NEW ENGLAND ARCHIVISTS Fall 1994 Meeting - Boston, Massachusetts - November 18-19, 1994 The theme of this year's fall meeting is moving image materials and archives. Following is an abridged version of the meeting program. NEA members will receive the full program and registration forms in the mail over the next few weeks. For further information on sessions, speakers and registration information, please contact: Kara Schneiderman, NEA Registrar The MIT Museum 265 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 telephone: 617/253-4440 fax: 617/258-9107 internet: [log in to unmask] PROGRAM Friday, November 18th Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA ---------- 9:30 - 4:30 WORKSHOP: ADVANCED MANAGEMENT OF PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS This workshop will cover the administration of photograph collections as well as photographic media within archival and manuscript collections. PROGRAM Saturday, November 19th Omni Parker House, Boston, MA ---------- 9:00-10:15 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - Gerald Herman, Northeastern University The speaker will discuss the meaning of visual literacy and the importance of still and moving image materials for archivists, curators, and librarians whose collections document the contemporary cultural landscape and who provide researchers with access to original source material. 10:30-3:30 WORKSHOP: PRESERVATION OF ARCHIVAL MOVING IMAGE MATERIAL The focus will be on preservation, including the history and technology of film and videotape media, the equipment necessary to deal with such collections, the preservation problems likely to be encountered, and solutions to these problems. 10:30-12:15 CONCURRENT MORNING SESSIONS 1. COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT This session will address a range of collections management issues relating to moving image materials, including collection policies, successful management of "mixed media" collections, and satisfying the needs of possibly divergent user groups. 2. LEGAL ISSUES What are the legal issues that face curators when they collect moving image materials and provide access to them? How can curators and producers improve their interactions regarding access, copyright, and clearances for films and videotapes? 12:30 - 2:00 LUNCH 2:00 - 3:30 CONCURRENT AFTERNOON SESSIONS 3. MOVING IMAGE MATERIALS ROUNDTABLE Discussion will focus on the concerns of archivists, curators, and librarians at the national and local levels, including the role of AMIA and NEA. 4. DESCRIPTIVE ACCESS This session will address the following questions: How does one provide descriptive control and access for moving image materials? What are the possibilities for creating local, in-house systems? What are the roles of institutional and national bibliographic databases for providing access to moving image materials? ASSOCIATION OF MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVISTS ANNUAL MEETING NEA's Fall 1994 Meeting is being held in conjunction with the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) annual meeting which will take place at the Omni Parker House, November 15th-19th. All AMIA sessions will be open for NEA members to attend by registering at the AMIA members' registration fee. For additional information on registering for the AMIA conference, please contact: AMIA Secretariat c/o National Center for Film and Video Preservation P.O. Box 27999 2021 North Western Avenue Los Angeles, California 90027