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AMIA/Rockefeller Archive Center Visiting Archivist Fellowship

The deadline for the AMIA/Rockefeller Archive Center Visiting Archivist Fellowship has been extended to June 30, 2009!

 

The Rockefeller Archive Center, in cooperation with the Association of Moving Image Archivists, has established The AMIA/Rockefeller Visiting Archivist Fellowship - a unique opportunity to encourage professional exchange and enhance professional development. Designed to provide both financial assistance and first-hand experience, the AMIA/Rockefeller Visiting Archivist Fellowship is awarded each year to a professional archivist from the developing world interested in improving their skills and knowledge through a program at the Rockefeller Archive Center and attendance at the AMIA Annual Conference.

The Visiting Archivist receives a $2,500 stipend to cover the cost of housing, food and local transportation, reasonable round-trip travel expenses from his/her place of residence to New York and to/from the AMIA Conference, up to $3,500, and complementary registration to the 2009 AMIA Annual Conference.

 

For more information:  http://www.amianet.org/events/rockefeller.php

Got Images?

Refreshing!

As you know, part of our recent website redesign was a chance to showcase the incredible diversity of our membership - from regional or thematic collections, to moving image labs to industry production houses all around the world. 

 

To keep the site fresh and engaging, what we're  looking for is a wide array of still images/screen grabs from our member's collections to use to highlight what AMIA is all about, whether you're using the website as a member or as someone who isn't familiar with who we are and why we do what we do.  It's a great chance to show off some favorites from your collection.

 

Anything visually fun or engaging -- and, of course, cleared or in the public domain  -- from your collections is needed and much welcomed.  Images should be 72dpi and a minimum of 1024 pixels.  Please send images to us at amia@amianet.org by July 10, 2009.  If you want to send a hard copy, we'll be happy to scan it.  
 
Any questions?  Please email Laura in the AMIA Office at lrooney@amianet.org.

 

 

Thank you,
AMIA Website Committee

Search for a Logo for the World Day for AV Heritage

October 27 has been declared by UNESCO as World Day for AV Heritage.

 

The audiovisual heritage comprises all forms of moving images and recorded sounds, separately or together, whether or not intended for public distribution, and regardless of the means of creation, preservation or delivery, or the personal or organizational nature of the custodian.  It further includes associated information, documents, objects, artefacts and technology, and graphical material selected in its own right.   They express a nation as a place and people.  Considered to be the documents most characteristic of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, the cultural influence and informational content of these documents are immense, and rapidly increasing. Transcending language and cultural boundaries, appealing immediately to the eye and the ear, to the literate and illiterate alike, they have transformed society by becoming a permanent complement to the traditional written record. Their content cannot be reduced to written form, and its integrity is closely tied to the format of its carrier – be it film, magnetic or optical media.  Because of its fragility, much have been lost and continue to be lost if no action is undertaken .

 

In 2005, the UNESCO General Assembly approved October 27 as the World Day for AV Heritage to raise awareness of the importance of AV documents as integral part of national identities and draw attention to the urgent need to protect them.

 

Since then the World observes this day every year by organizing activities around a theme agreed upon by the Coordinating Council of Audio-visual Archive Associations (CCAAA) - the UNESCO designated body to oversee its yearly celebration. For this year, the theme will be "Fading Heritage: We Can Save It." 

 

For greater impact, both UNESCO and the CCAAA have recognized the need to come up with a logo to give the celebration its own identifiable brand.

 

 

Logo Parameters

 

Content

 

The logo should symbolize and represent the global audiovisual heritage and its permanent cultural value in the fullest sense. It may also suggest its fragility and vulnerability, the sense of urgency attached to its preservation and the importance of accessibility.

 

Design

 

            The logo should be:

 

·         Simple – the simpler the better

·         Monochrome

·         A graphical design which works:

-   independently of language (the logo itself must not contain any letters or text)

-   independent of time

-   in different cultural settings

-   in all anticipated usage environments (e.g. internet sites, e-mailings, hard copy, projected  image)

-   in different sizes, from miniscule to enlarged applications

         when reproduced through simple technical means (e.g. low resolution black and white photocopy)

·         Suitable for systematic use (as a secondary logo) together with the UNESCO emblem

or accompanied by the words “UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage”, or equivalent in other languages.(for requirements for secondary logos, go to http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28318&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html.

 

 

Entries will be selected on the following criteria:

 

·         Ability to impart the message or the meaning of the symbols

·         Attractiveness, recognizability and memorability for audiences in the archival, library, museum and documentation profession; and the mass media and the general public potentially.

·         Distinctiveness from other popular logos of institutions and corporations using similar stylized AV imagery of film strips, video screens, phonographs, projectors, sound waves, digital pixels, reel, discs, etc.

 

 

Submission of Entries

 

            Entries should consist of the following:

 

            a) Original Artwork (softcopy)

 

-        preferred format: JPG

-        resolution: minimum 300 dpi

-        width: minimum 800 pixels

 

            b) Thumbnail version

 

-        format: JPG

-        resolution: 96 dpi

-        width: 300 pixels

 

c)      Summary description or explanation of the logo symbolism

 

                        A brief write-up on the logo designer will be expected as well.

 

 

            Deadline for Submission: No later than 15 August 2009

            Submit entries and requests for information to:

 

                                          Ms. Joie Springer
                                          Senior Programme Specialist
                                          Information Society Division
                                          UNESCO
                                          1, rue Miollis
                                          75732 Paris Cedex 15
                                          email: j.springer@unesco.org

 

Specific questions concerning the graphic charter of UNESCO should be sent to:

 

Philipp Müller-Wirth
Chief, Promotion, Partnerships and Branding Unit
Bureau of Public Information
UNESCO
e-mail: p.muller-wirth@unesco.org

 

Recognition

 

The winning entry will be announced and presented on October 27, 2009 at the CCAAA                               and UNESCO websites, together with an explanation of the symbolism inherent in the design. The winner will receive from UNESCO a monetary reward of US2000 and will be featured in the website as well.

Call for Nominations: Board Election

Elections Committee

The Association of Moving Image Archivists is seeking candidates for the 2009 election of four positions on the AMIA Board of Directors. The positions are:

1. President of AMIA and Director of the Board.

2. Director of the Board

3. Director of the Board

4. Director of the Board

Subject to the control of the Executive Board, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have the general supervision, direction and control over the affairs and property of the Corporation and over its several officers, and prepare a report on the state of the Corporation for presentation at the annual meeting of members and/or for publication in the Corporation's newsletter, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be delegated by the Executive Board from time to time.  The President, where appropriate, will represent the Corporation to the public and other organizations or ensure that such representation occurs.

The Board of Directors assists in conducting the activities and affairs of the Association. All powers of AMIA are the responsibility of and exercised under the direction of the Board. The Board prescribes powers and duties for officers of the Association, and makes rules and regulations for the conduct of the affairs of the Association. Directors of the Board assist in coordinating the activities of the Committees of the Board, and shall have other powers or duties as may be delegated by the Board. Each nominee must be an individual member of the Association. Each term is for two years.

All AMIA members are encouraged to submit recommendations of candidates to the Elections Committee. While the Committee is responsible for determining the final nominations, recommendations from the membership are vital in helping the Committee assemble the strongest possible slate of candidates.

 

For information about the duties of the Board, you can find the Guide to the AMIA Board of Directors at http://www.amianet.org/resources/AMIAManuals/Board_guide.pdf

Recommendations must be received by June 24, 2009. Please submit names to the Elections Committee c/o AMIA, 1313 North Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028; (Fax) 323-463-1506; or e-mail dick.fauss@wvculture.org