Re: [ARSCLIST] Video degeneration

[Brandon Burke <bburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can someone please explain to me how video tape degradation differs from audio
tape degradation? Seems like the only differences would be binders (more a
product of the era in which it was created than anything else) and casing.
Otherwise, there should be very little difference at all.

In other words, isn't magnetic tape just....magnetic tape? Period. Regardless of
the playback medium or material that one can capture over the other? Again,
this is with respect to whether or not they have a cellulose acetate backing,
etc.

Thanks,

Brandon Burke

Brandon Burke
Graduate Research Assistant
Digital Library Services
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
phone: (512) 495-4439
email: bburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Quoting Hannah Frost <hfrost@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Esther,
>
> There are a number of resources which address the issue of videotapes
> afflicted with sticky shed syndrome. For example, consult the Videotape
> Preservation Fact Sheets on the Association of Moving Image Archivists Web
> site:
>
http://www.amianet.org/publication/resources/guidelines/videofacts/intro.html.
> Fact Sheet #6 discusses common tape problems, including gummy, sticky tapes
> like yours. You may also want to check out the links on the CoOL video
> preservation topic page: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/video/.
>
> Many endorse the baking or drying treatment for sticky tapes; others say
> this procedure (especially baking) should only be used as a last resort.
> The AMIA listserv archives are a trove of opinions and advice on this
> matter: http://www.amianet.org/amial/archive.html.
>
> In any case, it sounds like some video reformatting is in your future.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Hannah
> ________________________
> Hannah Frost
> Media Preservation Librarian
> Stanford University Libraries
>
> At 09:04 AM 12/11/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >Greetings;
> >
> >Could someone point me to information about dealing with video tapes that
> >are turning gummy and sticking in machines?  Thank you in advance for your
> >guidance.  Esther.
> >
> >
> >Esther Gillie
> >Music User Services Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Library
> >Administration
> >Music Library, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
> >2136 Music Building MC 056
> >1114 West Nevada Street
> >Urbana, IL 61801
> >217.244.4072 gillie@xxxxxxxx
> >fax 217.244.9097
>