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Workshop:  MAKING SENSE OF A MEDIA COLLECTION, Athens, GA, May 3

Presented by:

INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTS PRESERVATION and THE SOCIETY OF GEORGIA ARCHIVISTS

May 3, 2013

10 AM – 5 PM

Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries

300 S. Hull Street

Athens, Georgia 30602

Register at:<http://imappreserve.org/join/membership.html>

Many archivists are daunted by film, audio, and video collections. They
recognize the value of archival moving images, and understand that active
preservation steps are necessary to maintaining such collections. But the
technical expertise needed to make decisions about film and video
preservation
is difficult to come by.

This daylong workshop will demystify audiovisual media collections, giving
archivists a nuts-and-bolts, practical overview of the issues facing audio
and
moving image materials. Topics covered will include:

• Historical and current film, audio, and video formats

• Film, audio, and video production practices, and how they are reflected in
archival materials

• Deterioration of film and magnetic media, recommended storage conditions,
and
appropriate handling practices

• Triage and prioritization of a/v collections

• Basic approaches to digitization

• Online and other resources for guidance about a/v preservation

As part of the workshop, we will examine samples of unprocessed audiovisual
collection materials, to provide real-world examples of the principles
discussed. In addition, participants will be able to take a
behind-the-scenes
tour of the University of Georgia’s new Special Collections Libraries
facility,
including the audiovisual media lab dedicated to the conservation of The
Walter
J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection.

Free parking will be available. Directions to the Special Collections
building
can be found at:<http://www.libs.uga.edu/scl/visit/maps.html>

Registration:

IMAP Members, SGA Members, UGA Staff: $100

Nonmembers: $150

Artists and Students: $50

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Instructor:

Jeff Martin is a graduate of New York University’s Moving Image Archiving
and
Preservation MA program, and recipient of a post-graduate research
fellowship
from the Smithsonian Institution in 2007. His other recent projects include
assessment of audiovisual materials in the archive of Nam June Paik, as
well as
collection care projects for the Seattle Art Museum and the Carnegie Museum
of
Art in Pittsburgh. In April 2012, he organized the symposium TechFocus II:
Caring For Film and Slide Installation Art, at the Hirshhorn. He supervised
preservation content for the online Media Art Resource developed by
Electronic
Arts Intermix, and IMAP—Independent Media Arts Preservation. He currently
serves as IMAP’s Executive Director.