Registration is happening now. A couple workshops of note:
* Wednesday Morning:Workshop: A/V Tech Basics for non-engineers * The workshop will focus on providing a good technical basis, in plain English, for those who do not already have audiovisual engineering training. The goal is to allow non-technical people of all types to have a good, basic grasp of the technologies, concepts and terms involved in audiovisual recording and reproduction in general, digitization of audiovisual materials, and what is involved in file-based workflows, metadata and long-term data archiving once materials are digitized. People who attend the workshop will walk away with a good, operating grasp of the technologies involved, de-mystifying the terms and concepts audiovisual archivists face every day at institutions large and small to know what materials they are looking at, how to handle their preservation, how to plan for their digital conversion, and have a functional knowledge of the terminology and concepts required to write grants and contracts for digital conversion and storage of audiovisual materials. * Wednesday Afternoon: Workshop: Preserving Your Audio and Video Assets: The Essentials * What do you need to know to protect the video and audio materials in your collection? If you want to preserve these valuable assets, you really need a basic understanding of the media…what is unique about it, how it should be handled, how to evaluate its condition, and what concepts and decisions need to be applied to preserve the content for future generations. The workshop will start with an overview of tape structure, proper handling/storage procedures, obsolescence considerations and evaluation techniques needed to assess and protect what you have in your collections. This will include pictorial guides to identifying tape types, rate danger from obsolescence and standardized procedures to evaluate if tapes are safe to play or copy. The workshop will then review popular digital file options, digital storage options, essentials for choosing and dealing with digitization or storage vendors, how to determine when digitization or storage can be done in-house and, finally, options for metadata and content retrieval. http://www.amiaconference.com/ Here's the page of fees. Non-members can register for single day (or full conference) attendance and can also register for single workshops. http://www.cvent.com/events/amia-2014-savannah/fees-8d313eeb3bc64212826c8cdd8288eaa0.aspx?i=adfbb31c-4e13-4048-9a64-0d5b9c387f84 -- Chris Lewis American University Library 202.885.3257
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
