Group: Cataloging Committee, Digital Initiatives Committee

Co-Chairs:
Jane D. Johnson - Library of Congress
Karen Barcellona - Academy Film Archive

Moderator:
Karen Barcellona - Academy Film Archive

Speakers:
Amy Lucker - Fine Arts Library of Harvard College Library
Andrea Leigh - UCLA Film and Television Archive
Linda Tadic - ARTstor
Karen Broome - Sony Pictures Entertainment
Nancy Goldman - PFA Library & Film Study Center

Description: Overview of cataloging and metadata for digital and analog materials. A unique program mindfully synthesizing metadata and cataloging concepts to provide a greater understanding of the foundations of metadata practice and the application of cataloging principles to all types of resources in rapidly changing production environments utilizing evolving technologies. Includes discussions on vocabularies and classification, local and international standard identifiers, including ISAN, collection-level cataloging, use of DACS, RAD, and EAD, setting cataloging priorities, resource management and cataloging workflow, choosing a system, and the Archivists Toolkit. Includes interactive exercises and question and answer session. For beginning and intermediate audiences. Note: Part One of the Cataloging Workshop is a pre-requisite for this session.

Pre-registration is required with a separate registration fee. You will need a ticket for entry.

All participants are asked to review the MIC Cataloging and Metadata Portal prior to arrival: http://mic.imtc.gatech.edu/catalogers_portal/cat_index.htm

Co-Chairs:
Grover Crisp - Sony Pictures Entertainment
Michael Friend - Sony Pictures Entertainment

Description: Dedicated to presenting some of the latest technologies employed in film restoration and preservation, The Reel Thing features a unique line-up of laboratory technicians and specialists.

Pre-registration is required with a separate registration fee. You will need a ticket for entry.

Chair: Wendy Shay - Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor: Ascent Media

Group:
RAVA Interest Group

Co-Chairs:
Leo Enticknap - Northern Region Film & Television Archive
Michael Rosas-Walsh - Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA)

Description: With AMIA's 2006 Annual Meeting being held in Anchorage, Alaska, this screening will highlight the work of regional A-V archives, worldwide. Organized by the RAVA Interest Group, this evening event will replace the continuous monitor screening which has taken place in the registration hall in previous years. Themed 'The Great Outdoors', the screening will draw on the collections of regional film and television archives across the AMIA membership. Subjects will include: hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation; transportation (unusual or unique to the region), and even gardening! On offer will be a variety of film and television from the World's regional collections, including educational films, home movies, industrial films, advertisements and regional TV news.