In July of 2007 we completed the transfer of all recordings housed on miniDV from miniDV to DVD. We worked with Charles Gerber at Aargil Video to complete the project. Every few weeks we sent Charles a batch of miniDVs. Once the transfers were complete, Charles returned those miniDVs to us accompanied by two DVDs. Master copies were separated from reference copies, housed in archival-quality containers and labeled with their corresponding catalog number. Reference copies were moved to crystal cases, labeled with their corresponding catalog number, and added to the collection.
On May 24th, 2008, I started adding holdings information about these DVDs to the FileMaker database. I’m keeping it simple: if we have a DVD copy of the original miniDV, I’ve noted that in the “Additional Copies” field using language which reads: “DVD (v300) available for consultation.”
I completed the capture of this holdings information on June 12th, 2008.
My next step will be to evaluate, label, organize and catalog the remaining miniDV -> DVD transfers.
-cmw
