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It’s been a tough year for many in our field. But today, we want to take a moment to recognize the wins — big and small — and to be grateful for the community that keeps showing up, supporting one another, and moving the work forward. #community
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It’s been a tough year for many in our field. But today, we want to take a moment to recognize the wins — big and small — and to be grateful for the community that keeps showing up, supporting one another, and moving the work forward. #community
Practicing Gratitude While Wanting More from the AV Preservation Field. This week's Screening Room is the 2020 keynote from Erica Titkemeyer. Look for the link in your inbox.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Practicing Gratitude While Wanting More from the AV Preservation Field. This week's Screening Room is the 2020 keynote from Erica Titkemeyer. Look for the link in your inbox.
Adam Savage tours through the Paramount Pictures film archives, where Executive Director Chuck Woodfill shows us the many types of media inventoried and preserved for digitalization and restoration. https://loom.ly/JNapBWA
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Adam Savage tours through the Paramount Pictures film archives, where Executive Director Chuck Woodfill shows us the many types of media inventoried and preserved for digitalization and restoration. https://loom.ly/JNapBWA
How do we trust what we see? Like a surging viral outbreak, A.I.-generated video has suddenly become inescapable. The work to ensure authentic materials includes the Trust in Archives Initiative. https://loom.ly/q342ddA
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
How do we trust what we see? Like a surging viral outbreak, A.I.-generated video has suddenly become inescapable. The work to ensure authentic materials includes the Trust in Archives Initiative. https://loom.ly/q342ddA
How files and essence coding systems were originally created, the file format wars that mimicked the incompatible physical media formats, and how certain file types prevailed in this week's Screening Room: Lessons Learned from the Format Wars. Look for the link in your inbox.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
How files and essence coding systems were originally created, the file format wars that mimicked the incompatible physical media formats, and how certain file types prevailed in this week's Screening Room: Lessons Learned from the Format Wars. Look for the link in your inbox.
This week's Screening Room looks at production strategies in the modern era of gigabytes, terabytes, and file based cameras. Who is the custodian of the camera original files and how much do we need to preserve? All takes, circle takes, directors cut and final or just the final? From DAS 2014.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This week's Screening Room looks at production strategies in the modern era of gigabytes, terabytes, and file based cameras. Who is the custodian of the camera original files and how much do we need to preserve? All takes, circle takes, directors cut and final or just the final? From DAS 2014.
The Trust in Archives Initiative (TAI) unites archivists, researchers, and creators to safeguard the integrity of media collections and maintain public trust. Join the conversation. https://loom.ly/rIFUb8A
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Trust in Archives Initiative (TAI) unites archivists, researchers, and creators to safeguard the integrity of media collections and maintain public trust. Join the conversation. https://loom.ly/rIFUb8A
For Halloween, this week's Screening Room is Mostly Lost: The Lost Origins of Silent Horror Icons. About 70% of American silent feature films no longer exist. Lost along with them is the genre’s history. From AMIA 2020 - look for the link in your inbox.
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
For Halloween, this week's Screening Room is Mostly Lost: The Lost Origins of Silent Horror Icons. About 70% of American silent feature films no longer exist. Lost along with them is the genre’s history. From AMIA 2020 - look for the link in your inbox.
In this week's member Screening Room Brian Foo, data artist, former b-boy, and a 2020 Library of Congress Innovator in Residence discusses the philosophy and development of Citizen DJ. Look for the link in your inbox.
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In this week's member Screening Room Brian Foo, data artist, former b-boy, and a 2020 Library of Congress Innovator in Residence discusses the philosophy and development of Citizen DJ. Look for the link in your inbox.
This week's member Screening Room asks: Medics on the Move: Traveling Doctors, Tourists, Witnesses, or Prospectors? Look for the link in your inbox.
October 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This week's member Screening Room asks: Medics on the Move: Traveling Doctors, Tourists, Witnesses, or Prospectors? Look for the link in your inbox.
The year John Travolta introduced "Adele Dazeem" at the Oscars, Apple sneaked a look at its new watch, and you couldn't go anywhere without hearing Pharrell WIlliams singing "Happy". And in 2014, AMIA was Savannah for the conference and Los Angeles for the Reel Thing.
October 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The year John Travolta introduced "Adele Dazeem" at the Oscars, Apple sneaked a look at its new watch, and you couldn't go anywhere without hearing Pharrell WIlliams singing "Happy". And in 2014, AMIA was Savannah for the conference and Los Angeles for the Reel Thing.
