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Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross-postings, but there is still plenty of space left to register for the upcoming IMAP digital video preservation workshop in Houston, Texas, November 10, 2010. Led by Linda Tadic, an expert in both moving image archiving and digital asset management, this workshop promises to be extremely informative. As an incentive, the Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA) recently approved the workshop for continuing education credit. Details are below. Please feel free to forward to anyone who might be interested, and if you have any questions, direct them to imap @imappreserve.org. All the best, Heather *Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP) Presents a Workshop on Digital Preservation for Video Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston * Co-sponsored by Aurora Picture Show, Houston Cinema Arts Society, The Menil Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Southwest Alternate Media Project If content on analog videotape is to survive for the long term, the tapes must be digitized--moved from the unstable magnetic media on which the content is currently held, into the digital realm where--in theory--they can be preserved indefinitely and migrated forward as files rather than physical objects. Digitization, however, means more than simply selecting a destination file format. It requires a series of decisions that will determine the long-term viability of files created--and thus of the valuable video content. Workshop topics include: basic digital file creation, preservation and access file formats and codecs, software, storage and trusted digital repositories, workflows for digitization, and technical and preservation metadata. In addition, participants will examine case studies of small and large-scale digitization projects in order to understand real-world applications of principles introduced in the workshop. As part of the 2010 Cinema Arts Festival Houston’s Meet the Makers series, a panel and video clip presentation will follow the workshop. Linda Tadic will moderate a discussion of issues in audiovisual preservation with representatives from the Menil Collection, MFAH, and SWAMP. This free public program will take place at the Freed Auditorium of MFAH’s Glassell School of Art from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. More information at www.cinemartsociety.org *Presenter: * Linda Tadic consults and lectures in areas of digital asset management, audiovisual and digital preservation, and metadata. She is Executive Director of the Audiovisual Archive Network ( www.archivenetwork.org), and an adjunct professor in New York University’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation graduate degree program, teaching two core courses: Collection Management, and Access to Moving Image Collections. Ms. Tadic’s over 25 years experience working with and managing audiovisual, digital, and broadcasting collections includes the positions of Manager of the Digital Library at Home Box Office (HBO), and Director of the Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia. She is the past Director of Operations for ARTstor. *Workshop location: * The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston American General Conference Room Audrey Jones Beck Building 5601 Main Street at Binz Houston, TX 77005 Phone: 713-639-7733 www.mfah.org *Workshop fee and registration: * $100 Aurora, HCAS, Menil, MFAH, SWAMP, and IMAP members $150 non-members $50 artists and students Pre-payment is required with registration. Space is limited. Register at www.imappreserve.org Inquiries: [log in to unmask] IMAP programs are supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and from individual contributions. Participants will receive Archival Recertification Credits (ARCs) from the Academy of Certified Archivists (ACA). -- Heather Nodler Artists Documentation Program Archivist The Menil Collection 1511 Branard Houston, TX 77006 713-535-3116 phone 713-525-9420 fax [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~