AMIA Member Updates

Call for Nominations: The 2009 AMIA Awards

Do you wish there was a nice way to honor your outstanding and dedicated co-workers in front of their peers?

 

Do you wish your favorite AMIA mentor or volunteer got the recognition he or she deserves in this organization?

 

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to attend the annual AMIA conference without having to go into debt to pay for it?

 

Surprise! These are not just pipe dreams.  The AMIA Awards Committee takes this opportunity to send out the annual call for award nominations and applications.

 

This year, in addition to the usual suspects,  we are pleased to announce a new award, given in the name of our dear friend Bill O'Farrell. 

 

The William S. O'Farrell Volunteer Award
In memory of longtime AMIA member Bill O'Farrell, the Association of Moving Image Archivists has established the William S. O'Farrell Volunteer Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize the
importance of volunteers to our organization.  Nominees for the William S. O'Farrell must have made a significant contribution to AMIA, either in the form of notable achievement or special projects,
mentoring, or through the noteworthy performance of volunteer work carried out over a long period of time. The application will be available shortly.

 

Maryanne Gomes Award
In memory of regional archivist Maryann Gomes, the Association of Moving Image Archivists has established the Maryann Gomes Award. The purpose of this award is to provide funding assistance for regional archivists to attend the Annual AMIA Conference.   The award provides up to $1,000.00 U.S. to assist with AMIA conference-related travel expenses. In addition, a complimentary conference registration, a one-year Individual AMIA membership, and one pre-conference workshop registration will be included (total approximate value $1,500.00 U.S.)
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The Dan and Kathy Leab Award
The Dan and Kathy Leab Award was established to acknowledge the contribution of working archivists who seldom have the opportunity of being recognized outside their institutions. The Leab Award is
presented annually to one individual chosen by the AMIA Board of Directors with advice and consultation from the association's Awards Committee Each year's Leab Award recipient receives a certificate of appreciation from AMIA, a cash prize of $1,000, and recognition in the AMIA Newsletter and during the AMIA Conference.
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The Silver Light Award
The Silver Light Award recognizes outstanding career achievement in moving image archiving. Measures of achievement may include substantial contributions to the field over an extended period,
leadership in the field, work in professional societies or other professional activities, writings or publications, preservation and restoration projects, innovations that advance the cause of preservation, and patronage donated to archives or archival projects.  Individuals, institutions, and organizations are eligible for this award and need not be AMIA members. The award may be given
posthumously.
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For details on the awards and for links to online applications, please follow this link:
http://www.amianet.org/events/awards_noms.php

 

Many thanks for taking the time to think about the people who make our field an interesting and dynamic place.

 

--
~Liz Coffey, Awards Committee Chair

Time to save money!

Hello everyone! The Nitrate Film Interest Group would like to extend to all AMIA members an amazing offer in an effort to help reduce costs in these hard times.
Several months ago the Nitrate Film Interest Group assisted most of the institutions who ship nitrate film by establishing what was essentially a group discount for the required emergency response telephone number through the company ChemTel. They have offered us the amazing rate of $70 annually per company. This is a huge discount when it is compared to the $200 to $500 range that is charged for most individual registrations at companies who provide this service. The agreement with ChemTel was established so that all of the companies who wish to partake register when necessary which is helpful since most companies will need to renew at different times of the year. Also, each institution can have20up to 5 MSDS sheets and are completely independent of one another so there is no hassle of repaying a company who acts as an umbrella for all of the institutions.
Thus far the offer and the registrations have gone extremely well so as a service from the NFIG, we would like to offer this amazing deal to everyone in AMIA regardless of if you ship nitrate or not. I am not aware if there is a need for this emergency response telephone number for any chemicals that labs or archives use but there is always a possibility so I am sending this out to the listserve in case I missed a nitrate shipper or random lab who is required to have such a number.
For those who may not be aware, here is the basic information about the emergency response telephone numbers: The Department of Transportation*s HazMat division requires a 24 hour emergency response telephone number for when you ship nitrate film or any hazardous materials.
According to DoT*s website the: *person monitors at all times during transportation - Is knowledgeable of the hazardous materials listed - Has comprehensive emergency response and incident mitigation information for that material; or
- Has immediate access to a person who possesses such knowledge - Accepts responsibility*

This means that while it is not illegal for you to be your own emergency response phone number, you must always be prepared to accept the phone call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week while you are shipping hazardous material. And you must know the MSDS sheet perfectly or always have one on hand. Note that if you are paying another company to pack and ship for you such as PackAir then this phone number is not required for those shipments

If there is anyone who is interested in also joining in on this deal then I need you to call or email me so that I can pass along your information to my contact at ChemTel. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Rachel Parker Film Archivist Academy Film Archive 1313 N. Vine St Hollywood, CA 90028 rparker@oscars.org 310-247-3016 x320

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The AMIA Directory is going online!

The AMIA Directory is going online!

Beginning in mid-June, the AMIA Membership Directory will be published electronically. With the electronic edition, we'll be able to publish the Directory three times per year - so it is always up to date - and to provide the information alphabetically by name, by institution and by location. And for our advertisers going electronic adds a variety of new possibilities.

Of course, it's also environmentally friendly (saving almost 1,000 pounds of paper per year) and as printing and mailing costs continue to go up, the savings gained by going electronic can be used for other AMIA projects and programs.

The Directory will still be available only to AMIA members, password protected through the Member Central area of the website. You'll still be able to print out a copy of the Directory if you want to keep it on your desk or at home - or both, And if you're not at your desk and need to look up a name or number, it will be available anywhere you have online access.

Eco-friendly, up to date and easy to download --
E-njoy.

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AMIA Scholarship, Fellowship and Internship Deadlines Approaching

The Association of Moving Image Archivists is accepting applications for its 2009 Scholarship, Fellowship and Internship Program.

Five scholarships will be awarded: the CFI Sid Solow Scholarship, the Mary Pickford Scholarship, the Sony Pictures Scholarship, the Universal Studios Preservation Scholarship, and The Rick Chace Foundation Scholarship. In addition, the Kodak Fellowship in Film Preservation ( http://www.amianet.org/events/kodak.php ), the IPI Internship in Preservation Research ( http://www.amianet.org/events/ipi.php ) and the Rockefeller Visiting Archivist Fellowship ( http://www.amianet.org/events/rockefeller.php ) will be awarded this year.

For further information, deadlines and applications, please visit the AMIA web page at www.amianet.org/events/scholarship.php.

Reminder: Call For Proposals

The Conference Committee invites submissions for session and workshop proposals for the 2009 AMIA Conference in St. Louis, MO

The Conference Committee encourages submission of proposals whose topics may include, but are not limited to, the administration and finance of archives, and access to collections

Each proposal goes through a Peer Review, and incomplete session proposals that include only some of the speakers or that are missing information about the topics to be covered make it difficult for the panel to assess when compared to complete proposals.

Go to www. AMIAConference.com