Video History Project

Chronology

Media Alliance

Date
1994

Media Alliance, under the direction of Mona Jimenez, proposes to the National Endowment for the Humanities a model partnership with the NAMID program to achieve compatible cataloging among media organizations across a broad geographic area. Although never funded, the proposal provides a foundation for collaboration on cataloging.

Organizations included were Anthology Film Archives, Art Media Studies Department of Syracuse University, Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos, Experimental Television Center, Everson Museum of Art, Hallwalls, Media Bus, Paper Tiger Television, Port Washington Public Library, Tisch School of the Arts of New York University, Visual Studies Workshop and Woodstock Public Library.

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Media Alliance, directed by Mona Jimenez, proposed to the National Endowment for the Humanities a model partnership with the NAMID program to achieve compatible cataloging among media organizations across a broad geographic area. The proposal was never funded but provided a foundation for collaboration on cataloging. Participating organizations included Anthology Film Archives; the Art Media Studies Department of Syracuse University; Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos; Experimental Television Center; Everson Museum of Art; Hallwalls; Media Bus; Paper Tiger Television; Port Washington Public Library; Tisch School of the Arts, New York University; Visual Studies Workshop; and Woodstock Public Library.

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