There will be two Poster Sessions at AMIA 2015 – with a slate of great presentations!  Check your program for the individual poster schedule.   Collaborative Method for Overcoming the “Lack Of”: Case Study of Japan Ann Adachi-Tasch, Collaborative Cataloging Japan A collaborative method for the cataloging and preservation of postwar Japanese experimental moving image offers great potential for resolving several issues...

AMIA 2015 Conference Schedule   WEDNESDAY 8:00am Workshop: Film Archives and Digital Humanitie 8:00am Workshop: Planning and Designing an Oral History Project 8:30am Workshop:  Copyright 101 for Moving Image Archivists 8:30am The Third AMIA/DLF Hack Day 9:00am Workshop:  Shoot, Process, Project 10:00am Workshop:  Community Archiving 12:30pm The Reel Thing XXXVI 1:30pm Workshop:  AMIA Writer’s Workshop 6:00pm DAS Keynote 7:00pm Opening...

Test your skills, win prizes, all for a good cause.  And, more importantly, dethrone the reigning AMIA Trivia Champs!   Do you know which George Washington’s salary as president was? Or Donald Duck’s middle name is? If not, you’ll want to find a fellow colleague that does as you begin to form your team for AMIA’s  Annual Trivia Throwdown at this year’s conference in Portland. Didn’t play last year? Shame...

AMIA Announces Keynote Speakers for Digital Asset Symposium Program Will Run Simultaneously with AMIA Annual Conference LOS ANGELES (October 15, 2015) – The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) has enlisted keynote speakers Erik Weaver and John Downey for the Digital Asset Symposium (DAS), which takes place Nov. 18-19 in Portland, Ore., at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower. This year marks the first time that DAS will run...

AMIA 2015 will offer a number of screenings in the hotel and at the Whitsell Auditorium.  Anyone registered may use their badge for entry. Thursday . November 19 7:45pm . Whitsell Auditorium AMIA Archival Screeening Night Archival Screening Night is a showcase for AMIA members’ recent acquisitions, discoveries, and preservation efforts. The program represents the magnificent spectrum of media formats, works, and collections protected and...

This three program Advocacy Stream is to provide attendees with useful information and inspiring case studies that will help them to be more effective advocates in their own situations. SESSION 1: INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE POINTS Moderator: Caroline Yeager, George Eastman House; co-chair AMIA Advocacy Committee Speakers: Hila Abraham, Digitization and Access Project Director at the Jerusalem Cinémathèque – Israel Film Archive Christophe Dupin,...

Archival Screening Night will take place at the Whitsell Theatre at the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon. The 2015 edition of ARCHIVAL SCREENING NIGHT will be open to the public. All submissions are made with the understanding that this will be a ticketed event, open to an 18+ audience. * * * The AMIA Archival Screening Night provides conference participants with an opportunity to showcase recent acquisitions and preservation efforts....

Wednesday . November 18  .  1:30pm – 5:30pm Get it in Writing: The First Annual AMIA Writer’s Workshop Led by AMIA colleagues with experience on both sides of the writing process (Donald Crafton and Susan Ohmer: authors, professors and current co-editors of The Moving Image; Devin Orgeron: author, professor, co-chair of AMIA’s Publications Committee, and former editor of The Moving Image; Regina Longo: author and associate editor at...