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"Symposium on Moving Image Archival Education & Training"



Title: "Symposium on Moving Image Archival Education & Traini

All interested archivists, students, and educators are invited to attend a symposium on "The Future of Moving Image Archival Education and Training: Building New Models and Partnerships."

The symposium, the first gathering of its kind in North America, will be held on November 14 during the annual conference of the Association of Moving Image Archivists at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles. The schedule of sessions and speakers as it has been developed to date is provided below. Complete conference program and registration information can be found at http://www.amianet.org/04_Annual/04b_LA2k/04b01_index.html.


                              Symposium:

      "THE FUTURE OF MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
                 BUILDING NEW MODELS AND PARTNERSHIPS"

                          9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
                      Tuesday, November 14, 2000
                           Terrace ABC Room
                       Sheraton Universal Hotel


Organized by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and the AMIA Education Committee.

Introduction:

This day-long symposium will assess progress in the field to date, while also discussing the future of moving image archival education with the goal of fostering new educational strategies, collaborations and exchanges on an international scale. Much work remains to be done in these areas, work that will be essential in establishing moving image archiving as a profession with its own unique knowledge base, professional standards, and academic credentials.

For decades, archivists have learned their trade primarily through on-site vocational training, an apprenticeship model of "learning by doing" while "on the job." More recently, this model has proven itself inadequate, and has been joined by a diverse range of educational opportunities that are being offered internationally on an ongoing basis. These include summer schools, workshops and short courses, archive-centered schools, training networks, distance learning initiatives, online tutorials and resource guides, scholarship programs, as well as academic-centered models involving permanent, postgraduate, university-based education within curricula and degree offerings that combine hands-on training with broader, interdisciplinary requirements.
Symposium Participants:

Many of these new programs have been created through model collaborations involving archives, universities, film studies departments, library and information science schools, professional associations, producers, preservation laboratories and service providers, and funding agencies. The Education Symposium will bring together representatives from these sectors -- public and private, academic and archival -- to discuss the needs of the field, propose solutions, and further develop these partnerships.

Participants in the symposium will be grouped into a series of topical sessions or focus groups structured within the day-long event, with informal presentations and roundtable discussions on a range of educational issues featured in each session. Speakers are being invited to address questions and propose visionary solutions for developing the profession and building new relationships in each of the core discussion areas. Responses from other symposium speakers as well as AMIA conference attendees will form a crucial part of the symposium dialogue.
Morning Sessions:

1.  "International Initiatives"

What are the developing models for international cooperation and student exchange, whether involving sponsorship by national-level institutions, regional groups, or international federations?

Moderator: Steven Ricci, UCLA Film and Television Archive
Speakers:  ARCHIMEDIA European Training Network (pending confirmation)
           Paolo Cherichi Usai, FIAF Summer School
           Juana Perujo, Filmoteca de la UNAM
           Ray Edmondson, South East Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive
               Association (SEAPAVAA)

2.  "Training for Regional and Community-Based Archives"

What are the training needs of smaller, community-based archives with local or special collection mandates, as distinct from larger corporate or national-level archives with specialized staff and divisions of labor?

Moderator: Maryann Gomes, Northwest Film Archive, and
               AMIA Regional Audiovisual Archives Interest Group Chair
Speakers:  Chon Noriega, UCLA Department of Film and Television
           (other speakers pending confirmation)

3.  "Continuing Education"

In addition to new students, how can professional organizations and universities best meet the ongoing career development needs of working professionals in the archival or related fields? What are the different priority skills sets most relevant to employers in different sectors of the archival community?

Moderator: James Turner, University of Montreal, and
               AMIA Education Committee Co-chair
Speakers:  Alan Lewis, National Archives and Records Administration, and
               AMIA Basic Training Workshops Instructor
           Paolo Cherchi Usai, George Eastman House L. Jeffrey Selznick
               School of Film Preservation
           Howard Sisko, UCLA
           Gregory Lukow, UCLA Film and Television Archive

4.  "Curricular Materials"

What are the basic reference works needed to support the teaching of archival work? What is the field's core literature? How can archival materials themselves be incorporated into innovative new pedagogical tools -- test reels, instructional videos, digital tutorials -- to enhance visual literacy and diagnostic skills?

Moderator: (to be confirmed)
Speakers:  Sally Hubbard, UCLA Film and Television Archive
           Michael Friend, FIAF Technical Commission
           Nicola Mazzanti, L'Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna

5.  "Distance Learning"

What are the unique strengths and challenges of distance learning training models? What roles have Internet-based curriculum or online tutorials been able to play in providing education without borders? Are there skills and areas of knowledge that are easier or more difficult to teach through these approaches?

Moderator: (to be confirmed)
Speakers:  Paul Wilson, University of Texas at Austin
           Ray Edmondson, National Screen and Sound Archive, Australia
           Nicola Mazzanti, L'Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna
           David Lee, Wessex Film and Sound Archive, and
               Society of Archivists (UK) Film & Sound Group
Afternoon Sessions:

6.  "University Degrees"

How can students with moving image archival interests be accommodated in traditional programs and departments (e.g., library sciences, media studies, etc.)? How can dedicated new degree programs be established through cross-disciplinary innovation? What will be the impact on the profession of new university-based degree credentials?

Moderators: Steven Ricci and Gregory Lukow,
               UCLA Film and Television Archive
Speakers:  David Cleveland, East Anglian Film Archive, University
               of East Anglia
           Michele Cloonan, UCLA Department of Information Studies
           Paolo Cherchi Usai George Eastman House Selznick School
           Antonia Lant, New York University Department of Cinema Studies

7.  "Relations with the Academic and Research Communities"

How can the essential reciprocity between archivists and the academic community be maintained in the areas of collections development, information management, historical research, scholarly use, and traditional and multimedia publication? What contributions can both make not only to the establishment of study lists and canons but also the larger cultural heritage?

Moderator: (to be confirmed)
Speakers:  Jan-Christopher Horak, Hollywood Entertainment Museum, and
               AMIA Journal Editor
           Lynda Lee Kaid, University of Oklahoma Political
               Communications Center and Archive
           Chon Noriega, UCLA Department of Film and Television.
           Dan Streible, University of South Carolina, and
               AMIA Academic-Archival Interest Group Chair

8.  "Partnerships"

How can innovative new forms of collaboration and support from private sector producers, service providers, government agencies, and major foundations be enlisted to further advance the needs of the field in such areas as program development, internships, scholarships, and job placement programs?

Moderator: Eddie Richmond, AMIA Education Committee, and
               UCLA Film and Television Archive
Speakers:  David Gracy, University of Texas at Austin Graduate School of
               Library and Information Science, and President, Academy of
               Certified Archivists
           Rick Utley, PRO-TEK Media Preservation Vault, a Cinesite
               Company
           Keri Botello, UCLA Department of Information Studies
               Internship Program
           (other speakers pending confirmation)

9.  "Closing Plenary"

Moderators: Steven Ricci and Gregory Lukow,
               UCLA Film and Television Archive
Speakers:  Paolo Cherchi Usai, George Eastman House Selznick School
           David Gracy, University of Texas at Austin Graduate School of
               Library and Information Science, and President, Academy of
               Certified Archivists
           James Turner, University of Montreal, and
               AMIA Education Committee Co-chair

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