Posted in observance of Preservation Week, today’s post is written by Kate Philipson, Media Preservation Assistant in the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation, with input from ARL/SAA Mosaic Fellow Jasmine Sykes-Kunk. Archival inspection of historic film is often like detective work. When there is minimal information, background,
Optical media is a catch-all term used to describe those shiny, prismatic discs that we all know and love: CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray, and to a lesser extent, MiniDiscs and LaserDiscs. Most of the optical media in the world is commercially produced, but for a long
Today’s post is written by Michael Grant, Media Preservation Associate in the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation & Conservation Department. Recently, we have been working on the preservation of the Bob Holman Audio/Video Poetry Collection (MSS128) in the Media Preservation Unit. Holman is a spoken word poet and arts
This is the third in a three-part series on NYU’s athletic program and holdings within University Archives. For additional information about materials that document the athletics program, please visit http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/arch/athletics.htm These posts were a collaborative effort by staff in the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation
This is the second in a three-part series on NYU’s athletic program and holdings within University Archives. For additional information about materials that document the athletics program, please visit http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/arch/athletics.htm. These posts were a collaborative effort by staff in the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation
This is the first in a three-part series on NYU’s athletic program and holdings within University Archives. For additional information about materials that document the athletics program, please visit http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/arch/athletics.htm These posts were a collaborative effort by staff in the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation
Today’s entry is written by Kimberly Tarr, Moving Image Preservation Specialist at the Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department of NYU Libraries. NYU’s Tamiment Library and the Division of Libraries Media Preservation Unit are delighted to announce the recent film-to-film preservation of three 16mm reels
This posting excerpts Robbins Barstow’s liner notes for The Abbakadabba Coopno. New York University received a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) to preserve a 17-minute film by NYU alumnus Robbins Barstow. Barstow, an educator and amateur filmmaker whose 1956 Disneyland Dream was
This week’s post comes from Siobhan Hagan, a graduate of NYU’s MIAP program, who is now working as an assistant in the Media Unit of the BG Preservation & Conservation Department. As the Fales finding aid for the Andrea Callard Papers states on their website,
NYU is set to host the 7th Orphan Film Symposium from April 7-10 at the School of Visual Arts’ newly revamped cinema in Chelsea (333 W. 23rd Street). The biennial symposium–known by those in-the-know simply as, “Orphans”–brings together a broad spectrum of scholars, filmmakers, preservationists,