8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Continuous Screening: You’ll Laugh and Cry & Austin on Film
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
MIC Archive Directory Registration
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Saving Video Art and Performance Documentation from Itself
Hosted By: Independent Media Interest Group/Independent Media Arts Preservation
Chair: Sarah Ziebell Mann - New York Public Library
for the Performing Arts
Speakers: Stephen Vitiello - Kinetic Imaging, School of the Arts,
Virginia Commonwealth University
Mona Jimenez - MIAP Program, New York University
Jeff Martin - New York University
Heather Weaver - Bay Area Video Coalition
Access to and scholarship about vintage video art, live performance and technology-based installation art depends upon innovative documentation and preservation. Confounding those concerned with ensuring the longevity of media-based artwork are problems of video format diversity and the inimitability of technological instruments favored by many artists. Although seemingly contradictory, these problems often lead to the same end for the performance recording and video art places: inaccessibility. We will address challenges encountered in and strategies for preserving and documenting live performance recordings and video art. Artist Stephen Vitiello will provide insight into the creative and curatorial process. Sarah Ziebell Mann will discuss format obsolescence as it relates to a collection of archival moving image and sound materials documenting the work of internationally renowned intermedia pioneer Robert M. Wilson. Preservation strategies will be addressed by BAVC’s Heather Weaver. Mona Jimenez will discuss her research in documenting and describing instruments, electronic and digital machines, and other technological objects developed by or for artists. Jeff Martin will relate the results of IMAP Video Equipment Registry Feasibility Study. We invite audience members who are interested in or working to preserve interactive media art and technologically-oriented performance art to attend.
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Comprehensive Update on Optical Media for Long Term Data Storage
Chair: Keith Watanabe - FPC Inc., A Kodak Company
Speakers: Victor McCrary - Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory
Roy Slicker - Pegasus Disk Systems
Dave Bunzel - Optical Storage Technical Association President
As motion media collections transition from analog to digital objects, caretakers may find themselves in uncharted territory. The AMIA community has a great depth of knowledge about preservation of film and videotape, but what about MO discs, DVD-R or DVD Video media? The promise to deliver data at some point far in the future is a common concern among several industries. This panel is comprised of optical storage experts that will present on-going and relevant work as it applies to this challenge. There are several funded studies by government and industry that address these concerns with optical media. These panelists have been central to much of this work. Expect to receive specific recommendations on handling the media in your care. You will gain a larger industry view and how that might impact your collections, and also get a glimpse of the future of optical media.
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Digital Asset Management: Where Are We Now - Part 1
Hosted By: DIC: Digital Asset Subcommittee
Chair: John Walko - Scene Savers
Speakers: Ted Ryan - The Coca-Cola Company
John Walko - Scene Savers
This session will cover an analysis of the 3 questionnaires created for the http://www.amia-net.com website showing what was learned and what has changed in DAM since the 1999 AMIA Conference in Montreal. The questionnaires were designed to gather and collate information based on different organization’s progress on digital asset management initiatives.
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
AMIA Regional Workshop
Basic Training Workshop: Becoming a Film Friendly Archivist
Hosted by: The Harry Ransom Center
Co-Chairs/Speakers: Snowden Becker - Academy Film Archive
Katie Trainor - IFC Center
Whether they are home movies from estate collections or instructional films included in corporate records, small amounts of film keep finding their way into non-film archives. This workshop furnishes practicing archivists, librarians, and collections managers with skills to identify, assess, investigate, and preserve (not neglect!) history caught on film. This workshop will provide a general introduction to film formats, terminology and technology, an overview of information resources essential to those who work with film, and a discussion of major issues related to description and access for motion picture materials. Case studies and examples from various archives will also provide participants with new perspectives on how film materials fit into a larger collection context. Participants will leave this
workshop with the skills necessary to accurately describe and assess film materials, set preservation priorities, and make progress with neglected film collections.
Pre-registration is required with a separate registration fee.
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
What Color Should I Chose: Methods & Techniques of Tinting and Toning
Chair: Kim Tomadjoglou - AFI
Speakers: David Pierce - Consultant
Paul Read - Consultant, FIAF Technical Commission
Nicola Mazzanti - Consultant
Thomas Christensen - Danish Film Institute
The purpose of this panel is to explain the historical background, and evolving techniques and problems, associated with the process of identifying and reproducing tinting and toning in film restoration. Several issues will be addressed including: What was the historical context for the experience of color in film exhibition during the silent era? How does one identify the forms or “tinting” and “toning” produced throughout the period? How and why were the various techniques produced in the US and in Europe and did they change and evolve over time? What modern restoration methods and techniques are available? Specific case studies involving a combination of methods will be presented, along with a demonstration of tinting and toning of frames
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Academia and Application: Fieldwork as an Educational Tool in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Studies
Chair: Pamela Jean Smith - Electronic Arts Intermix
Speakers: Margaret Mello - Premier Retail Networks (PRN)
Janet Ceja Alcalá - Selznick Graduate Program in
Film and Media Preservation, GEH/UofR
Guy Edmonds - University of Amsterdam
Amy Sloper - University of California, Los Angeles
Andreas Busche - University of East Anglia
Traditionally, the moving image archiving field has depended on self-teaching and apprenticeship in its development. The recent growth of academic programs does not negate this way of learning, but instead can incorporate and highlight its values as a means to apply theory to practice. Current and recently matriculated students from five major preservation schools will discuss how their own field work in class projects and internships, as well as their direct experience in the field, has contributed to and challenged their formal education. Students presenting are from the Selznick Graduate Program in Film and Media Preservation - GEH/UofR, New York University, the University of Amsterdam, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of East Anglia.
