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At sunrise, the statue of Memnon began sending out sounds in the Kingdom of Egypt…

At sunrise, the statue of Memnon began sending out sounds in the Kingdom of Egypt…. Memnon in Europe today. Memnon Belgium (Brussels - head office) Memnon France (Paris) Memnon Germany (Koln) MemNor Norway (Stavanger)

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At sunrise, the statue of Memnon began sending out sounds in the Kingdom of Egypt…

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  1. At sunrise, the statue of Memnon begansending out sounds in the Kingdom of Egypt… EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  2. Memnon in Europe today • Memnon Belgium (Brussels - head office) • Memnon France (Paris) • Memnon Germany (Koln) • MemNor Norway (Stavanger) • A Private-Public Partnership with the NIRS to offer archiving services in Scandinavia • Memnon UK (London) • Memnon Africa • Memories EU Project (IST Call 6) • Memnon project coordinator of a 2,5M EUR project (develop automated tools to facilitate documentation, indexation, and search for AV archives, OAIS compliant) EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  3. Ongoing projectsby order of start date • Readers’ Digest (WW) • Queen Elisabeth Music Competition of Belgium • British Library (UK) • Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (F) • European Parliament (Lux/F/B) • Bibliothèque nationale de France • Centre National de l’Audiovisuel (Lux) • World Council of churches (CH) • Projects in start-up phase with several Jewish institutions in Europe • … EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  4. A rich past ... • Spin-off from Musica Numeris (°1989). Classical music • Leading recording studio for the industry (EMI, Warner, Barbara Hendricks, Jordi Savall, …) • Thousands recordings performed using high end technology (high resolution 24/96- 192kHz; 5+1; SACD, …) – we know what obsolescence means ! EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  5. A rich past ... • Long experience of one to one transfers from tapes, 78rpm, … • Initial perception of the needs of specific digitisation services : second half of the 90’s • First large digitisation contracts initiated in 2001-2003. EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  6. MEMNON • 2004 : Memnon is born from the experience acquired within Musica Numeris • Focus on providing global though modular services combining the craftsmanship experience of Musica Numeris with a factory approach for large quantities. EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  7. A company at the service of the heritage • An overall or modular archiving solution for audio archives: • Digitization of archives in small or large volumes • On request audio restoration (Cedar), segmentation, documentation, … • Meta-data management and structuring for audiovisual databases (OAIS) • Shared mass storage services accessible at distance (secure back-up of local AV digital archives) • Publication and secure online management of AV content for use in intranet, extranet, or internet, for B 2 B or B 2 C use EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  8. Memnon preservation services Users Transfers Digitisation Signal analysis & Quality Control Users access Documentation Local storage Identified users, public access, … Stockage local Belgium France, Norway, … EXTRANET / INTRANET / INTERNET Memnon SoundStore web Automated back-up Memnon SoundLibrary web Shared mass storage systems EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  9. Lessons learned – how to servethe archive community • Need for strong project management • Detailed project preparation is key to success • Large projects require factory approach (EU Project Prestospace) including: • Being high level audiovisual experts is no longer sufficient • Model contract and specifications • Process Flow management (databases, traceability, …). • Multi-skills management • Total quality concept • Large and regular investments • In depth understanding of the long term preservation issues (interoperability, automated migration, open standards whenever possible (wave, mp3, …), ISO formats, …) is essential EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  10. Need for Public Private Partnership • Service Provider should add value, over and above technical competence in digitisation: • Input on selection of carriers, access and storage and long term preservation solutions • Input to select target digitisation projects • Bring expertise in structuring metadata • Develop sponsoring / public subsidising documents • Use its own network to develop the fundraising EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  11. Ongoing projects with Jewish heritage institutions in Europe • A rich resource • Funding is available from private and public institutions • Engagement of Israeli institutions and opinion leaders is essential EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

  12. Contacts Michel Merten / Stephen Weil Memnon Audio Archiving Services 27 rue du Belvédère 1050 Brussels Belgium www.memnon.be Tel. 00 32 2 643 47 77 Fax. 00 32 2 649 87 01 michel.merten@memnon.be stephen.weil@memnon.be EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference

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