Are you or your colleagues involved in collecting, preserving, and/or
providing access to audio and or video material in cultural
institutions, libraries or archives? The Conservation Center for Art and
Historic Artifacts, with PALINET, is pleased to present A Race Against
Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media, to be held at the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on October 24 & 25, 2007. This program is
intended for curators, librarians, archivists, collection managers, and
other staff who are involved in managing machine-based media collections
in cultural institutions.
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.
We would appreciate your sharing this information with your colleagues
and membership, and apologize for cross-postings. Thanks!
A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media
Presented by:
The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA)
Cosponsored by PALINET
Cleveland, OH
October 24 & 25, 2007
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.
This program is intended for curators, librarians, archivists,
collection managers, and other staff who are involved in managing
machine-based media collections in cultural institutions.
LOCATION & DATE
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
One Key Plaza
Cleveland, OH 44114
October 24 & 25, 2007
Speakers
Lead Speaker
Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, Washington, DC
An audiovisual preservation expert, Alan has worked in the special
Motion Picture, Sound and Video branch of the National Archives and
Records Administration and has administered AV archival programs at PBS
and CBS News. He now provides consulting and training in audio/video
preservation and preservation management.
With:
George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, PA
Lisa Carter, Head, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina
State University Libraries
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
Local Cosponsors
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OH
Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA), Cleveland, OH
FUNDERS
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Laura Hortz Stanton
Director of Preservation Services
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
264 S. 23rd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215-545-0613
Fax: 215-735-9313
Email: [log in to unmask]
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