John Walco, from our vendor SceneSavers, will be leading a workshop on audiovisual digital preservation. The workshop is part of the Congressionally-directed grant the HKG Archives received through the US Department of Education. For more information about the workshop and the registration download the Digital Workshop Form (.doc file) and return it by the July 23rd deadline.
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The HKG Archive will be moving into a new space on July 1st. While awaiting the construction of its permanent home in the Library of the the newly planned University of Hawaii, West Oahu (UHWO) the HKG Archive will be operating out of a space it has rented from KGMB/KHNL. Located at 420 Waiakamilo Road in Honolulu, the space was chosen because of the favorable environmental conditions for media storage as well as security issues.
We are currently cleaning the space, setting up shelves, and preparing equipment to make it an efficient and effective base of operations. It is anticipated that over the next 2-3 years the space will be used to acquire, arrange and catalog collections, digitize materials, and act as a secure physical storage area. The Archive maintains its main office at the Manoa Innovation Center.
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The consultant’s report from 2009 is now online available for viewing.
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Vendor - Scene Savers
Aloha!
The HKG Archive undertook a comprehensive search for vendors that will be used for the preservation and digitization work in the Pilot Project. Proposals were obtained from Bay Area Video Coalition, and D. C. Video, both in California, and Scene Savers in Covington, Kentucky across the river from Cincinnati. All three submitted excellent proposals. Based on these proposals I would not hesitate recommending any of these companies for future work.
However, in the end we could only select one, and I am happy to inform you we we selected Scene Savers. They were the only company that could handle all the the formats we are looking to preserve in this Project in-house. John Walco, from Scene Savers, will be coming to conduct a media digitization/ preservation workshop in August. More information about the workshop will be posted soon.
Mahalo
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As the Pilot Project begins in earnest there has been an incredible response from various organizations and individuals. Here is a list of participants. Mahalo to everyone working with us.
Hula Preservation Society
Center for Labor Education and Research (Rice & Roses), UH West Oahu
Juniroa Productions
Victoria Keith Productions
PBS Hawaii
University of Hawaii Hawaiian Collections/ Sinclair Library
Na Maka o ka ‘Aina
‘Imiloa Center
Hawai’inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, UH Manoa
Lyman Museum
Bishop Museum
Lānaʻi Culture and Heritage Center
KHNL/KGMB
Gene Kois
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Hosted by Burt Lum and Ryan Ozawa, Bytemarks Cafe, a weekly Hawaii Public Radio program invited Heather Giugni, Chris Lee, and David Rowntree on to their show to talk about the progress of the HKG Digital Archive Project. The radio show coincided with the beginning of the Pilot project which is developing an online resource to showcase preserved and digitized Hawaiian audio and visual materials.
To listen to show see the Bytemarks Cafe Archive, Episode 70.
The HKG Digital Archive Project is supported by a Congressionally-directed grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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I am happy to announce that the “Henry Ku’ualoha Giugni Digital Archive Project Report” has been completed. The report looks at the status of moving image preservation in Hawai’i, highlighting the urgency for action. The report also provides some guidelines that are to act as a “blueprint” for the establishment of a new archive and program. A survey was also conducted and is included in the report. I want to thank the many people involved who very generously gave of their time and insights.
The report will be put online so it can be viewed or downloaded by the public. I will announce when it is online. If you would like a copy of the report before it goes online please contact me at feluccafilms@gmail.com
Mahalo!
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From Cornell University – Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Download it at eCommons@cornell.
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Aloha!
It has been a month already since I left Hawaii, yet I often reflect about the great meeting we had. It was wonderful to see those of you whom I met on my first trip, and a pleasure to meet many of you for the first time. What a great photo!
A few of you have asked for a copy of my Powerpoint presentation. I was hoping I could upload it to this blog but I do not think I am able. If you still want a copy please email me feluccafilms@gmail.com and I will be happy to send it to you.
Mahalo for a great time.
David
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Aloha,
A few people have been having problems advancing pages while taking the survey. Below is the response I received from Survey Monkey tech support… It seems that people were timing out of their browsers because the questions were taking too long. Therefore, I have reduced the number of questions on each page to try and speed up the process.
If you are still having problems advancing pages, try to refresh your browser page. If this does not work please feel free to email your answers directly to me and I can manually add them.
Sorry for the inconvenience. I appreciate you taking the time to fill out the survey.
Mahalo
David
I think the issue is most likely related to the length of your survey pages. If you break the survey into more pages, then it will be easier for respondents to get past a given page without having their Browser time out. Keep in mind that surveys are displayed in a Browser window, so if you design a page of the survey to be long enough that respondents are spending more then 5 minutes on the page without refreshing it, then you should start breaking it up into more pages.
Thank you for using SurveyMonkey.com,
Forrest Place
SurveyMonkey Support
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ʻUluʻulu: The Henry Kuʻualoha Giugni Moving Image Archive of Hawaiʻi 
