A reflection on the large-scale audio content digitisation (and migration) from magnetic tape and optical disk carriers with an emphasis on knowledge and skills -nascent and prevailing- throughout the project’s key activities of planning, pre-digitisation, digitisation, and post-digitisation.

Anja is the Senior Archivist for Sound at Radió Teilifis Éireann (RTÉ), the public service broadcaster in Ireland, leading the audio content digitisation of quarter-inch audio tapes and the migration of optical disk carriers. Anja has a background in cultural heritage with an in-depth understanding of audio-visual preservation from her previous position at the IFI Irish Film Archive and digital preservation from her career at the Digital Repository of Ireland. Alongside her work in cultural heritage, she is an active member of the visual arts in Ireland, where she has developed a successful practice in time-based art.