You can also look at http://www.archive.org/details/movies which has a significant collection of Americana that are available to the public for free and can be re-used in your museums. Marlita Kahn Projects Director Design Media www.designmedia.com > Good morning, > > You might want to take a look at: > http://prestospace-sam.ssl.co.uk/ > > Best, > Johan Oomen > Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision > www.beeldengeluid.nl > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Museum discussion list on behalf of Mark Janzen > Sent: wo 31-5-2006 0:02 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Collecting Moving Images > > Hi Noah, > > Welcome to the listserve and the museum community. > > Moving images of various forms are indeed becoming increasingly popular > in > our collections. I have not personally acquired any that are on > traditional > media, although I am aware of more than one artist still working with > film > or magnetic media recordings. Presumably for the "retro" feel and visual > effect. I am aware of one that also likes the sound a 16mm projector > makes > in conjunction with her work as well as the progressive damage incurred > by > the film. Preservation techniques for such materials are generally agreed > upon and standardized. > > All of my acquisitions have been in digital form, on DVD or CD. > Conditions > and methodologies for these newer media are still in committee, although > it > is becoming increasingly clear that they are not to be considered > permanent > storage media, and that their issues should be addressed in our policies. > I > am currently gathering information on the topic of digital preservation, > policy, and access for a presentation, and would be happy to share notes. > We definitely need industry standards for these media as well. > > Mark Janzen > Registrar/Collections Manager > Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art > Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection > Wichita State University > (316)978-5850 > > > > Noah Zweig > <[log in to unmask]> > Sent by: Museum To > discussion list [log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask] cc > SE.LSOFT.COM> > Subject > Collecting Moving Images > 05/29/2006 01:37 > PM > > > Please respond to > Museum discussion > list > <[log in to unmask] > SE.LSOFT.COM> > > > > > > > Hello, > I'm new to this listserv. I'm a grad student at UCLA. Currently I am > doing some research on museums' approaches towards moving images. It > seems that increasingly that the art museum world > is collecting moving images. So I would be interested in, if there > are any, standards in the collection of film and video. I'm > interested in curatorial issues surrounding moving imagery but i'm also > very interested in things like preservation, access, copyright and > access. > If anyone out there has any advice on the subject, my email is > [log in to unmask] > Thanks in advance, > Noah > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).