A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media

Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

 

July 29 & 30, 2009

Hosted and cosponsored by Western History/ Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library, Denver, CO

 

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

 

Register online at http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,1f784d82-9a05-4d14-bca5-9da86545c149. 

 

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

·        Case Studies and Panel Discussions

 

Lead Speaker:

Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, Washington, DC

Speakers:

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

Thomas F.R. Clareson, Program Director for New Initiatives, Lyrasis, Philadelphia, PA

Anna L. Scott, Archivist, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen, CO

Sarah Stauderman, Preservation Manager, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, DC

 

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.  Presented in partnership with Lyrasis.  Also cosponsored by BCR, Denver, CO.

 

Register online at http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?5S,M3,1f784d82-9a05-4d14-bca5-9da86545c149.  For more information, visit our Education Program Calendar at www.ccaha.org, call 215-545-0613 or email [log in to unmask].

 

A limited number of $750 stipends are available to staff from non-profit institutions with annual budgets of less than $500,000.  Eligibility requirements and stipend application information available here or at www.ccaha.org.

 

CCAHA will also conduct this program at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, GA on October 20 & 21, 2009.  Register now for the Atlanta program here.

 

 

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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