Thursday - November 5
Preliminary Program
Subject to Change
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7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Newcomer's MixerWelcome to the AMIA Conference! The Newcomer program matches first-time attendees with experienced AMIA members. Support and guidance is offered to those who may be attending an AMIA conference for the first time and provides experienced AMIA members an opportunity to meet newcomers to the field or to the conference. The Breakfast will give everyone a chance to meet and network. Preregistration is required.8:00 am - 3:45 pm
AMIA Vendor CafePlease join us for the always informative AMIA vendor exhibits! It’s a great place to get a cup of coffee all day.
8:30am - 10:00am
Welcome & Opening Plenary: Archives and the Digital FutureChair
Jan-Christopher Horak - UCLA Film & Television Archive
Speakers
Jan-Christopher Horak - UCLA Film & Television Archive
Rick Prelinger - Prelinger Associates
Chris Lane - MGM Technical Services
Leah A. Lievrouw - UCLA Department of Information Studies
Brewster Kahle - Internet Archive
This year's iteration of the future of AMIA will focus on the massive paradigm shift that has occurred in the field of moving image archiving from the analog to the digital. How does our work and thinking change when we are no longer dealing with a culture of objects, but rather with a culture of electronic bytes? How do archival values, such as provenance and uniqueness change, when we enter the realm of the digital? hat challenges do we have when confronted with internet archives that only exist on servers in cyberspace? Panelists will discuss these and other questions with the audience.10:30am - 12:00pm
Celebrating an Animation Iconoclast: Introducing the films of Philip StappChair
Geoff Alexander - Academic Film Archive of North AmericaPhilip Stapp is among the most important animators ever to work in the academic film genre, but today his work is largely unknown, and mostly out of distribution. Stapp's iconoclastic style of animation was influenced by elements as disparate as Japanese Ukiyo-e "floating world" paintings, dancer Martha Graham, surrealist Yves Tanguy, and pointillist Georges Seurat. In this session, Geoff Alexander presents films from Stapp's own collection and discusses the importance of additional scholarship on Stapp's life and films.
10:30am - 12:00pm
Evolving Content: Workflow, Technology, Audience and Sustainability in WGBH Digital ProjectsChair
Karen Cariani - WGBH Media Library and ArchivesHeeding the call of users worldwide, archives are continually thinking of new and interesting ways to expose content. This session will present two current projects that are substantially changing access to materials from the WGBH Media Library and Archives. By showcasing the work of the Mellon and Vietnam projects, we present a glimpse into how media libraries can serve multiple audiences with the same content and technology. In addition, we'll present a report on sustainability. WGBH OpenVault is a model for access to archival media materials. Working across projects and funding streams, sharing workflow and technological innovations, we are furthering the goals of the archive as a whole. The session will end with a discussion of what OpenVault 2.0 might be. What functionality, such as social tagging, is appropriate to apply to the next version. What are the design challenges inherent in presenting the same information to different audiences.
10:30am - 12:00pm
A-V Preservation Exchanges: New York, Accra, and Buenos AiresCo-Chairs
Dan Streible - NYU/MIAP
Mona Jimenez - NYU/MIAPSpeakers
Mona Jimenez - NYU/MIAP
Paula Félix-Didier - Museo del Cine
Natalia Fidelholtz - Cinema Tropical
Ishumael Zinyengere - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Jennifer Blaylock - NYU/MIAPTeams of archivists discuss two initiatives of the Audio-Visual Preservation Exchange begun by Mona Jimenez (NYU-MIAP). How can established institutions partner with international moving image archives lacking in resources, to the benefit of all? Participants in recent collaborations among archivists at U.S. universities, the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, and cultural organizations in Accra will speak about their experiences during week-long training events in Argentina and Ghana. Sponsored by the International Outreach Committee.
2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Audiovisual Self-Assessment Program Project at the University of IllinoisChair
Jimi Jones - University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign LibrarySpeakers
Jimi Jones - University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Jennifer Hain Teper - Oak Street Library FacilityThe University of Illinois has designed the Audiovisual Self-Assessment Program (AvSAP) to help collections managers in archives, libraries, and museums learn about audiovisual preservation and create prioritized preservation plans for their audiovisual objects. Join the Project Coordinator of the AvSAP as he describes the program and the IMLS-funded project that created it. This session is targeted at collections managers and other professionals with any level of audiovisual preservation experience.
2:00pm - 4:00pm
KODAK Stop By Shoot FilmChair
Jonathan Barlow - Eastman Kodak CompanySpeakers
Randall Tack - Eastman Kodak CompanyStop 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. Sessions are limited, sign up early!
3:15pm - 4:45pm
Accessioning and Managing File-Based Born Digital ContentChair
Chris Lacinak - AudioVisual Preservation SolutionsSpeakers
Chris Lacinak - AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
Dirk Van Dall - Broadway Video
Brian Hoffman - NYU
Grace Lile - WITNESSBorn digital File-Based video recording is pervasive. Tape is not even an option on many new cameras being sold today. This shift has made accessioning and management of file based content and the associated challenges a new reality to archives. This session brings four experts and two case studies to the table to offer insights into the challenges that born digital file-based video brings to your archive and strategies for managing it.
3:15pm - 4:45pm
Caught in the Web of AccessChair
Nadia Ghasedi - Washington UniversitySpeakers
Nadia Ghasedi - Washington University
Tom Colley - Video Data Bank, The School of the Art Institute
David Rowntree - Washington UniversityThis panel offers approaches to increase accessibility by enhancing your web presence. Speakers will discuss the benefits and challenges of launching online catalogs, remodeling web sites, and utilizing cost-effective Web 2.0 applications such as YouTube, Wikipedia, Second Life, etc. They will also share how these methods have extended the reach of their collections. This session addresses the need for moving image archives to evolve with the current technological trends that shape how users access information.
3:15pm - 4:45pm
When are New Technologies for You?Chair
Kim Schroeder - Archive Media PartnersSpeakers
Kim Schroeder - Archive Media Partners
Alexis Braun Marks - Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Lisa Rabey - Wayne State UniversityMore and more institutions are looking at new technologies that are cheap and easy to use as a tool for outreach. In this economic climate Archives are examining how best to use these tools. The speakers will present methods to assess these new technologies and whether your institution can benefit from them. Various technologies such as Twitter, Wordpress, Facebook, RSS, and Podcasting will be discussed. Case studies will be provided as well as needs assessments.
6:45pm - Buses leave for Archival Screening Night
7:30pm - 10:00pm - Tivoli Theatre
Archival Screening Night
Please join us for AMIA’s 2009 Archival Screening Night.
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