Classic Russian Films On YouTube
posted May 18, 2011
How’s your command of Russian, or at least of the Cyrillic alphabet? If you’re capable, with those, you could instantly be well on your way to watching 50 of the Russian film company Mosfilm’s finest productions, thanks to its ongoing efforts to make its gems freely available on the Mosfilm YouTube channel. By year’s end,
Archiving the “Mother of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act of 1972”
posted May 11, 2011
Like many a figure of huge accomplishment, Ellen Stern Harris (1929-2006), the “mother of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act of 1972,” never quite got around to getting together all the records of her activities.
New in New Books
posted May 3, 2011
On our New Books page this week, you can read about how a variety of authors went about finding films and other archival material for their projects – Neil McCaw on adapting detective fiction to film; Jonathan Owen on how to find Czech film, avant-garde, new wave, and other; Miryam Sas on the challenges of
Kookaburra Goes to the Movies
posted May 2, 2011
Who’d have thought? In movies of old, the kookaburra provided the generic “jungle sound.” BirdNote, as heard on public-radio station KPLU, tells the tale.
Copyright Law for Cultural Institutions
posted April 29, 2011
The Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts is offering a course on copyright law for cultural institutions, July 25-August 5 2011, at the Tisch School, led by instructor Rina Pantalony. According to a MIAPP announcement, the course will address the intellectual-property issues and related ethical ones that surround the
AMIA Proposals Deadline: Sunday May 1
posted April 29, 2011
Sunday May 1 2011 is the deadline for submissions of session and workshop proposals for the 2011 AMIA Conference in Austin, TX. The AMIA Conference Committee has invited session and workshop proposals on varied topics, cutting-edge discussions of technology, a balance of theory and practice, and new ideas and concepts that may stimulate additional interest,
New on the Job Pages
posted April 29, 2011
New jobs now on our job pages include Media Taxonomist at a Manhattan media company, Audiovisual Archivist at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Cal.,; Programmer/Systems Analyst at the Historic New Orleans Collection; Video Archiving and Metadata Specialist at HBO; and Film and Digital Media Archivist at Oddball Film+Video in San Francisco.
Jobs (April 29 2011)
posted April 29, 2011
Media Taxonomist LAC Group is looking for a highly-experienced and qualified Media Taxonomist for what it calls “a prestigious media company located in New York (Manhattan).” The Media Taxonomist’s focuses will be to create documentation for managing taxonomies and thesauri and to develop and implement metadata and media strategies. LAC says the ideal candidate will
Magnetic Media Preservation Internship
posted April 29, 2011
The Standby Program, a non-profit media arts service organization that provides artists with access to media technology by forming partnerships with commercial post-production facilities, is seeking an intern for its video and audio preservation program. According to the program’s announcement, interns will gain hands-on experience and participate in the day-to-day workings of a magnetic media
AMIA Awards – Deadline May 1 2011
posted April 29, 2011
May 1 is the deadline for the Association of Moving Image Archivists’ 2011 Scholarship, Fellowship, and Internship Program. Four scholarships are on offer: the Mary Pickford Scholarship, the Sony Pictures Scholarship, the Universal Studios Preservation Scholarship, and The Rick Chace Foundation Scholarship. In addition, this year awards will be made of the Kodak Fellowship in