AMIA RAVA Committee
AV Preservation Problems Mold Film degradation Nitrate phobia Sticky Shed Syndrome “Degralescence”
RAVA Preservation Problems Lack of resources!
STATE of the STATES Evaluating US Regional AV image via wikimedia commons
Survey AMIA SAA ALA
Official RAVAs Regions Northeast Historic Film Appalshop Chicago Film Archive States Florida Moving Image Archives Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound Texas Archive of the Moving Image
Most represented 1.Louisiana, New York and Pennsylvania 2. Maryland 3.Illinois 4.New Jersey, Texas, USA: national 5.California, Georgia 6.Alaska, Florida, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia 7.Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Northeast, Oklahoma, Oregon, Southwest, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin
Types of organizations 1.Universities 2.Historical societies 3.RAVAs 4.State/city archives
Types of AV (Mix of formats: film, magnetic tape, born-digital) 1.Local television 2.Home movies 3.Documentaries 4.Publicity movies
Needs 1.Environmental storage 2.Digital storage 3.Digitization 4.Staff
Next steps for AMIA RAVA 1.Update database 2.Publish in AMIA Deep Focus Directory 3.Outreach/Awareness
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Further steps for AMIA RAVA 1.In-depth survey 2.Collaboration Resources Grant funding 3.You tell me!