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Registration Deadline: Friday, October 11^thfor:

A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media

Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)

October 24 & 25, 2007

Cleveland, OH

Held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Cosponsored by PALINET

Local Cosponsors:

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA)

This program is intended for curators, librarians, archivists, collection managers, and other staff involved in managing machine-based media collections in cultural institutions.

About the program

Many of the machine-readable audiovisual collections held by our cultural institutions are in peril. Therefore, it is crucial to have knowledge about the life expectancy and unique needs of our legacy media in order to make good preservation decisions. From videotapes and audiotapes to motion picture film, film strips, LPs, 78s, magnetic tape, wax cylinders, and audiocassettes, each of these formats has a critical point at which information will begin to be lost.

The challenge of long-term preservation for these formats is that they often require intervention, including cleaning and reformatting. To maximize the life of these materials, one must understand the nature of the media, causes of deterioration, storage and handling practices, and the various types of playback equipment. Through lectures, discussion, and hands-on experiences, participants in this two-day program will learn the basic principles for managing audiovisual collections that contain historic formats. Contracting with vendors and funding strategies will also be discussed.

Progarm Speakers

Lead Speaker

Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, Washington, DC

With:

George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, PA

Lisa R. Carter, Director of Archives, University of Kentucky Libraries' Special Collections and Digital Programs, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Thomas F.R. Clareson, Program Director, New Initiatives, PALINET

Susan L. Malbin, Senior Program Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services

John Walko, Media Archive Manager, Scene Savers, Cincinnati, OH

FUNDERS

Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

For a program brochure and registration form

Please visit our website at http://www.ccaha.org/workshop_cal.php. For questions about the program, call CCAHA’s Preservation Services office at 215.545.0613.