9/11 TV News Archive: Learning from Recorded Memory
posted August 16, 2011
Learning from Recorded Memory mini-conference Wednesday, August 24 2011, 4-6pm Place: New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, 6th Floor, Michelson Theater, New York Internet Archive and NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program are inviting scholars, journalists. and students to a mini-conference to introduce the 9/11 TV News Archive. In an
Describing Moving Images
posted August 15, 2011
September 27 2011 Simmons University, Boston, USA Northeast Historic Film is offering a full-day workshop titled “Describing Moving Images” for managers and staff members of special collections, historical societies, and archives, as well as “lone arrangers” and LIS students. The event, to be held at Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences Tech Lab,
Digital Asset Management Symposium
posted July 23, 2011
AMIA, the world’s largest association of moving image archivists, also is offering, September 30 2011, its Digital Asset Management in the Real World symposium. It takes place in September, also in Los Angeles. The symposium covers emerging technologies related to the life cycle of digital audiovisual assets. It includes case studies from the worlds of
The Reel Thing: Register Early Now
posted July 23, 2011
Early bird registration ends Monday July 25 2011 for The Reel Thing, the Association of Moving Image’s annual showcase of the latest technologies in audiovisual restoration and preservation. This year’s event takes place August 18-20 at the Linwood Dunn Theatre in Hollywood, California. Each year at the event, laboratory technicians, archivists, new media technologists, and
Workshop: Describing Moving Images
posted June 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 27 2011 Simmons Graduate School, Boston For special collections, historical society and archives managers and staff, lone arrangers, LIS students. Full-day workshop with hands-on introduction to content standard and data structure selection for moving images (film and video). Focuses include: PBCore and its use in conjunction with DACS; demonstrations of PBCore’s value in
Workshop: Copyright Law for Cultural Institutions
posted June 30, 2011
July 25-August 5 2011 NYU Tisch School of the Arts The Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts is offering a course on intellectual-property issues and other ethical considerations in the management, preservation, and dissemination of cultural material in collecting institutions. The course is for students and for professionals
National Film Preservation Foundation & NEH Grants
posted June 12, 2011
National Film Preservation Foundation The National Film Preservation Foundation invites proposals for its 2011 Summer Grants which provide $1,000 to $15,000 in cash and/or in-kind laboratory services for film preservation. The awards target the preservation of films that made in the United States or by Americans abroad that are not preserved by commercial interests. Nonprofit
James A. Lindner Prize
posted June 12, 2011
The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA), the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), and the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) award the James A. Lindner Prize to individuals or organizations for research that has a major impact on the technology of preservation of moving images and recorded sound. Applicants and nominees
Latest Positions Vacant
posted June 12, 2011
Element Preparation Technician Chace Audio by Deluxe is hiring an Element Preparation Technician responsible for preparing and staging job elements for audio engineers. The position requires knowledge of film and video industry vocabulary with an audio emphasis, hands-on experience with audiovisual media with an audio emphasis, completion of relevant coursework at an audio or film school,
Rockefeller Archive Center Visiting Archivist Fellowship
posted June 12, 2011
The annual Rockefeller Archive Center’s AMIA/Rockefeller Visiting Archivist Fellowship, established with the Association of Moving Image Archivists, provides financial assistance, first-hand experience, and professional exchange and development to a professional archivist from the developing world. The fellowship is at the Rockefeller Archive Center in New York and includes attendance at the AMIA Annual Conference, this