Preservation of Audiovisual Materials

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Preserving the investment of your audiovisual collections presents a unique challenge to libraries, archives and museums. The wide variety of A/V formats - videotapes, audiotapes, motion picture films, filmstrips, LPs CDs, and DVDs - require special attention to avoid deterioration from everything from daily use to storage problems.

This workshop covers:

  • Identification of different audiovisual formats
  • Causes of damage and deterioration
  • How to minimize damage
  • Proper storage, care and handling
  • Repair and reformatting options
  • Security of audiovisual media.

Learning Objectives: 

  • Identify the major formats of audiovisual materials and their mechanisms of deterioration
  • Design safe storage solutions for their audiovisual collections
  • Prioritize collections for preservation action
  • Apply some of the basic concepts of reformatting to their collections

Target Audience: 
Librarians, archivists, staff at cultural heritage institutions, and any individuals who are interested in learning how to preserve audio holdings (tapes, cassettes, and records) and video holdings (especially film and video tape) in their collections.

Prerequisites:
None

Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements: 

  • Students will participate in class discussion and complete individual assignments.
  • It is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.

Technical Requirements: 
Live Online System Requirements

Session Duration: 
This course consists of two 2-hour sessions.

Instructor:  Carmen Cowick - cowick@amigos.org


Continuing Education Credit:
Contact Hours:  4
IACET CEUs: 0.4

As an IACET Authorized Provider, Amigos offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.

 

 

January 6 & 8, 2015

1:30 - 3:30 PM CST

Online Classroom
United States

Phone:: 800-843-8482
Email:

Non-member $235.00
Amigos Member $165.00
Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 4 Learning Passport Hours $0.00
Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 10% Discount $148.50
Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 15% Discount $140.25