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Deadline approaching – register now! Registration must be received by mail or fax by February 16, 2009. 

 

A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media

Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

 

March 2 & 3, 2009

Austin, TX          

Hosted by the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

 

Register forms are available at http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar!

 

This program is intended for curators, collection managers, librarians, archivists, and other staff who manage audiovisual media collections. 

 

Sessions:

·        Overview of Machine-Based AV Media Identification and Preservation

·        Reformatting Options for AV Media

·        Contracting for AV Preservation Services

·        Surveying and Selecting AV Media Materials for Preservation and Access

·        Funding Opportunities for AV Preservation and Access

·        AV Preservation Case Study and Speaker Panel

 

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.  Locally cosponsored by the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin; the Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin; and Amigos Library Services, Inc.

For more information and to download the brochure, go to http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar and register now!  Be sure to reserve your hotel room ASAP – the Texas State Legislature is in session in Austin.

 

Additional questions?  Contact the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts:  call 215-545-0613, email [log in to unmask] or visit www.ccaha.org .

 

CCAHA will also conduct this program at the Denver Public Library in Denver, CO on July 29 & 30, 2009 and in Atlanta, GA in Fall 2009, dates to be announced.

 

 

 

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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