Datacenter Dynamics

Australian film archive to receive funds for digitization efforts and backup data center

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is to receive an additional AU$41.9 million (US$29.5m) in Federal Government funding to save at-risk audiovisual heritage and build a new backup ...
Crikey

Australia’s archive of the internet is being filled up with AI-generated spam

A government-run archive of the Australian internet is unintentionally capturing thousands of web pages written by artificial intelligence. Since the 1990s, the National Library of Australia (NLA) has ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

National Archives of Australia restores panoramas of Australian life in early 20th century

In short: The National Archives of Australia has restored and digitised about 180 panoramas taken between 1907 and 1928. The vistas show scenes of Australian life including cricket games and troops ...
ITWire

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia selects Arcitecta’s Mediaflux to ‘power the nation’s audiovisual heritage strategy’

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has selected data management software company Arcitecta’s Mediaflux platform to serve as its central Digital Asset Management System (DAMS). Arcitecta ...
Billboard

Billboard Bits: Peter Allen’s ‘Australia’ Added to Sound Archive, Vanda & Young Songwriting Comp Winner, Springsteen Returns

Peter Allen's "I Still Call Australia Home," Russell Morris' "The Real Thing," and Archie Roach's "Took the Children Away" are among the ten works being added to the registry of the National Film and… ...