NYPL AMI Preservation Documentation Portal

The Audio and Moving Image (AMI) Preservation team is part of the Preservation and Collections Processing Department at The New York Public Library (NYPL).

This site provides documentation for the unit’s programmatic workflows, including command-line instructions for various tools and step-by-step guidance for executing in-house and outsourced digitization and reformatting projects.

Scripts referenced in the documentation can be found within AMI Production Scripts on GitHub.

Staff

Noëlle Byer, Media Preservation Engineer - Audio

Rhony Dostaly, Media Preservation Engineer - Moving Image

Fran Dougherty, Media Preservation Engineer - Moving Image

Ryan Marino, Media Preservation Coordinator

Casey McNamara, Media Preservation Coordinator

Benjamin Turkus, Senior Manager, Audio and Moving Image Preservation

Jeff Willens, Media Preservation Engineer - Audio