[QuadList] AMIA Conference 2009--St. Louis--Quad Workshop/Seminar/Presentation?

[Klara Foeller]

Hello all,

The AMIA conference is usually in mid-November and I'm thrilled it's 
coming to St. Louis.  I think St. Louis was proposed as a conference 
site at the AMIA Vancouver conference in 2003, and all of about 3 people 
voted for it, so I'm surprised...but delighted.  St. Louis has a great 
central location, good conference facilities, great food and 
entertainment options...and of course, a fantastic history museum.

I'm planning on proposing a couple of panel sessions for this year's 
conference: the first I'm calling "Gonzo Media Lab" which will be 
intended as encouragement and advice to smaller institutions on how to 
develop some level of effective in-house mastering and digitization 
capabilities and a second about providing and preparing archival media 
for use in museum exhibitions.  And while I'm not proposing a session 
specifically on quad video, I'd be happy to participate in helping to 
organize the session, make a presentation and/or speak as part of a 
panel discussion.  I'll also have recently mastered and digitized 
material recovered from quad video available for screening.

The Midwest Archives Conference is also happening in St. Louis this 
year, the end of April, and I have been asked to participate in a 
session discussion on video collections, with specific interest in quad 
tape, and I've also been asked to host an open house and a quad 
demonstration for that event.  The Missouri History Museum is 
enthusiastic about the opportunity to showcase our capabilities at MAC 
and I've already discussed doing the same for the AMIA conference with 
my supervisor, Chris Gordon.

I think it is very likely that I will be able to put these events on our 
calendars, but I will need the help and support of our Quad community to 
make sure the events are well attended and informative.

I'm also looking forward to meeting other Quad list participants in person.

Klara Foeller, Curator
Moving Image & Sound Collections
Missouri History Museum
314 746-4513

Ted Langdell wrote:
> FYI:  The 2009 Association of Moving Image Archivists annual 
> Conference is being held in the home city of.... <tympani>..... 
>
> Quad Videotape Group member Klara Foeller, Curator, Moving Image & 
> Sound Collections at the Missouri History Museum. 
> <http://www.mohistory.org>
>
> No date for Conference has been announced, yet... but it's generally 
> in the fall. I'll advise as soon as known.
>
> As you might remember from her initial post in November, Klara 
> described having three collections with 800 Quad tapes, and a working 
> Ampex VR-1200 she's been using to transfer material with.
>
> Plan for at least one Quad Videotape Group dinner during the five day 
> run... and I suspect, a visit to Klara's collections and perhaps a 
> screening.
>
> If anyone wants to assist or take the lead in developing Quad-related 
> workshops, seminars or presentations, I'd be happy to facilitate the 
> paperwork and coordination.  Forms are supposed to be available Feb. 15.
>
> Deadline will likely be in late May or early June based on last year's 
> deadlines.
>
> To find out more about AMIA, go to http://amianet.org.
> To check up on the AMIA Conference, click on http://www.amiaconference.com
> Learn more about St. Louis from http://www.explorestlouis.com
>
> Ted
>
> Ted Langdell
> flashscan8.us <http://www.%20flashscan8.us>
> Secretary
>
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