AMIA: Regional Workshop - Basic Training

9:00 am - 2:00 pm
AMIA Regional Workshop
Basic Training Workshop: Becoming a Film Friendly Archivist

Hosted by: The Harry Ransom Center
Organizers/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 the practicing archivist with skills to identify, assess, and preserve (not neglect!) history caught on film. This workshop will provide a general introduction to film formats, terminology and technology as well as a hands on introduction to identifying and assessing materials. The participant will leave this workshop having acquired the necessary skills to identitfy and evaluate their collections' condition and contents, set preservation priorities for film materials, get accurate estimates for preservation work, identify sources of funding for preservation work, and regard future acquisitions of film with confidence and a positive attitude.

Pre-registration is required. Form is included in our registration materials.

Please remember that this is a preliminary program and subject to change.
Changes will be posted on the Website as they occur.