Welcome to Steel City! Keynote Speaker: Rick Sebak AMIA 2022 Keynote & Conference Welcome Wednesday at 9:15 am Rick Sebak makes unusual television programs. His slightly wacky documentaries now celebrate various aspects of modern American life and the unexpected charms of Pittsburgh. Audiences have learned to recognize his friendly narrative style and the unusual topics that he obviously loves. Since 1987 when he returned to his...
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Admission is free 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Screening: Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story A documentary that delves into the life of experimental film curator Sally Dixon. Her story began in the 1960’s when she received a small hand-held movie camera from her father-in-law and started making films, that she later called “Film Poems.” Sally is known as a trailblazer in the “film as art”...
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We’ve been working with the great Local Committee in Pittsburgh – Adam Hart, Steve Haines, Emily Davis, Chad Hunter, Diana Little, Greg Pierce, and Miriam Meislik. Don’t miss .. + Pamela’s for breakfast + The whiskey selection at Butcher & Rye Don’t miss .. + The Duquesne Incline + Cathedral of Learning + Carnegie Museums Don’t miss .. + The gelato in Bloomfield + Heinz History Center The Andy Warhol...
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Thanks to our Local Committee for some great food and brewery recommendations – Adam Hart, Steve Haines, Emily Davis, Chad Hunter, Diana Little, Greg Pierce, and Miriam Meislik. Inside the Omni William Penn Food and drink options inside the hotel include the Terrace Room, Tap Room, Speakeasy, Brueggers Bagels, and Stance Coffee. Bakersfield (bakersfieldtacos.com) Mexican Street Fare. Tacos. Whiskey. Tequila. 940 Penn Avenue (412)...
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Test your skills, win prizes, all for a good cause. And, more importantly, dethrone the reigning AMIA Trivia Champs! Do you know the name of the only presidential candidate to win electoral votes after he died? Or what year McDonald’s was founded? If not, you’ll want to find a colleague that does as you form your team for Trivia – on Wednesday night at the conference in Pittsburgh. Since the game is open to all categories,...
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Amal Ahmed Amal Ahmed holds a Master’s degree from the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program at NYU. Her thesis topic focused on researching and contextualising Pakistani films from the 1950s-1980s in the George Eastman Museums South Asian Film Collection. Patricia Aufderheide Patricia Aufderheide is University Professor in the School of Communication at American University, and the coauthor with Peter Jaszi of Reclaiming Fair Use:...
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This is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change 10:00AM – 5:00PM AMIA/DLF Hack Day 10:30AM – 5:00PM Community Archiving Workshop 1:00PM – 5:00PM Workshop: Linked (Wiki)Data for All: Connect Your Collections to the Web 8:30AM – 10:30AM Keynote & Opening Welcome 11:00AM – 11:30AM Archiving Community Television: The Austin Community Television Recordings Collection 11:00AM – 12:00PM Increasing...
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