EDUCATION
AND TRAINING IN AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVING
AND PRESERVATION
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Archives
and archivists listserv. Subscription:
http://forums.archivists.org/read/all_forums/;
Web page: http://www.archivists.org/listservs/index.asp
Association
of Moving Image Archivists listserv. Subscription: through Web page: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/amia-l.html
Association
for Recorded Sound Collections listserv. Subscription: listserv@listserv.loc.gov;
Web page: http://www.arsc-audio.org/arsclist.html
AV
Media Matters list. Subscription: av-media-matters-subscribe@topica.com
Conservation
dist. list. Subscription: Condist-request@lindy.stanford.edu;
Web page:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
International
Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
listserv. Subscription: through Web page:
http://www.iasa-web.org/iasa0007.htm
Southeast
Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association
elist. Subscription: SEAPAVAA-elist-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
Web page: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/9772/
Visual
materials listserv. Subscription: majordomo@listlink.berkeley.edu;
Web page: http://www.archivists.org/listservs/visualmat_terms.asp
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AUSTRALIA: NEW SOUTH WALES
Charles Sturt University and ScreenSound Australia
offer Graduate Certificate in Studies in
Audiovisual Archiving. Subjects are available only in distance
education mode and are delivered online. Contact:
Professor Ross Harvey, School of Information Studies,
Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 675, Wagga Wagga,
NSW 2678, Australia; phone: +61 2 6933 2369; email:
rossharvey@csu.edu.au
EUROPE:
AUSTRIA
Vienna, Austria, 12-16 November 2007
TAPE
regional training course on preservation and digitisation
of audio
and video collections, Vienna, Austria, 12-16 November
2007
TAPE
will organize a 5 days' regional training course
on preservation
and digitisation of audio and video collections.
The programme has been
developed on the basis of experiences made in former
TAPE training
courses, and is specifically adapted for small audiovisual
and mixed
media research collections. The course will be jointly
organised by the Phonogrammarchiv of the
Austrian Academy of Sciences, partner in project
TAPE, and by the
Austrian Mediathek. Registration forms must be received
by 28 September.
For more information on TAPE see http://www.tape-online.net
EUROPE: NETHERLANDS
Universiteit van Amsterdam offers a Professional
MA in Preservation and Presentation of the Moving
Image. This program covers the practical skills and
theoretical knowledge necessary to archive audiovisual
material in an institutional setting. Contact: email:
graduateschool@hum.uva.nl;
website: http://www.studeren.uva.nl/ma_preservation_presentation_moving_image/
U.S.A.
The
Society of American Archivists offers various professional
workshops around the country. Workshops
have included: “Preservation Management
of Machine-Based Audiovisual Collections” (co-sponsored
with Yale University Archives), “Encoded Archival
Description,” and “Archival Perspectives
on Digital Preservation.” These workshops are
not given every year. For current information, check
the website at: http://www.archivists.org
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
(CCAHA)
offers educational programs throughout the year to
provide training in a variety of collections care
activities to support a preservation program for
cultural collections.
The Conservation
Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, with PALINET,
is pleased to present the program,
A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual
Media,
to be held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,
OH on October 24 & 25, 2007. This program is
intended for curators, librarians, archivists, collection
managers, and other staff who are involved in managing
machine-based
media collections in cultural institutions.
For a program brochure and registration form, please
visit the CCAHA website
at http://www.ccaha.org/workshop_cal.php. For questions
about the
program, call CCAHA's Preservation Services office
at 215.545.0613.
U.S.A.: CALIFORNIA
UCLA's Department of Film and Television and Department
of Information Studies offer the Moving Image Archive
Studies program. This Master of Arts degree program,
is an intensive two-year course of study, consisting
of specialized seminars, directed studies, an extensive
internships program, screenings, guest lectures
and technical demonstrations. For more information
check the website: http://www.mias.ucla.edu/ or
contact Lance Watsky, MIAS Program Coordinator,
miasinfo@ucla.edu
UCLA’s
Department of Ethnomusicology offers
Audiovisual Archiving in the 21st Century.
Taught by Anthony Seeger and John Vallier, this program
addresses the history, present status, and future
of audiovisual archives. It combines meetings, lectures,
guest speakers, and field trips. For more information
contact John Vallier at jvallier@arts.ucla.edu;
website:
http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/courses/292/syllabus.htm
U.S.A.: GEORGIA
Solinet
offers a regular program of workshops devoted to
preservation issues. Past workshops have included: “Audiovisual
Collections Preservation Management,” “Is
Magnetism Here to Stay? The Management of Magnetic
Media,” “Preservation
Planning for Archives,” and “Digital
Imaging: Preservation Issues.” Solinet, 1438
Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 200, Atlanta, 30309-2955;
phone: 1-800-999-8558; website: http://www.solinet.net/workshops/workshops_home.cfm.
