A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media
presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
March 2 & 3, 2009 – Save the Date!
Cosponsored and hosted by the Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Sessions:
· Overview of Machine-Based AV Media Identification and Preservation
· Reformatting Options for AV Media
· Contracting for AV Preservation Services
· Surveying and Selecting AV Media Materials for Preservation and Access
· Funding Opportunities for AV Preservation
· Case Studies and Panel Discussions
Lead Speaker:
Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, Washington, DC
Speakers:
George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, PA
Tom Clareson, Program for New Initiatives, PALINET, Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Cunningham, Audio Preservation Specialist, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, TX
Sarah Stauderman, Preservation Manager, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, DC
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. Also cosponsored by The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin and Amigos Library Services, Inc.
Registration form available at http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar. For more information, visit www.ccaha.org, call 215-545-0613 or email pso@ccaha.org.
A limited number of $750 stipends are available to staff from non-profit institutions with annual budgets of less than $500,000. Eligibility requirements and stipend application information available at http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media/cc74d6786125f8222a96b320ec1d2ec0.pdf
CCAHA will also conduct this program at the Denver Public Library in Denver, CO on July 29 & 30, 2009 and in Atlanta, GA in Fall 2009, dates to be announced.
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