Collaborative Notes _________________________________ Indigitization: Supporting the Digital Preservation of Indigenous Cultural Heritage Where It Lives Gerald Lawson, University of British Columbia The Indigitization Program has helped Indigenous community organizations in British Columbia, Canada, to digitize more than 12,000 cassette tapes containing precious fragments of cultural heritage. With the program poised to expand into support for...
Read MoreThe International Outreach, Education and Conference committees are taking steps to make the AMIA conference more accessible to both (1) folks who cannot make it to the conference as well as (2) future on-lookers. In collaboration with the secretariat, we are doing our best to (1) make as many presenter slides available as possible during and after the conference, (2) live-stream a select number of sessions and (3) provide live notes during the...
Read MoreThe Films of Expo 67 – 50 Years Later (pdf) Steve Moore, Library and Archives Canada Stéphanie Côté, Cinemathèque québécoise Film was an integral part of the Expo 67 experience. Held in Montreal 50 years ago during Canada’s centennial year, Expo 67 is considered the most successful world’s fair of the 20th century. Some of that success can be attributed to the innovative use of moving images: experiments in presentation,...
Read MoreAs part of the 2016 program, the conference offered four curated streams of programming. Below are presentations from the program stream. Presentations will be posted as they are received. Framing the Horizon: What’s Next in Moving Image Archival Education As the film preservation and moving image archival fields look towards the future, it is imperative that we reflect on, analyze, and assess how to best equip the next generation of...
Read MoreAs part of the 2016 program, the conference offered four curated streams of programming. Below are presentations from the program stream. Presentations will be posted as they are received. Environmental Issues and Archives This program stream discussed the aspects of climate change, environmental issues, and energy/power issues that impact archives. It’s goal is to raise awareness and provide support to archivists on methods to...
Read MoreAs part of the 2016 program, the conference offered four curated streams of programming. Below are presentations from the program stream. Presentations will be posted as they are received. DIGIPRES: AV CONTENT AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION As 21st century moving image archivists, digital preservation is now a subject that affects us all. This stream focused on the myriad questions, challenges, and opportunities raised by this subject....
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