Deadline Approaching! Registration must be postmarked by July 10, 2008.  Register now!

 

 

A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media

Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

 

July 24 and 25, 2008

Boston, MA

 

Sessions:

·        Overview of Machine-Based AV Media Identification and Preservation

·        Funding Opportunities for AV Media Preservation

·        Reformatting Options for AV Media

·        Contracting for AV Preservation Services

·        Surveying and Selecting AV Media Materials for Preservation and Access

·        Case Studies and Round Table Discussions

 

Lead Speaker:

Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, Washington, DC

 

Speakers:

David Ackerman, Audio Preservation Engineer, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive

Thomas F.R. Clareson, Program Director, New Initiatives, PALINET

Sarah Stauderman, Preservation Manager, Smithsonian Institution Archives

 

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

Local cosponsors include Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science; Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard University Library and Preservation & Imaging Services and Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard College Library; the Northeast Document Conservation Center; and NELINET.

 

Download the brochure at http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media/d45877b85ed384cb8954655895e3caba.pdf and register now!

 

For more information, contact the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts:  call 215-545-0613, email [log in to unmask] or visit www.ccaha.org.

 

 

 

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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