For more information contact: workshops@solinet.net/
U.S.A.: MASSACHUSETTS
Simmons
College, Graduate School of Library and Information
Science in Boston offers two courses
of interest. “Music Librarianship” (Fall
2006 and Spring 2008), will cover, among other topics,
the principles
and techniques of storage and dissemination of music
materials. The website (http://www.simmons.edu/~morrow/435.html)
provides links to schools and departments of music
by country and lists of conservatories. Contact Jean
Morrow at jmorrow@newenglandconservatory.edu
Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) staff
members offer a variety of workshops and presentations
each year. In addition, NEDCC presents one or more
preservation conferences each year. Past topics
have included digitization for preservation, and
preservation of magnetic media. NEDCC, 100 Brickstone
Square, Andover, MA 01810-1494; phone: (978) 470-1010;
website: http://www.nedcc.org/
U.S.A.: NEW YORK STATE
The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation
at George Eastman House offers a one-year, international
program in Motion picture archival training. Topics
include the theories and methods of archival work,
including documentation, cataloging, conservation,
preservation, restoration and public access. May
not be given every year. L. Jeffrey Selznick School
of Film Preservation, George Eastman House, 900 East
Avenue, Rochester, New York 14607-2298; website:
http://www.eastman.org/16_preserv/16_index.html
The
Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music
holds an annual summer Music Preservation
Workshop.
The course includes hands-on work with basic conservation
techniques and lectures, demonstrations, and discussions
dealing with preservation program management; sound
recording conservation, and other topics. Contact
Alice Carli at the Eastman Summer Institute; phone:
(585) 274-1375; email: acarli@esm.rochester.edu;
website: http://www.rochester.edu/Eastman/summer/?ID=68
The Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of
the Arts at New York University offers an M.A.
degree program in Moving Image Archiving
and Preservation.
The two-year course will train future professionals
to manage preservation-level collections of film,
video, new media, and other types of digital works.
Contact: Moving Image Archiving and Preservation,
Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the
Arts, New York University, 721 Broadway, Room 600,
New York, N.Y. 10003; email: miapinfo@nyu.edu;
website: http://www.nyu.edu/tisch/preservation
U.S.A.: PENNSYLVANIA
University
of Pittsburgh’s Dept. of Library & Information
Science offers courses in library and archival preservation.
Past and future courses include: “Preservation
Management,” “Moving Image and
Sound Archives,” and “Digital Preservation.” Department
of Library & Information Science, School of Information
Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 6th Floor IS
Building, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh
PA 15260; phone: (412) 624-9435; email: dlis@mail.sis.pitt.edu ; website: http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/academics/courses.html
U.S.A.: TEXAS
University
of Texas at Austin, School of Information, Preservation
and Conservation Studies offers courses in audio
preservation and reformatting. Sarah Cunningham
teaches two courses: “Introduction to Audio Preservation and
Reformatting” and “Advanced Audio Preservation
and Reformatting.” University of Texas at Austin, School of
Information, Preservation and Conservation Studies, UT-Austin, 1 University
Station D7000, Austin, TX 78712; phone: (512) 471-8290; fax: (512) 471-8285;
email: pcs@ischool.utexas.edu;
website: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/programs/
Amigos
Library Service offers a variety of preservation
workshops, including the full-day course “Preservation
of Audiovisual Materials.” Amigos Library Service
Inc., 14400 Midway Rd., Dallas, TX 75244-3509; email:
amigos@amigos.org; website: http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping
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ORGANIZATIONS
Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
P.O. Box 27999, 2021 North Western Ave., Los Angeles,
California 90027; phone: 213-856-7637; website: http://www.amianet.org/
Includes national and local institutions from
the United States and Canada working in film
and television
preservation. AMIA’s Education Committee
implements educational programs, projects, and
services that
contribute to the continuing education and training
of archivists and that increase the education
of students pursuing the field of moving image
archiving.
Publishes the quarterly AMIA Newsletter.
Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC)
Peter Shambarger (executive director), P.O. Box 543,
Annapolis, Maryland 21404-0543; email: shambarger@sprynet.com;
website: http://www.arsc-audio.org/index.html
Association of recorded sound collectors, both private
and institutional, librarians, archivists, sound
engineers, discographers, and historians dealing
with the collecting, preservation, documentation,
cataloging, digitization and accessing of sound recordings.
Publishes a journal and newsletter. Journal includes
reviews and articles dealing with every aspect of
recorded sound research. The Education and Training
Committee gives annual pre-conference workshops in
various aspects of audio archiving.
Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations
(CCAAA); email: convenor@ccaaa.org; website: http://www.ccaaa.org/index.htm
Represents the interests of worldwide professional
archive organizations with interests in audiovisual
materials. Wrote a working paper on “A Strategic
Framework for Professional Training and Development
of Audiovisual Archivists” which can be found
at: http://www.ccaaa.org/papers.htm
Grammy
Foundation, Los Angeles Chapter, 3402 Pico Boulevard,
Santa Monica, California 90405; email:
grammyfoundation@grammy.com;
website: http://www.grammy.com/grammy-foundation/
An excellent site for recorded sound information
on the Internet including interesting research articles
dealing with such areas as preservation, discography,
sound engineering, music on the Internet, Latin music
resources, and portraits of varied archives. There
are a few articles written by ARSC members. Publishes
a semi-annual journal, NARAS Journal and Grammy magazine.
The Foundation works in partnership with the National
Academy of Recorded Arts & Sciences (NARAS) and
its regional offices to bring national attention
to important issues such as the value and impact
of music and arts education and the urgency of preserving
our recorded legacy. Has many interesting resources
dealing with sound preservation and related fields.
Check website: http://www.grammy.com/gateway_preservation.aspx
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual
Archives (IASA); Eva Fønss-Jørgensen
(Secretary General), State and University Library,
Universitetsparken, DK - 8000 Aarhus C; phone:
+45 8946 2051; fax: +45 8946 2022; email: efj@statsbiblioteket.dk;
website: http://www.iasa-web.org/
Serves as a venue for international co-operation
between archives that preserve recorded sound and
audiovisual documents. Supports the exchange of information
between audiovisual archives in many areas including
preservation and conservation. Has members from more
than 60 countries. IASA provided trainers at recent
events in Mexico and has participated in a series
of workshops on “Managing Modern Radio Sound
Archives” which was held in six Asian countries
in 2000. Publishes the IASA Journal and an Information
Bulletin.
International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF),
1 Rue Defacqz, B-1000 Brussels; phone: +322 538
3065; fax: +322 534 4774; email: info@fiafnet.org;
website: http://www.fiafnet.org/
Publishes technical manuals and scientific information
related to the storage, preservation and restoration
of film and associated sound recordings. The FIAF
Summer School for moving image archivists was last
held in 2002. Local workshops sponsored by FIAF have
been held most recently in Nicaragua. Their main
periodical Journal of Film Preservation is published
twice a year.
International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT);
email: office@fiatifta.org; website: http://www.fiatifta.org
Acts as a forum for media archive experts including
setting standards and facilitating training opportunities.
Interested in sharing information regarding automatic
shelving and retrieval systems as well as the restoration
and transfer of video and film recordings to modern
formats. Offers various workshops and seminars around
the world. FIAT also runs an International Summer
School jointly with FOCAL International, a federation
of commercial AV libraries.
Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archives Association
(SEAPAVAA); email: belinacapul@edsamail.com.ph;
website: http://www.seapavaa.org/
The association aims to provide a regional forum
for addressing common issues and concerns related
to the collection and preservation of, and provision
of access to, the audiovisual heritage of member
countries. UNESCO has supported week-long training
workshops held in various countries throughout the
Southeast region. ASEAN/COCI “scholarships” have
supported local participation in the Charles Sturt
University course.
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OTHER INTERESTING WEB
SITES
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/
The CoOL Project: Conservation OnLine: Resources
for Conservation Professionals. Stanford University
Libraries, Preservation Dept. A full text library
of conservation information.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/education/
Educational opportunities in museum, library,
and archives conservation/ preservation.
http://www.arl.org/preserv/sound_savings_proceedings/index.html
Sound Savings: Preserving Audio Collections. Proceedings
from the symposium on July 24-26, 2003.
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/index.html
NIST, Information and Access Division: Care and
Handling of CDs and DVDs. This page contains various
documents relating to the NIST Digital Data Preservation
Program.
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/index.html
NIST Special Publication 500-252. Information Technology:
Care and Handling for the Preservation of CDs and
DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists.
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/index.html
Offers a list of articles on audiovisual archiving
and preservation including the full text of Ray
Edmondson’s A Philosophy of Audiovisual Archiving.
http://www.amianet.org/publication/resources/education/
Select “educareers.html” for the essay
Education, Training and Careers in Moving Image Preservation
by Gregory Lukow. On the “Education” page
of the Association of Moving Image Archivists website.
http://www.richardhess.com/tape/resources.htm
A “Restoration Resource Finder” for audio
restoration services.
http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/
The Journal for MultiMedia History, first peer-reviewed
electronic journal that presents, evaluates, and
disseminates multimedia scholarship. Produced by
the Dept. of History, State University of New York
at Albany.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ56.html
Copyright registration for sound recordings.
http://www.loc.gov/film/schools.html
Directories of film schools/careers in moving image
preservation.
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