AvSAP project

The University Library released the Audiovisual Self-Assessment
Program (AvSAP) on August 12, 2010. AvSAP is now a fully realized
project that began in May 2007. This assessment tool is funded by
the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, and is designed to
address the needs of cultural heritage institutions by helping to
preserve and maintain the functionality of their audiovisual
materials.

AvSAP is free and accessible to the public, providing a series of
questions designed to collect data about collections and assess the
conditions of audiovisual items. Users may download AvSAP and host
it on their own SQL server, or access it on the web. The goal of
this assessment tool is to help collections managers develop a
prioritized preservation plan for their audiovisual materials,
including, but not limited to audio recordings, films, and
videotapes, and to educate individuals on extending the lives of
their collections with the resources at hand. The outcome of using
AvSAP includes a refined knowledge about developing an audiovisual
preservation plan. This tool ranks audiovisual items in order of
treatment need, providing users with a sense of what items need the
most immediate care; AvSAP ultimately allows faculty and staff
members to make more effective preservation decisions with regard to
their audiovisual materials. About the developers of AvSAP: The
University of Illinois Library partnered with WILL AM-FM-TV, the
Spurlock Museum, University departments such as the Department of
Dance, the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and the Illinois
Heritage Association. This amalgamation of groups served as
test-beds and advisors for the AvSAP project. In conjunction, the
Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) supports this
project with a generous National Leadership Grant.

For more information on the Audio-Visual Self Assessment Program see

    <URL:http://www.library.illinois.edu/prescons/avsap/>

    <URL:http://www.library.uiuc.edu/
        prescons/services/av_self_assesment_program.html>

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Jennifer Hain Teper
Head, Preservation and Conservation Units
University of Illinois Libraries
(Conservation Office)
809 S. Oak Street, 2nd Floor
Champaign, IL 61820
(Preservation Office)
1408 West Gregory Drive, Room 44
Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-5689


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