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Digitizing WITNESS Videotapes Through a Community Partnership
Digitizing videotape collections can be a lot of work, but it can be made more manageable by selecting and prioritizing, doing what you can in-house, and collaborating and sharing resources within a community.
March 30, 2016
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Ethical Wednesdays: Archives and Our Ethical Guidelines for Using Eyewitness Videos
As archives start to collect, provide access to, and present social media collections, many ethical issues arise that need to be addressed.
November 18, 2015
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Community-Based Approaches to Archives From the Black Lives Matter Movement
Archivist Yvonne Ng discusses new initiatives out of Ferguson, Baltimore and Cleveland to collect and preserve records of police abuse and protest movements.
September 2, 2015
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What is Video Metadata? Our New Video Explains
A new video from WITNESS explains the basics -- how video metadata is created, why it’s valuable, and what risks and benefits activists might need to balance.
October 27, 2014
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Format, Frame Size and More: Digital Video Basics for Activists
We're launching a new video in our series for activists on video archiving and preservation, which covers digital video basics including file formats, encoding, and more.
October 15, 2014
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What Activists Need to Know About Video Archiving and Preservation
Advocacy campaigns can take time to achieve results, so it’s important that your videos remain available after they are filmed. A new video series from WITNESS shares tips with activists about video archiving and preservation.
October 1, 2014
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Highlights from our Video Archiving Q&A
Earlier this month, we hosted a lively online Q&A on all aspects of human rights video archiving and preservation. Activists and archivists from around the world participated, sharing their practical ideas and knowledge on how to safeguard video collections.
August 27, 2014
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WITNESS Archiving Guide Receives Award from Society of American Archivists
The Activists' Guide to Archiving Video wins the Preservation Publication Award from the Society of American Archivists.
August 7, 2014
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Everything Needs to Change, So Everything Can Stay the Same: Challenges to Keeping Online Video Accessible
Keeping a website online and continuously accessible to the public, whether its a human rights archive or a piece of art, is not merely a question of keeping the power switch on. Our senior archivist discusses some ways to prepare for the inevitable challenge of tech obsolescence.
June 5, 2014
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Why Time is Running Out For Your Videotapes
How can individuals and organizations with limited resources deal with preserving all the videos recorded on tapes years ago?
October 30, 2013
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Atención, Activistas de Derechos Humanos: Aprende a archivar tu video con nuestra nueva guía!
Activists Guide to Archiving Video now available in Spanish!
August 19, 2013
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انتباه لكل ناشطي حقوق الإنسان: تعلم كيفية أرشفة الفيديوهات الخاصة بك مع دليلنا الجديد!
Our Activists' Guide to Archiving Video is now available in Arabic
August 6, 2013
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Attention Human Rights Activists: Learn How to Archive Your Video with our New Guide
Our new how-to guide for managing, storing, sharing and preserving digital video.
July 23, 2013
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What You (and Others) Can Know About a Video Without Even Watching It
Why human rights activists need to be aware of how metadata can be used- both for their benefit and against them.
July 9, 2013
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Sending Videos Safely through the Wild, Wild, Web
From YouTube to FTP, and Dropbox to Google Drive, online services have very different ways of transferring files. Which ones are safest for your videos?
May 9, 2013