This week's member Screening Room features the First Heritage Video Stored on DNA. A case study from AMIA 2020 - the International Olympic Committee and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia used DNA to store video data, a world-first for Archives. Look for the link in your inbox
October 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This week's member Screening Room features the First Heritage Video Stored on DNA. A case study from AMIA 2020 - the International Olympic Committee and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia used DNA to store video data, a world-first for Archives. Look for the link in your inbox
This week's Screening Room looks at the challenges of film scanning. As comparatively affordable film scanners have become available in the past decade, more institutions have initiated their own scanning programs. Look for the link in your inbox.
September 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This week's Screening Room looks at the challenges of film scanning. As comparatively affordable film scanners have become available in the past decade, more institutions have initiated their own scanning programs. Look for the link in your inbox.
Will you be in Sacramento next weekend? Sacramento on Film: Celebrating 15 Years of California Revealed!
#regionalarchives
#regionalarchives
September 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Will you be in Sacramento next weekend? Sacramento on Film: Celebrating 15 Years of California Revealed!
#regionalarchives
#regionalarchives
Schedule update: tomorrow’s CRT Repair & Maintenance workshop is moving to October 24, 2025. Same topic, same speakers—new date. Thanks for your patience! https://loom.ly/4tr_8MM
September 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Schedule update: tomorrow’s CRT Repair & Maintenance workshop is moving to October 24, 2025. Same topic, same speakers—new date. Thanks for your patience! https://loom.ly/4tr_8MM
Will you be in Sacramento next weekend? Sacramento on Film: Celebrating 15 Years of California Revealed!
#regionalarchives
#regionalarchives
September 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Will you be in Sacramento next weekend? Sacramento on Film: Celebrating 15 Years of California Revealed!
#regionalarchives
#regionalarchives
This week's member Screening Room is from the 2016 Projection Workshop in Austin. Filmmaker Peter Flynn talks about his film "Dying of the Light" - a loving tribute to the art and romance of the movies and the unseen people who brought the light to our screens. Look for the link in your inbox.
September 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This week's member Screening Room is from the 2016 Projection Workshop in Austin. Filmmaker Peter Flynn talks about his film "Dying of the Light" - a loving tribute to the art and romance of the movies and the unseen people who brought the light to our screens. Look for the link in your inbox.
Looking back at 2018 -when "Girls Like You" was the most watched music video, Black Panther introduced us to Wakanda, and women's ice hockey was the talk of the Olympics. AMIA was in Portland and there were projection workshops in Chicago and in Boston.
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Looking back at 2018 -when "Girls Like You" was the most watched music video, Black Panther introduced us to Wakanda, and women's ice hockey was the talk of the Olympics. AMIA was in Portland and there were projection workshops in Chicago and in Boston.
WIshing all of our colleagues at IASA and SEAPAVAA a great conference in Honolulu this week!
September 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
WIshing all of our colleagues at IASA and SEAPAVAA a great conference in Honolulu this week!
This week's Screening Room is a virtual tour of the Asian Film Archive with Executive Director Karen Chan from AMIA 2021. Look for the link in your inbox.
August 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This week's Screening Room is a virtual tour of the Asian Film Archive with Executive Director Karen Chan from AMIA 2021. Look for the link in your inbox.
This week's Screening Room spotlights the Cinematic Spectacle of Pancho Villa's Posthumous Career. Check your inbox for the link.
August 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This week's Screening Room spotlights the Cinematic Spectacle of Pancho Villa's Posthumous Career. Check your inbox for the link.
In 2007 we met the first iPhone and the first Kindle, hashtags became a thing, and The Sopranos ended just as Mad Men began, AMIA hosted JTS in Toronto, the conference was in Rochester, and the first Trivia Showdown premiered (congrats to It's All Your Vault for the win).
August 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In 2007 we met the first iPhone and the first Kindle, hashtags became a thing, and The Sopranos ended just as Mad Men began, AMIA hosted JTS in Toronto, the conference was in Rochester, and the first Trivia Showdown premiered (congrats to It's All Your Vault for the win).
CBS Saturday Morning looks into one-of-kind collections - including an interview with archivist Ted Ryan at Ford Motors, Harvard's Magna Carta, and Game of Thrones.
https://loom.ly/5fCcYDE
https://loom.ly/5fCcYDE
August 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
CBS Saturday Morning looks into one-of-kind collections - including an interview with archivist Ted Ryan at Ford Motors, Harvard's Magna Carta, and Game of Thrones.
https://loom.ly/5fCcYDE
https://loom.ly/5fCcYDE
Tomorrow is the deadline to submit nominations for the 2025 National Film Registry!
https://loom.ly/cY8g-DA
https://loom.ly/cY8g-DA
August 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Tomorrow is the deadline to submit nominations for the 2025 National Film Registry!
https://loom.ly/cY8g-DA
https://loom.ly/cY8g-DA