RSI Archivi is currently completing the deepest preservation reform in its history, redefining acquisition, conservation and digital preservation within a unified conceptual framework inspired explicitly by the OAIS reference model (ISO16363). This presentation will outline how RSI is operationalising OAIS principles to create a coherent preservation strategy that seamlessly integrates analogue legacy carriers, their digitized counterparts and born digital audiovisual content into a single long term preservation framework.
The talk will illustrate:
- how RSI is developing its Preservation Plan, governing preservation actions, responsibilities and formats across all media types, including a policy of digitise or dismiss for analogue carriers;
- how analogue preservation, digitisation workflows, digital repository requirements and risk based dismission policies are getting connected to OAIS functions (AIP creation, ingest, preservation planning, archival storage, data management);
- how RSI is reinforcing its digital preservation infrastructure to move towards compliance with ISO16363 aligned criteria as a precondition for dismissal of analog originals.
- how preservation choices for analogue film, video, audio and non broadcast collections are integrated with digital preservation planning, format sustainability and migration strategies;
- how an archiving by design approach aims to ensure that new digital, web only and social media content enters the archive in OAIS consistent ways, with sustainable formats and reliable metadata.
- How RSI will ensure the long-term sustainability of the project by formalizing operational procedures into maintainable documents, fostering knowledge transfer through mentoring and training, and defining key RSI roles to guarantee continuity, supported by a monitoring plan, future implementation roadmap, and compliance checklist.
The session will provide a concrete case study of how a medium sized public broadcaster can align organisational transformation, analogue to digital continuity, and OAIS based governance, ensuring preservation decisions remain transparent, scalable and future proof.
