AMIA 2020 Workshops

 

Pre-conference workshops. Register for workshops when you register for the conference.  Space is limited.  If you’ve already registered for the conference, you can modify your registration as outlined in your registration confirmation.

November 12 – 8:30am – 1:00pm (PST) | Sold Out

FFmpeg Art School

Genevieve Havemeyer-King, New York Public Library
Morgan Morel, Bay Area Video Coalition
Benjamin Turkus, New York Public Library
Nick Krabbenhoeft, New York Public Library

An exhilarating, interactive journey into the depths of digital media manipulation and computer programming: THIS is FFmpeg Art School. Billed as “a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert, and stream audio and video,” FFmpeg has become an indispensable tool of media preservation. For many in our field, messing around with FFmpeg creatively has also led to a better understanding of digital media anatomy. But FFmpeg can be tricky stuff. During this workshop, attendees will learn the ins-and-outs of FFmpeg by using modifiable scripts to create original works of video art, which will either be pastiches of existing works, or completely unique. Practically-oriented – but focused on fun – beginner, intermediate, and advanced participants with a basic understanding of command line tools are all invited to attend. The workshop will conclude with a virtual show and tell in which attendees will be invited to share their work with the class.

Note:  Due to the technical nature of this webinar we have fairly specific technical requirements to best experience this workshop. Required: Mac Operating System: macOS 10.13 or above OR Windows Operating System: Windows 10
Admin privileges OR A working installation of FFmpeg version 4 or above Recommended: A second screen OR a second device that can stream zoom (iPad, phone, tablet)

 

 

November 12 – 11:00am – 1:00pm (PST)
November 13 – 11:00am – 1:00pm (PST)

APPLYING AI AND NLP TOOLS TO A/V ARCHIVAL MATERIAL
James Pustejovsky, Brandeis University
Jon W. Dunn, Indiana University Libraries
Marc Verhagen, Brandeis University
Kyeongmin Rim, Brandeis University
Kelley Lynch, Brandeis University
Angus L’Herrou, Brandeis University
Maria Whitaker, Indiana University
Karen Cariani, GBH Archives
Shawn Averkamp, AVP

This workshop addresses recent efforts in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) to help archives, libraries, and museums both manage and enhance their A/V content. Specifically, we describe applications being developed within two multimedia AI platforms, AMP and CLAMS. AMP (Audiovisual Metadata Platform) is an open source software platform that leverages automated machine learning-based tools together with human expertise   to build workflows to create and augment metadata for AV resources to improve discovery, rights determination, and use.The CLAMS platform (Computational Linguistic tools for Multimedia Services) is an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded project to help create better metadata for audiovisual collections. We have been working with the American Archive and WGBH to create workflows for AI and NLP tools to help with search, navigation, and discovery over their A/V content.

 

 

 

 

8:30 AM – 1:00pm (Pacific)
Workshop:  From a Distance: Hands-On Introduction to Videotape Capture Station Setup: Day One
Jackie Jay, Farallon Archival Consulting, LLC

This two-day workshop is a condensed version of the videotape capture station hands-on training developed for the AAPB Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship Immersion Week. Attendees will be able to explain the concepts of signal flow and sync and identify the various equipment needed to digitize analog video. This is a great introduction for students and moving image archivists that have not previously worked hands-on with analog video.

Typically taught as an in-person hands-on training this workshop has been adapted for remote teaching. Attendees do not need to have their own equipment at the time of the workshop, but if they do, they are welcome to set up their station along with the demonstration. This workshop is intended to develop digitization skills for those who plan to work on small digitization projects remotely and to foster a better understanding and appreciation for the work that digitization vendors do.

 

 

 

 

8:30 AM – 1:00pm (Pacific)
Workshop:  From a Distance: Hands-On Introduction to Videotape Capture Station Setup: Day Two
Jackie Jay, Farallon Archival Consulting, LLC

This two-day workshop is a condensed version of the videotape capture station hands-on training developed for the AAPB Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship Immersion Week. Attendees will be able to explain the concepts of signal flow and sync and identify the various equipment needed to digitize analog video. This is a great introduction for students and moving image archivists that have not previously worked hands-on with analog video.

Typically taught as an in-person hands-on training this workshop has been adapted for remote teaching. Attendees do not need to have their own equipment at the time of the workshop, but if they do, they are welcome to set up their station along with the demonstration. This workshop is intended to develop digitization skills for those who plan to work on small digitization projects remotely and to foster a better understanding and appreciation for the work that digitization vendors do.

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