Program
Wednesday - November 12

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Please note that this is a preliminary program.
Session additions and changes will be posted here.

Wednesday November 12, 2008

8:30 AM - 5:30 PM - (Separate Registration Fee Required)
Cataloging and Metadata for Moving Images

Chair:
Karen Barcellona - Academy Film Archive

Presenters:
Linda Tadic - New York University
Nancy Goldman - Pacific Film Archive Library
Rebecca Guenther - Library of Congress
Grace Agnew - Rutgers University
Jane Otto - Library of Congress

Libraries, archives, and museums take in a wide variety of moving images. Learn what traditional and emerging standards have developed in the bibliographic and archival domains. Gain a basic understanding of the types of metadata necessary to a well-maintained collection. This workshop provides a greater understanding of the foundations metadata practice and the application of cataloging principles to all types of resources amidst rapidly changing production environments and evolving technologies. Sessions will include dynamic presentations encompassing film, video, digital, and broadcast materials and including interactive exercises and clips. The workshop will close with a hands-on demonstration of MIC’s (Moving Image Collections) new web-based open source cataloging utility. Pre-registration is required with a separate registration fee.

Day Two: Introduction to technical metadata, rights metadata, and METS. Industry standards such as PBCore, AAF, MXF, ISAN Identifiers, and updates to SMPTE standards. Cataloging management and workflow such as setting cataloging priorities, choosing a system, levels of cataloging and analog and digital workflows. Day Two will close with a hands-on demonstration of MIC's (Moving Image Collections) new web-based open source cataloging utility.

8:30 AM - 5:30 PM (Separate Registration Fee Required)
Access Copy Production for Archivists

Chair
David Rowntree - Washington University

Speakers
Josef Marc - Samma Systems
Murray Wilson - TPS Consulting

The ability to efficiently and effectively exhibit, display, and make accessible an archive holdings in a digital medium is increasingly defining a collections relevancy. The workshop will provide the archivist with a solid understanding and ability to operate software such as Final Cut Pro and take the participant through the workflow of ingestion, editing, and output to DVD or web-ready video distribution. Note: this is not a digital preservation workshop nor a FCP tutorial.

9:00am - 11:30am (Separate Registration Fee Required)
Tour: Midnight & More

Your tour guide and transportation will meet the group at the main entrance of the hotel. We will have a short ride into the historic district of Savannah during which time the guide will talk about the fun and impact the book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, has had on our city. We will ride around and then stroll as we see several of the Midnight sites. We will walk around Monterey Square and tour the Mercer House, former home of main character Jim Williams. Following that stop, we will go to the Telfair Art Museum to see the "Bird Girl" statue.

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Separate Registration Fee Required)
Stop By Shoot Film

Co-Chairs:
Jonathan Barlow - Eastman Kodak Company
Randall J Tack - Eastman Kodak Company

Stop By Shoot Film is a hands-on opportunity to capture images using a Super 16mm motion picture camera. Participants will learn the basics of camera operation, exposure and film emulsion choices. Led by a Kodak cinematographer, participants will work in small groups to practice various camera techniques while shooting various scenes. Each participant will receive a DVD to enable them to view their work. Scene creativity is encouraged. Pre-registration is required with a separate registration fee.

 

12:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Lucas Theatre (Separate Registration Fee Required)
The Reel Thing XXI

Co-Chairs
Grover Crisp - Sony Pictures
Michael Friend – Sony Pictures

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

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Opening Night Cocktails

7:30pm
Second Annual AMIA Trivia Throwdown

Test your skills, win prizes and see if you can be the team that unseats the current AMIA Trivia Champions - "It's All Your Vault!" Are you game? Sign up now!

And remember that it's for a good cause! Funds go to support AMIA Awards programs - including the Silver Light, the Maryann Gomes and the Carolyn Hauer awards.

 

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