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Digital Asset Management: Where Are We Now - Part 2
Hosted By: DIC: Digital Asset Subcommittee
Co-Chairs: John Walko - Scene Savers
Ted Ryan - The Coca-Cola Company
Speakers: DAM Vendors include Artesia, Cumulus, North Plains, and Stellent
This session will showcase a selection of DAM vendors who will be asked to show their system and answer a pre-selected set of questions for a set time of no more than 20 – 25 minutes. Questions posed for the vendors will cover such topics as: product’s functional strengths; system architecture; ingestion and metadata; vocabulary control; workflow; versioning; security; rights management; and product’s primary customer base. A Q&A session will be reserved until the end of the session.
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch Break (Lunch on your own)
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Television Interest Group Meeting
Co-Chairs: Bonnie Wilson
Jeff Ubois - UC Berkeley
Lynn Farnell - Moving Images
AMIA members interested in contributing to the work of the Television Interest Group are invited to attend.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Conference Committee Meeting
Co-Chairs: Carol Radovich - Rockefeller Archive Center
Oksana Dykyj - Concordia University
AMIA members interested in contributing to the work of the Conference Committee are invited to attend.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Education Committee Meeting
Chair: Francis Poole - University of Delaware
AMIA members interested in contributing to the work of the Education Committee are invited to attend.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Cataloging Committee Meeting
Chair: Nancy Dosch – National Library of Medicine
AMIA members interested in contributing to the work of the Cataloging Committee are invited to attend.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Interest Group Meeting
Chair: Lynne Kirste - Academy Film Archive
AMIA members interested in contributing to the work of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Interest Group are invited to attend.
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
The Importance of Film-Related Collections
in Research & Scholarly Work
Hosted By: Moving Image Related Materials & Documentation Interest Group
Chair: Randal Luckow - Turner Entertainment Networks
Jan Christopher Horak - Hollywood Entertainment Museum
Robert Tieman - Walt Disney Archives
Barbara Hall - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences- Margaret Herrick Library
This session will provide solid examples of how film-related collections can be used to support research and scholarly work, discuss how repositories can provide meaningful access to film-related collections, and present the result of film-related research (publication, etc.). This session is useful for individuals and institutions who work with film-related collections, and for researchers who utilize these collections. Participants will discuss film-related collections themselves, what is available, where collections are held, and how accessible or restricted material is to the researcher
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Building DAMS and MAMS for Better Access: Customized Management Tools for Museums and Media Archives
Hosted By: Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP)
Chair: Andrew Ingall - The Jewish Museum
Carl Goodman - American Museum of the Moving Image
Seth Kaufman - Whirl-i-gig
Mark Shepard – dotsperinch
External advances in digital technology and institutional initiatives to increase public access to collections have prompted museums and archives to choose custom-designed asset management tools over standardized, off-the-shelf software. Archivists, curators and information architects will address the various stages of the design process: RFP’s; schematic designs; technical specifications; user testing; encoding; and final reviews. Panelists in various stages of media asset management systems development will discuss the benefits and risks of investing in custom-designed media asset management systems. All repositories planning on implementing custom built or turn-key media asset management solutions as well as archivists interested in all aspects of database design, description, and collection management will find this session of interest. Key questions to be discussed include: What criteria should museums and archives use to select an appropriate designer? and How can designers and clients optimize their working relationships?
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Digital Asset Management: Where Are We Now - Part 2 Continued
Hosted By: DIC: Digital Asset Subcommittee
Co-Chairs:
Ted Ryan - The Coca-Cola Company
John Walko - Scene Savers (a division of the PPS Group)
Speakers: DAM Vendors include Artesia, Cumulus, North Plains, and Stellent
This session will showcase a selection of DAM vendors who will be asked to show their system and answer a pre-selected set of questions for a set time of no more than 20 – 25 minutes. Questions posed for the vendors will cover such topics as: product’s functional strengths; system architecture; ingestion and metadata; vocabulary control; workflow; versioning; security; rights management; and product’s primary customer base. A Q&A session will be reserved until the end of the session
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Legislative Developments in Congress During 2005 UPDATE
Chair: Steve Leggett - National Film Preservation Board/
Library of Congress
Speakers: Gregory Lukow - Library of Congress, MBRS
Eric Schwartz - International Intellectual Property Alliance,
Smith and Metalitz LLP
Annette Melville - National Film Preservation Foundation
This update group will discuss (and answer audience questions on) legislative developments during 2005 in Congress, most particularly passage of Public Law 109-9 S. 167, the “Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005.” This legislation contains important film preservation initiatives as well as a revision to U.S. Copyright Law Section 108 (h) that will make it easier for libraries and archives to distribute copyrighted material under certain circumstances. The Copyright Office’s “Orphan Works” initiative will also be addressed, in addition to any other related legislative/federal government/regulatory initiatives of interest to AMIA members.
4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Preservation Committee Meeting
Chair: David Wedeen - Pacific Title Archives
AMIA members interested in contributing to the work of the Preservation Committee are invited to attend.
6:45 pm - 10:00 pm
AMIA Awards Presentations & Archival Screening Night
Hosted By: Awards Committee
Curated By: Katie Trainor - Independent Film Channel
Leo Enticknap - Northern Region Film & Television Archive
Please join us for the 2005 AMIA Awards Presentations and Archival Screening Night
10:30 pm - 12:00 am
Closing Night Reception
Please join us for AMIA’s fifteenth annual closing night reception.
Please wear your badge for admission
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