Presenter:
Peter Brothers - Specs Bros., LLC

Description: The International Standard on Care and Handling of Magnetic Tape contains a recommended, basic 7-Step Physical Inspection to identify tape that is "endangered and needs attention." This inspection is considered "essential to prevent premature loss of materials." The examination is designed to be able to be performed by anyone at a collection and can be performed without playback equipment.

In this workshop, the instructor will present a step-by-step breakdown of the Inspection procedure, with visual examples of problem tapes, and will review the reasons behind each step so that the results can be easily understood and applied to a collection's preservation efforts. The workshop will also include a section on material recognition to assist in identifying the types of tapes/formats in collections and will include a section on essential tape handling and preventative maintenance.

Attendees are encouraged to bring sample tapes from their collections for actual hands-on experience in applying the inspection techniques.

Pre-registration is required with a separate registration fee. You must have a ticket for entry.

Chair:
Ann Wilkens - Wisconsin Public Television

Speakers:
Karen Colbron - WGBH Educational Foundation
Shelia McAlister - Digital Library of Georgia, University of Georgia
Ruta Abolins - University of Georgia, Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Coll.
Alan Burdette - EVIA Digital Archive Project, Indiana University

Description: This session will explore three grant-funded projects that provide access to moving image content via the Internet for educational purposes. WGBH Educational Foundation and the University of Georgia (UGA) received Institute for Museum and Library Services grants in 2005 to digitize archival footage. The WGBH grant concentrates on the television series Say Brother, New Television Workshop, and the Ten O'clock News. At UGA the Civil Rights Movement and Georgia's role in it will be explored through the WSB and WALB Newsfilm Collections. A joint effort between Indiana University and the University of Michigan and funded by the Mellon Foundation, Ethnomusicological for Instruction and Analysis (EVIA) is working to digitally preserve and provide online access to ethnographic field video. We will consider issues related to online video delivery, metadata, and organization as well as creating educational content using moving images.

Co-Chairs:
Kenneth Repich - Eastman Kodak
Mark Henry - Eastman Kodak

Speakers:
Kenneth Repich - Eastman Kodak
David Gubler - Director, MicroArchive Systems GmbH
Shawn Jones - Engineering and Technology Director, NT Audio

Description: A comprehensive review of writing analog and digital data onto photographic film for long-term storage applications will be presented. Film vs. other digital medias will be compared. This is intended to elevate awareness of various methods for addressing long-term mass storage needs. The presentation will review the various forms of metadata and collateral data and discuss the benefits of integrating these forms of information with motion picture images. Other forms of mass storage will also be compared for media life cycle and retrieval considerations. Current methods and equipment for writing image information onto film will be reviewed. The entire end-to-end system processing from capture to dissemination will be discussed. Image information encoding, decoding, compression, and other signal processing subsystems will be explored.

Hosted by: LGBT Interest Group, Small Gauge Interest Group, Diversity Task Force

Chair:
Christopher Lane - UCLA Moving Image Archive Studies Program

Moderator:
Lynne Kirste - Academy Film Archive

Speakers:
Terence Kissack - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society
Lindy Leong - Visual Communications/UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media
Jacqueline Stewart - Northwestern University, Department of Radio/Television/Film and African American Studies

Description: Issues of diversity have been largely absent topics of discussion within AMIA and the archival field as a whole. This session will bring some of these issues to the forefront by looking at representations of diverse identities and cultures in amateur film and video. Amateur works are a rich source of images of cultural groups who have been historically underrepresented in mainstream cinema and in archival collections. Are these forms of media being recognized, acquired, cared for, preserved and made accessible by archives? Each speaker will highlight specific collections at their institution, discuss their value to the moving image heritage of a particular marginalized group of people, and raise pertinent issues surrounding diversity within the field of moving image archiving. This panel is in conjunction with the screening entitled "On Screen: A Celebration of Diverse Identities and Cultures in Amateur Film and Video" which will directly follow this panel.

Hosted by: News, Documentary, and Television Interest Group

Co-Chairs:
Jack Brighton - WILL-AM-FM-TV
David Rice - Democracy Now!

Speakers:
David Rice - Democracy Now!
Jack Brighton - WILL-AM-FM-TV
Pamela Jean Smith - Pacific Film Archive
Judith Thomas - Robertson Media Center, Clemons Library, University of Virginia

Description: Video producers are increasingly aware that descriptive and preservation metadata based on industry standards can improve management and accessibility of their content. But due to resource limitations and deadlines, integrating preservation-based cataloging into the production workflow presents a difficult challenge. Panelists from real-world video production environments and libraries using production elements will describe their efforts to meet this challenge.

Chair:
Gregory Lukow - Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound

Speakers:
Mike Mashon - Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Ruth Scovill - Library of Congress, NAVCC Transition Office
Ken Weissman - Library of Congress, Motion Picture Conservation Center

Description: After nearly 10 years in development, the Library of Congress National Audiovisual Conservation Center - built for the nation by the U.S. Congress and the Packard Humanities Institute - will open in early 2007. In addition to safeguarding the Library's collections, the NAVCC was designed to help preserve the audiovisual collections of other libraries and archives in both the public and private sectors. The Library of Congress has a special responsibility to work with AMIA to develop the Center's service offerings with ongoing input from the entire archival community on the fundamental question: "What does the field want from a national audiovisual conservation center." This session will describe the Center's capabilities and seek feedback on how the NAVCC can best be of service to the field, the range of customer services and partnerships it can provide, and the Center's role within the National Moving Image and Recorded Sound Preservation Plans.

Hosted by: LGBT Interest Group, Small Gauge Interest Group, Diversity Task Force

Chair:
Christopher Lane - UCLA Moving Image Archive Studies Program

Description: Directly following the panel "In Focus: A Celebration of Diverse Identities and Cultures in Amateur Film and Video," this screening will showcase amateur works that feature under-represented groups of people from both inside and outside points of view. The works shown here exemplify the depth and breadth of diversity that exist in amateur moving images and will present viewers with untraditional perspectives of a variety of different peoples and human experiences. This screening includes works that were created by and that depict indigenous people (from Alaska, New Mexico, and Hawaii), African-Americans, LGBT people, Asian-Americans, the disabled, women, international cultures, and young people.