A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media

Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

 

November 6 & 7, 2008

Cosponsored and hosted by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

San Francisco, CA

 

Lead Speaker:

Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, Washington, DC

Speakers:

George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive

Hannah Frost, Media Preservation Librarian, Digital Library Systems and Services, Digital Production, Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources

Sarah Stauderman, Preservation Manager, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Maureen Whalen, Associate General Council, J. Paul Getty Trust

Richard Wright, Technology Manager, BBC Archives, United Kingdom

 

CCAHA is pleased to offer a limited number of stipends of up to $750 to help defray travel, lodging, and registration costs associated with attending A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media.  Detailed program and stipend application information is on the downloadable brochure at http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar

 

Stipend Eligibility:

·        Individuals must work in a non-profit institution that is open to the public with an annual operating budget of less than $500,000.

·        Preference will be given to those applicants who are directly responsible for the care of the audiovisual materials collected by their institution.

·        Stipend applications must be postmarked by October 8, 2008.

 

Applicants must submit: one-page letter of interest; a brief institutional profile or brochure; a brief description of audiovisual materials held by the institution; proof of tax-exempt status; the institution’s most recent financial report; a letter of support from the institution’s director or board president; and the applicant’s resume.  Applicants will be notified of the status of their application shortly following the application deadline.  For additional information on the program and the stipend application process, please download the brochure at http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar

 

The fee for this two-day program is $200.  Funders for this program include the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 

 

In partnership with PALINET and cosponsored by the California Preservation Program.

 

Download the brochure for A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media at http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar  and apply for a stipend or to register now!  For more information, contact the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts:  call 215-545-0613, email [log in to unmask] or visit www.ccaha.org .

 

 

Kim Andrews

Preservation Services Officer

CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts

264 S. 23rd Street

Philadelphia, PA  19103

215-545-0613 (phone)

215-735-9313 (fax)

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www.ccaha.org

 

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