Avant-Garde Masters Film-Preservation Grants
posted February 15, 2011
The National Film Preservation Foundation has invited proposals for its Avant-Garde Masters film preservation grant program. Interested archives should register by March 25 2011. Final applications are due April 29 2011. This cash grant, made possible by The Film Foundation, supports the preservation of a film or films by a single filmmaker or cinematic movement
Metabolic Studio Seeks Digital Archivist
posted January 10, 2011
Metabolic Studio is looking for a digital archivist. Metabolic is a project of the Annenberg Foundation led by Lauren Bon an artist and director of the Foundation. Located in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, the Studio is a multi-disciplinary study of issues related to culture, sustainability, and health at the intersection of art and
NFPF Grants
posted January 10, 2011
The National Film Preservation Foundation has invited proposals for its Avant-Garde Masters film preservation grant program. Interested archives should register by March 25 2011. The final applications are due April 29 2011. The grants, made possible by The Film Foundation, support the preservation of a film or films by a single filmmaker or cinematic movement
Digital Archives Professor with a Difference
posted January 9, 2011
San Jose State University’s School of Library & Information Science is seeking an assistant professor of library and information science with an unusual condition: The successful applicant will teach online and be able to work from wherever he or she likes. The successful candidate will teach, develop courses, and conduct research in any of several
Jobs, Jobs, and More Jobs
posted January 9, 2011
Northeast Historic Film Seeks Media Specialist Northeast Historic Film, an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1986 in Bucksport ME to preserve and make available moving images of interest to the people of northern New England, is looking for a full-time media specialist for a 12-month grant-funded position working on two projects: Moving Images 1938-1940: Amateur
Internship at Blood Audio & Video
posted January 8, 2011
George Blood Audio and George Blood Video, in Philadelphia, a leading provider of audio and video digitization for preservation, has invited applications from graduate students in archives, library, or similar areas of study for its 2011 Summer Internship, which will last for six or eight weeks. According to an announcement posted by the company, candidates
Northeast Historic Film Offers Fellowships
posted January 8, 2011
Northeast Historic Film, an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1986 in Bucksport ME to preserve and make available moving images of interest to the people of northern New England, is offering its 2011 William O’Farrell Fellowship, which is awarded to an individual engaged in research towards a publication, production, or presentation based on moving-image history
CPB Job Posting
posted December 20, 2010
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s American Archive Content Inventory Project (CIP) has advertised a job posting for archivists and librarians to help inventory archival public media assets nationwide. It is hiring “Saving What America Treasures” teams to visit archives, libraries, and public media broadcasting stations to inventory their collections. Information about applying is online. Deadline
Media Art History 2011 – REWIRE
posted December 8, 2010
September 28-October 1 2011 Liverpool, England The fourth in a series of International Conferences on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology. Through keynote addresses, panels and poster sessions, the conference will address such issues as the British contribution to media art, the history of computing technologies in the UK and internationally, and the
Lennox Foundation Internship – Iowa State U
posted December 8, 2010
Iowa State University is accepting applications for the 2011 Lennox Foundation Preservation and Conservation Internship. The 12-week internship, with a stipend and paid expenses, lets graduate students and recent graduates of preservation or conservation programs apply their skills and knowledge of care and treatment of library and archives materials in an academic library. Interns learn about the