8:00 am - 5:00 pm
AMIA Registration Desk

8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Film Collection Management Workshop: From Condition Evaluation and Environmental Assessment to Preservation

Chair: Jim Reilly - Image Permanence Institute
Speaker: Jean-Louis Bigourdan - Image Permanence Institute

IPI has focused on developing tools to facilitate film preservation decisions. The main purpose of this half-day workshop is to show how these tools complement each other when used together to determine appropriate storage strategies for a wide variety of situations. IPI research has indicated that it is possible to determine what environment a film collection needs only if the general condition of that collection is known. Likewise, it is possible to determine if the current collection environment is suitable only if that environment can be characterized. This workshop will provide basic information on film stability and on the effect of climate conditions on film collections. Most importantly, this workshop will introduce attendees to a step-by-step “collection management kit.” During this workshop, the tools mentioned above will be presented and put into practice, and attendees will be able to apply this approach in their own institutions.

Pre-registration is required with a separate registration fee.

1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Digital Basics Workshop

Hosted By: Digital Initiatives Committee
Chair: Linda Tadic - ARTstor
Speaker: John Walko - Scene Savers

The Digital Basics Workshop will give attendees essential information to help them make knowledgeable decisions in digitizing their collections, and managing and preserving the files they create. Topics covered include: file formats for video, audio, and still images; compression; infrastructure requirements; hardware and software; technical and descriptive metadata; preservation; and digital asset management. Attendees will perform a digitizing exercise on professional equipment, taking them through the process from source to creating a digital file. Digital files to be discussed include uncompressed digital video, QuickTime, AVI, MPEG (1 and 2), streaming formats, and others. The goal of the workshop is to de-mystify digitization for attendees by presenting digital issues in a coherent way with hands-on experience.

Pre-registration is required with a separate registration fee.

4:15 pm - 5:45 pm Room 408
Small Gauge / Amateur Film Interest Group Meeting

Co-Chairs: Dwight Swanson - Appalshop
Andrew Lampert - Anthology Film Archives

AMIA members interested in contributing to the work of the Small Gauge/Amateur Film Interest Group are invited to attend.