AMIA Member Updates

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

Call for Proposals: AMIA 2009

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

AMIA 2008 Awards

The 2008 AMIA Awards were prsented on November 14, 2008 in Savannah, GA:

Silver Light Award
Bob Brodsky and Toni Treadway

James A. Lindner Prize
Sound Archive Project

Dan and Kathy Leab Award
Elaine Burrows

Maryann Gomes Award

Sarah Davy

Rockefeller Archive Center Visiting Archivist
Peter Ugar Ogar

Carolyn Hauer International Fund Recipient
Marwa El Sahn

Conference Travel Funding from the AV Preservation Trust

The AV Trust has applied for financial support from the Department of Canadian Heritage to further enhance the professional skills of Canadian audio-visual archivists. To this end, the AV Trust is offering grants to help defray the travel and/or registration costs (up to a maximum of $1000 CDN) of Canadian-based archivists wishing to participate in the next Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) conference, scheduled to take place in Rochester, New York September 26-29, 2007. This annual conference will provide training forums, workshops and similar learning opportunities focusing on the preservation and conservation of audio-visual materials. Please bear in mind that the Trust will only contribute to the applicant’s costs up to the fiscal year end or March 31, 2008.

To download a copy of the application form, please click here.

2007 Conference Session Proposal Forms

The 2007 Conference Committee invites submissions for session proposals for the 2007 AMIA Conference in Rochester, NY.

An important goal for the AMIA 2007 Conference is to present a balanced program - one that includes a wide variety of topics, cutting-edge discussions of technology, a balance of theory and practice, and invite new ideas and concepts that may stimulate additional interest, involvement and educational benefit. The program should address topics of concern to diverse perspectives and constituencies and to archivists at all levels of experience.

Please submit a developed proposal, including the names and contact information for each of the proposed speakers and an indication of their agreement to participate. Each proposal goes through two Peer Review processes, and incomplete session proposals that include only some of the speakers or that are missing information about speaker participation are very difficult to assess when compared to complete proposals.

The Conference Committee encourages submission of proposals that may include, but are not limited to, the following formats:

Share Your Conference Photos!

First - thank you to Rick Prelinger for the great pictures - and for the idea of sharing the Anchorage Conference photos! If you want to share your photos, we've set up an AMIA account at Snapfish. Just go to:

          www.snapfish.com
          email address: amia@amianet.org
          password: amianet

It's a great chance to see what everyone was up to - from flightseeing to Iditarod kennesl to glaciers to fjords. And you may find yourself in someone else's photo album - there were a lot of puppy pictures taken.

And if you haven't seen Rick Prelinger's photos - they're posted at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/footage/sets/72157594326564041/

The 2006 AMIA Conference in Anchorage is coming up soon!

On the conference website (www.amiaconference.com) we've just added information about airfare discounts from Northwest Airlines.

Look later this week for tour information - everything from the Kenai Fjords National Park to Fishing Charters to Flightseeing to Learning to Ice Climb to a Rain Forest Hike.

The AV Preservation Trust is offering Travel Grants, the application is available on the website.

And you can book your room at the Hotel Captain Cook online at http://www.amiaconference.com/2006/hotel_cook.htm.

AV Trust Of Canada Offers Travel Grants For AMIA's Anchorage Conference!!

To further enhance their professional skills, the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada is offering travel grants (maximum  $1000 CDN) to Canadian archive professionals who want to attend AMIA's annual conference (October 10-14) in Anchorage, AK.  This annual conference will provide training forums, workshops and other learning opportunities focusing o­n the preservation and conservation of audio-visual materials.  For details on eligibility, application guidelines and deadlines, and about the AV Trust's other programs, please click here.

For information on the AV Trust Travel Grants and other conference information, go to www.AMIAConference.com.