2008 Conference
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Presentations and materials from “Rare and Special Bytes: Special Collections in the Digital Age,” the 49th Annual RBMS Preconference, Los Angeles, CA, June 24-27, 2008.
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Item Open Access 2008 RBMS Preconference Press Release(2008-02-25) Ondrla, ToryItem Open Access Item Open Access Item Open Access Teaching and Outreach in Special Collections: From K-12 to Undergraduates and Beyond(2008-06) Alvarez, Pablo; Berglund, LisaFrom Credit to Public Course: Teaching the History of the Book to a Wider Audience by Pablo Alvarez; Introducing Undergraduates to Rare Books and Literary Manuscripts by Lisa Berglund; Two Assignments that Bring Students into the Rare Book Room by Lisa BerglundItem Open Access Developing and Sustaining Collecting Relationships with Cultural Communities(2008-06) Krizack, JoanPreserving the History of Boston’s Diversity: Northeastern University’s Project to Document African American, Chinese, Latino, and Gay and Lesbian Communities of BostonItem Open Access An Overview of and Introduction to Archives Management Systems: Archivists’ Toolkit and Archon(2008-06) Prom, Christopher J.Archon: Facilitating Access to Special CollectionsItem Open Access Essential Film: A How-To Guide to Photochemical Preservation in 20 Minutes or Less(2008-06-29) Pogorzelski, MichaelMike Pogorzelski (Director, Academy Film Archive, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) presented “Essential Film: A How-To Guide to Photochemical Preservation in 20 Minutes or Less.” He offered a basic definition of terms to help define the different elements involved (original camera negative, Fine grain master positive, duplicate negative, answer print, check print, preservation element, to name a few). Porkorzelski then walked through the process of producing a preservation element, access to the film, and finally (if the budget allows) a production element for subsequent copies. Cost is a relative variable, depending on the project.Item Open Access 2008 ALA/RBMS Annual Conference Files(2008-06-29)Miscellaneous files relating to the 2008 ALA/RBMS Annual Conference, including a selected bibliography, program descriptions, and the program image/poster.Item Open Access Reformatting Moving Images: Opportunities, Compromises and Decision-making in Today’s Media Landscape(2008-06-29) Frost, HannahHannah Frost (Media Preservation Librarian, Stanford University) presented “Reformatting Moving Images: Opportunities, Compromises and Decision-making in Today’s Media Landscape.” YouTube presents a challenge to the list of new resources; although the argument can be made that it is a form of preservation, YouTube changes the expectation of the user, who in turn assumes that everything can be online. Analog tape or video are really a thing of the past. Frost advocates turning to digital technology. The audio community has a widely held consensus on the specs for reformatting: 24 bit, 96 kilohertz (at a minimum) and uncompressed PCM data in a broadcasting format. Unfortunately, digital technology is not so straight forward. She gave examples of her experiences in reformatting, providing examples of dirty film, after digitization, as well as flaws in analog formats which cannot be helped, and are thus transferred to the digital copy.Item Open Access Get the Max from the Mix! Evaluating, Preserving and Making the Most of Audiovisual Materials in Mixed Collections(2008-06-29) Becker, SnowdenSnowden Becker (Co-founder of The Center for Home Movies) discussed the basic steps of identifying, assessing and preserving audiovisual materials. She offered a numeric order to follow, but prefaced the order by stating that this process can happen organically, and not to consider the numeric order gospel. These steps were outlined: counting, identifying, assessing, describing, quantifying, prioritizing, preserving and publicizing. She emphasized the importance of counting first, as it creates a new semantic reality to the collection, as well as makes grant writing easier, since numbers are more compelling than expressions of “the sky is falling.” She also advocated a pilot of the project, stating that it saves money, and will show how wrong things can go, or “how much you don’t know about your collection.” To close, she promoted publicizing what you do, stating that the more we do it, the easier it is for people who follow us.