THE 2014 OPEN SOURCE DIGITAL PRESERVATION AND ACCESS STREAM focused on the use of open source software that is in current significant use within digital preservation and access systems.  Curated by Chris Lacinak of AVPreserve in collaboration with AMIA’s Open Source Committee the stream covered larger issues such as when it does or does not make sense to take the open source approach, and how to navigate the complexities of copyright and...

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October 8-11 Hyatt Regency Hotel Savannah, Georgia   The AMIA annual conference provides an opportunity for colleagues and those interested in the field to meet, share information and work together. In addition to workshops and sessions, the conference offers programs such as Community Archiving, AMIA/DLF Hack Day, Archival Screening Night, The Reel Thing and the annual AMIA awards. In Savannah, AMIA also worked with community leaders to...

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      Speaker presentations are posted as they are received.         The 2014 program offered a daily stream of curated programming, you can click directly to those presentations .. The Open Source Digital Preservation and Access Stream focused on the use of open source software that is in current significant use within digital preservation and access systems.  Curated in collaboration with AMIA’s Open Source...

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The Thursday morning Keynote and the daily plenaries will feature speakers that provide big picture perspectives, innovative insights, and broad outlooks on current issues of interest to the entire audience. Plenary sessions will bring together all conference delegates at the first session of every morning. AMIA welcomes Ian MacKaye as the 2014 Keynote speaker Ian MacKaye is currently the front man of The Evens and formerly of the influential...

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This year, the Conference will offer evening screenings at the hotel on Friday and Saturday night.  In addition, AMIA will offer a Community Screening on Saturday afternoon for the families in Savannah.       FRIDAY . October 10 7:15pm – 8:00pm It Happened in 16mm: A Night of Regional Film The Small Gauge Amateur Film Committee and the Regional Audiovisual Archives Committee are co-sponsoring a small gauge screening event...

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Poster presentations will be held from 12:00pm – 2:00pm on Thursday and Friday, October 9-10th in the Regency Ballroom as part of the Vendor Cafe.              Doris Chase and the WCFTR: Creating a Culture of Collaboration at UW Madison Willie Thurlow, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research/UW-Madison The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research’s Doris Chase collection comprises numerous film...

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Our partners and sponsors are passionate about their involvement with AMIA, our members and the work we do.  And we couldn’t be more pleased to have their support.  Their generosity makes many of AMIA’s programs and projects possible.   Preservation Circle Iron Mountain Entertainment Services For more than 60 years, Iron Mountain has preserved priceless originals of blockbuster movies, popular songs, hit TV shows and other...

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Join us in the Vendor Cafe!  Our supplier and service provider partners are a great resource about what is new, what works and what’s around the corner.   Thursday and Friday , October 9th & 10th, 2014 Hyatt Regency Savannah   Here is a  list of Vendors … Axiell ALM Axiell ALM is the world’s premier supplier of Archive, Library and Museum collection management systems. Our CEN15907 compliant collection management...

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