digital tape SPC Athletics Individual sports offices
CRISIS
http://www.utahutes.com/collegesportslive/
Our Dream
Permanent annual budget scaled for collection growth
Alternatives
One-time funding options Fans Alumni Grants
Alternatives
One-time funding options Fans Alumni Grants
Compress archival video more aggressively
Alternatives
One-time funding options Fans Alumni Grants
Compress archival video more aggressivelyDiscard some digital files
The End
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