
Batching is part of Preservation Planning and groups the preservation workflow into sets of similar preservation work for example, a particular collection or record label, enables efficiency in processing, gives a sense of completion and enables a variety of subject matter to be chosen by curatorial staff, this also aids job satisfaction. It means that there is always preservation work on hand, to balance with Collection Access work and approved more complex projects; a variety of fragile and less fragile material means that the less problematic material can be worked on while the other is in for treatment.
Batching sets of similar preservation work enables efficiencies in processing:
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.