Tuesdays, 6-10 PM, room 651, Fall 2004  (also see Fall 2003 syllabus)
Instructors: Howard Besser & Ann Harris
 
 

Introduction to Moving Image Archiving & Preservation H72.1800

Syllabus 6.1

(latest version of syllabus always at http://miap.hosting.nyu.edu/program/04fall/intro-syllabus.html )

Sept 7 Introduction to Entire Class (HB, AH)

Assignments due before class: Topics covered:

Sept 14 Modes & Artifacts of Moving Image Production: General Discussion & Film (AH)

Assignments due before class: Topics covered:

Sept 21 Modes and Artifacts of Moving Image Production: Video and New Media; Issues of Risk Assessment with all forms of Moving Image Works (AH)

Assignments due before class: Topics covered:

Sept 28*  Perspectives on Collecting, Conservation & Preservation (AH)

Assignments due before class: Topics covered:

Oct 5 Collecting in Context: Theoretical Underpinnings (HB)

  • Assignments due before class:
    •  Topics covered:

    Oct 12 Collections Management: Issues and Approaches (AH, HB)

    Assignments due before class:
     Topics covered:
    For Next Week

    Oct 19 Collecting Institutions: History and Culture of Museums, Archives, and other Repositories (HB)

    Assignments due before class: Topics covered:
    For next week:

    Oct 26 Film Preservation Issues (AH)

    Assignments due before class:

    Topics covered:

    Nov 2 Video & Audio Preservation Issues (HB, AH)

    Assignments due before class: Topics covered:

    Nov 9 New Media & Digital Preservation Issues (HB)

    Assignments due before class: Topics covered:

    Nov 16 Copyright, Legal Issues, & Policy (HB)

    Assignments due before class:
  • Look over:
    •  Topics covered:

    Nov 23  Thanksgiving Holiday (no class)

    Nov 30  Access, Curating & Programming (HB)

    Assignments due before class:
  • Besser, Howard (1998). The Shape of the 21st Century Library, in Milton Wolf et. al. (eds.), Information Imagineering: Meeting at the Interface , Chicago: American Library Association, pages 133-146
  • Moving Image Collections (MIC) General Information
  • Schiller, Daniel. (1988) "How to think about information." In. V. Mosco and J. Wasko (eds.), The Political Economy of Information (pp. 27-43). Madison, WI : University of Wisonsin Press. 1988
  • Lievrouw, L.A. (1994) "Information Resources and Democracy: Understanding the Paradox." Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 45(6), July, pp. 350-357
  • AMIA Compendium of Moving Image Cataloging Practice, edited by Abigail Leab Martin and compiled by Jane D. Johnson, Linda Tadic, Linda Elkins, Christine Lee, and Amy Wood. Society of American Archivists & AMIA, 2001. ca. 275 pp.
  • Archival Moving Image Materials: A Cataloging Manual (AMIM2) . 2nd ed. revised by the AMIM Revision Committee, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 2000. 1 v. ISBN 0-8444-1008-X
  • Harrison, Harriet W. (comp. and ed.), for the Cataloging Commission of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). The FIAF Cataloging Rules for Film Archives. Film-Television-Sound Archive Series: Volume 1. München; London; New York; Paris: K.G. Saur, 1991
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    Dec 7 Final Classroom Presentations (AH, HB)

    Assignments due before class: Topics covered:
    Major Assignments

    look at examples of student work from the 2003 class 

    Group Project -- Case Study of Production History : In this assignment, groups of 3 to 4 students will collaborate to create a case study that will be instructive in the identification and selection of moving image and sound material. Each group will conduct 2 case studies that, through text and image, demonstrate the production process for a particular project or mode of production including:

    Imagine the audience for the case study is moving image and archiving professionals who will utilize the information as they begin sorting and processing a collection. The case study should be concise and easy to read, but with sufficient detail for the task. Visual aids such as for key formats, special labeling, examples of documentation, database screenshots, etc., will also be helpful.

    To gain the necessary knowledge, the groups must conduct an audio or video interview of one person per case study. In some cases, print and electronic resources may be available or helpful.

    Orphans Assignment -- Research Context of Historical news clips: In groups of 3 or 4, you will be given a 4-15 minute VHS clip of nonfiction footage from the late 1920s or early 1930s from the collection of the NewsFilm Library at the University of South Carolina. You will also have access to a temporary cataloging record for the clip by searching the catalog of the NewsFilm Library. Your assignment is to research the context of this clip.  All these clips are in the process of being restored, and the restored versions will be screened at the Orphans Film Symposium in early 2006. What you find out about the clip will likely be presented there as well, as was much of last year's student work.  You will need to turn in both a written paper (both the paper and word-processed version) and a Powerpoint presentation (which you will present in class and hand in the file to Alicia).
    Individual Final Project -- student choice, but must be related to something covered during the semester: A major term project.  Topic must be approved by one of the instructors by Oct 14. Must be presented in class during the last class sessions, and a written component must be turned in. Below are a few examples: