AMIA Member Updates

SabuCat Datecode Chart on AMIAnet.org

You can find the SabuCat Datecode Chart on the AMIA website at http://www.amianet.org/resources/guidelinesnologin.php?accesscheck=%2Fresources%2Fguidelines.php.

 

Our thanks to Jeff Joseph for making this available!

 

 

Reminder: World Day Logo Contest

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

 

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.

FYI for Vendors

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has initiated a project called the American Archive Pilot Program in which a geographically-diverse group of stations will be digitizing content related to the Civil Rights Movement and Ken Burns’ “The War” series.   Some stations lack the inhouse resources to digitize and store their material and will be looking for companies to provide these services.  Stations are also required to submit budgets for the project.

 

In partnership with the grant administrator, AMIA will be providing the  list of service providers for the stations in the Pilot Program.  If you would like your organization to be included in the vendor information the grant administrator will be providing to stations, please provide a single page document that includes all of the following:
 
Company name and contact information (address, phone, email, web address);
Services offered;
Experience;
Pricing (e.g. factors upon which pricing is based, price list or other information).
 
It is important you include all of the requested information in order to be included on the list.  The deadline for submissions for this project is Friday, July 17, 2009 by 5:00pm.
 
All submissions should be a single page PDF.

Please send your submission to Kathy Christensen [k_christensen@bellsouth.net] by Friday, July 17th.

Do you Facebook?

On AMIA's Facebook page, you can post links, photos or videos and check out what others have posted!

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

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.)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Ao7HTzB_2b_2fhMNlXKLmNwVpA_3d_3d

 

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.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=VARkhuSpD07WFeDHb3TZAA_3d_3d

 

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.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=i3Zkr9WFe4BXSumwB8D1vg_3d_3d

 

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

Scholarship, Fellowship & Internship Applications Available Now!

Applications are available now at:  http://www.amianet.org/events/scholarship.php

The Moving Image Welcomes New Editorial Team!!

Devin and Marsha Orgeron have been appointed editors-in-chief and Teri Tynes has been appointed managing editor of The Moving Image, the professional journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists.  

Devin Orgeron is Associate Professor of Film Studies at North Carolina State University. He is the author of Road Movies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and his articles have appeared in such journals as Cinema Journal, The Velvet Light Trap, Film Quarterly, and The Moving Image.  Devin is currently writing a book about contemporary American directors, such as Errol Morris and Spike Jonze, who also work in commercial advertising.

Marsha Orgeron is Associate Professor and Director Film Studies at North Carolina State University.  She is the author of Hollywood Ambitions: Celebrity in the Movie Age (Wesleyan University Press, 2008) and a dozen articles in books and journals such as Film Quarterly, The Moving Image, Cinema Journal, Quarterly Review of Film & Video, and Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television.  She is currently at work on a book about director Sam Fuller's war films, beginning with the 16mm amateur footage he shot of Falkenau concentration camp at the close of WWII. 

Three-time Orphan Film Symposium veterans and home movie enthusiasts, the Orgerons are also currently co-editing Learning with the Lights Off: A Reader in Educational Film with Dan Streible (forthcoming with Oxford University Press in 2010).  They are also the co-founders, with A/V Geek Skip Elsheimer, of Home Movie Day Raleigh, now in its fourth year.  They are both excited to work with AMIA members in their co-editorial role for The Moving Image and are looking forward to meeting folks in Savannah at the AMIA Annual conference in the fall.

Teri Tynes is an experienced college educator, editor, published writer, and new media entrepreneur. Before moving to New York in the summer of 2006 she lived in Columbia, South Carolina where she served in several leadership positions in publishing and the arts.  She was editor-in-chief and art critic of the city's major weekly newspaper, the director of the state's largest contemporary gallery, and a lecturer in art history at the University of South Carolina. She also worked as an in-house editor for the literary publishing house, Bruccoli, Clark, and Layman, editing volumes of the Dictionary of Literary Biography.

In July of 2007 Tynes created the website, Walking Off the Big Apple, a strolling guide to New York arts and culture. In addition, she works as a consultant for the Tribeca Film Institute's Reframe website project, writing a blog titled "Shoe Leather" on independent film. She has published reviews of arts exhibitions and multi-media performances for ArtPapers and other arts publications, and she is the author of several catalogue essays on contemporary art. She lives in New York with her spouse, film historian Dan Streible, and two dogs.

Published by the University of Minnesota Press, The Moving Image explores topics relevant to both the media archivist and the media scholar.  The Moving Image deals with crucial issues surrounding the preservation, archiving, and restoration of film, video, and digital moving images. The journal features detailed profiles of moving image collections; interpretive and historical essays about archival materials; articles on archival description, appraisal, and access; behind-the-scenes looks at the techniques used to preserve, restore, and digitize moving images; and theoretical articles on the future of the field.

Inquiries and submissions should be directed to the co-editors at marsha_orgeron@ncsu.edu and devin_orgeron@ncsu.edu.  For more information about the journal, visit the AMIA website at www.AMIAnet.org, or see http://www.upress.umn.edu/journals/movingimage/default.html

For more information visit the AMIA website at www.amianet.org

AMIA Newsbriefs are back!

Newsbriefs are news articles, press releases, events and other items that relate to or are of interest to AMIA members.  Years ago, AMIA sent out a news clipping packet and years after that "Newsbriefs" were incorporated into the AMIA Newsletter as a regular column. While interesting, the publishing schedule meant that by the time you received them, they were no longer always news ....

So we're trying something new.  You can find Newsbriefs here:  www.AMIANewsbriefs.com

If you have something you'd like to see included - news on your institution, press releases, event announcements - just send to amia@amianet.org and we'll post to the Newsbriefs blog.

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And if you're interested in becoming the Newsbriefs Editor - posting the news you find and receiving submissions - contact us here in the AMIA Office.  It's simple.  You can post via email.  And it's a great excuse to spend a few minutes a day surfing the web for news about  the field!

Welcome Kristina Kersels to the AMIA Office!

AMIA has a new AMIA Events and Operations Manager!

Kristina will be responsible for overseeing the logistics of AMIA's events, working closely with the Conference Committee and program chairs to ensure each event's success.  Kristina will also research possible conference sites, be responsible for day to day financial operations and provide logistical support for committees as needed.

Kristina Kersels comes to us from a background primarily in the photo imaging field. She has also planned events, owned her own catering company and has spent most of her career in a small office environment.  Her skills and her personality will be a great fit for AMIA.  Kristina's email address is kkersels@amianet.org.

Join us in welcoming Kristina to AMIA!!

Laura & Beverly
AMIA Office