Preservation Workflow Consulting
Collection assessment, accessioning strategy, metadata planning, QC policy, staffing models, and preservation deliverable design.
Services
Media preservation services for institutional-scale collections.
ArchiSys supports institutions at every stage of media preservation: assessment, accessioning, workflow design, system integration, ingest, quality control, metadata capture, processing, and long-term archival preservation system design.
Engagement types
Consulting, systems, and service delivery.
Digitization System Design & Integration
Multichannel ingest rooms, playback equipment, routing, monitoring, automation, storage, and file-based preservation workflows.
Managed Digitization and QC Services
Project-specific operation, technical monitoring, validation, structured reporting, fixity, and delivery support.
Large-Scale Media Digitization Workflows
ArchiSys designs and operates workflows for legacy videotape, audio, and film collections where throughput, consistency, and documentation matter as much as image and sound quality.
- Workflow design for professional and consumer legacy formats
- Capture strategies for preservation masters, mezzanine files, proxies, and access copies
- Repeatable processes for institutional-scale collections
Multichannel Ingest Systems
Simultaneous capture across multiple playback channels helps institutions process collections more efficiently than traditional one-deck workflows.
- Capture station design and integration
- Routing, monitoring, and channel management
- Storage and network planning for sustained ingest throughput
Automated Tape Library Workflows
For very large tape collections, robotic handling can reduce manual labor, increase uptime, and support unattended or semi-attended ingest operations.
- Barcode-based media handling and tracking
- Exception-focused operator workflows
- Reporting for origin, movement, capture, and return status
Preservation File Creation
ArchiSys emphasizes modern preservation-oriented deliverables, including FFV1 with PCM or FLAC audio in Matroska for video assets and RAWcooked-based workflows for film scans where appropriate.
- Preservation masters, mezzanine derivatives, proxies, and access files
- Metadata packages, checksums, manifests, and QC reports
- Recorded sound recommendations aligned with established preservation practices
Quality Control and Verification
Digitization is only useful if the results can be trusted. ArchiSys workflows emphasize validation, signal review, duration checks, checksums, fixity verification, and structured reporting.
- File-level technical validation
- Signal, duration, and metadata review
- Fixity manifests and repeatable reporting
Long-Term Preservation Storage Design
ArchiSys helps organizations plan local, nearline, cloud, and hybrid storage systems that support ongoing preservation, access, verification, and growth.
- On-premises and cloud-aware preservation storage planning
- Fixity, replication, access, and rehydration strategies
- Operational handoff documentation for internal teams
Preservation deliverables
Outputs designed for long-term trust.
Deliverables can include preservation masters, mezzanine derivatives, access files, metadata packages, checksums, QC reports, and operational documentation. ArchiSys emphasizes defensible workflows, clear reporting, and file structures that support ongoing preservation and access.
- Preservation masters
- Mezzanine files
- Access derivatives
- QC reports
- Checksums
- Metadata packages
- Storage documentation
Start Here
Have a collection that needs a scalable preservation workflow?
Tell us about the formats, quantity, goals, and timeline. ArchiSys can help evaluate the best path forward.