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We would appreciate your sharing the following information with your
colleagues and membership, and apologize for cross-postings. Thanks! Register Now! Registration Deadline: Friday,
October 11th for: A Race Against Time: Preserving Our
Audiovisual Media Presented
by the October 24 & 25, 2007
Held at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Cosponsored
by PALINET Local Cosponsors: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Intermuseum Conservation Association ( This program is intended for curators, librarians, archivists,
collection managers, and other staff involved in managing machine-based media
collections in cultural institutions. 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. Progarm Speakers
Lead
Speaker
Alan
Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, With: George
Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive, Lisa R. Carter, Director
of Archives,
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