British Library Sound & Vision

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| *Institutional context* \\ | |

| Institution type (eg. Library, Archive) \\ | Library & Aarchive \\ |

| *Storage and access* \\ | |
| Where are collection masters stored (media, number of copies, backup, preservation system)? \\ | Temporary/working storage: networked Satabeast RAID storage with automated tape backup \\

Final storage: All nodes of the Library's Digital Library System.   \\ |

| Where is access to the collection provided from? \\ | Access to master files on temporary/working storage is restricted to staff logins via Library workstations.  \\

Access to low resolution access copies to the public will be delivered online via British Library Sounds.   \\ |

| What technical protocol is used to access files? Local file systems? Windows shares? (SMB/CIFS) \\ | Master files: Windows shares \\
Access files: http \\ |

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| *Workflow* \\ | |
| Describe your existing content workflow. \\ | # Digital audio files created by users on handheld / portable devices, using the _AudioBoo_ app.  Users may add descriptive metadata, to be embedded in each file.
# Audio files uploaded from portable devices to Audioboo at [http://audioboo.fm/]
# Audio files FTP'd to BL servers, in batches, by Audioboo.
# Catalogue data produced by curator using Excel for later export to Library catalogue.
# Audio files manually accessed using a combination of _Foobar_ and _MediaCoder Audio Edition_; technical and ID3 metadata recorded for FLAC, m4a, mp4, 3gpp, amr files in Excel for later recording in Library catalogue entries.  Non-valid/unreadable files weeded out manually.
# Technical metadata and ID3 data for mp3, wma files extracted to csv using _mp3tag_.  csv data merged with Excel data.  csv files deleted.  Non-valid/unreadable files weeded out manually.
# Technical metadata and BEXT data extracted from (user-generated) WAV files using Jhove. 
# Jhove data filtered and parsed with Saxon to csv.  csv data merged with Excel data.  Jhove and csv data deleted.
# Audio files normalized to WAVE.
# Technical metadata recorded for normalized wave files and merged in Excel.
# Normalized audio files renamed with UIDs.
# md5 checksums generated for normalized / renamed audio files with _fsum frontend_.
# Excel data exported to catalogue-ready text files.  Catalogue entries created.
# Normalized audio files and checksums uploaded to DLS.
# Original audio files deleted. \\ |
| What tools are part of the existing workflow | * _Foobar    _ [http://www.foobar2000.org/\*|http://www.foobar2000.org/*]
* _MediaCoder Audio Edition_     [http://www.mediacoderhq.com/audio/\*|http://www.mediacoderhq.com/audio/*]
* _Jhove    _ [http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/\*|http://hul.harvard.edu/jhove/*]
* _Saxon    _ [http://saxon.sourceforge.net/\*|http://saxon.sourceforge.net/*]
* _mp3tag    _ [http://www.maniactools.com/soft/mp3tag/index.shtml\*|http://www.maniactools.com/soft/mp3tag/index.shtml*]
* _Fsum    _ [http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/\*|http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/*]

* _Wavelab    _ [http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/wavelab.html\*|http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/wavelab.html*]
* _MS Excel    _ [http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/] |

| What technologies underly the existing workflow? \\ | Windows & Java \\ |

| What challenges are present in the existing workflow? (technology, organisational, staffing) \\ | Time and complexity \\ |
| Does the workflow include manual steps? \\ | Yes |
| Where in this content workflow would the prototype solution be deployed? | To +replace+ steps 5-10 \\ |

| What is the process for changing or enhancing the workflow? What obstacles to change are present? \\ | Written workflow documents and diagrams will have to be re-written to incorporate improvements.  Python will need installing.  No other changes should be necessary. \\ |

| What is the process for changing or enhancing the workflow? What obstacles to change are present? \\ | Written workflow documents and diagrams will require re-writing to incorporate improvements.  Python to be installed.  xslt to be defined for transforming outputs.  No other changes should be necessary. \\ |

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