Film and Television Archives Advisory Committee (F/TAAC)

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• The Film and Television Archives Advisory Committee Chronology

  The Film and Television Archives Advisory Committee (F/TAAC), changes its name to the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).

• The Tapes are Disappearing Preservation

  Account of the deterioration and neglect of independently produced videotape since the 1960s, tracing preservation concerns to NEA support for the American Film Institute and the early Film and Television Archives Advisory Committee (later AMIA); it documents the finite lifespan of videotape, the dispersal of collections, and limited resources for care. The text lists preservation initiatives including BAVC’s 1995 remastering facility, IMAP’s 1999 founding, key publications and conferences, and announces a May 2002 symposium to address remastering, economics and collection assessment; named participants and funders include Deirdre Boyle, Debby Silverfine, Luke Hones, Mona Jimenez, the Library of Congress, NYS Council on the Arts and the Getty Foundation.

• Preservation and Conservation Organizations -  Profiles and Links Preservation

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• Cultural History at Risk: Independent Media and Preservation Preservation

  This document traces the preservation crisis for independent American television and video from late-1960s portapaks through obsolete formats such as 1/2" open reel, 2" quad, Betamax, 3/4" and VHS; it records early concern in the 1980s about tape degradation and cites the Library of Congress study (William Murphy, 1997). It describes the formation of Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP) in February 1999 as a consortium led by media organizations including Media Alliance, Electronic Arts Intermix, Experimental Television Center and Bay Area Video Coalition; FY2000 priorities include a Cataloging Project (IMAP MARC/FileMaker template and web tutorial), technical assistance grants, information resources, advocacy and storage research, with support from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation.

• Saving the Images: A Report from the Looking Back/Looking Forward Symposium Preservation

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