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Association of Moving Image Archivists Annual Conference 2020

By Robert Vaszari, Assistant Film Conservator at Media Preservation Services

Ask any university-based film archivist, film conservator, or audiovisual preservation specialist about their must-attend yearly conferences and chances are they’ll mention the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) annual conference held in late Fall. In a normal year, moving image archivists from across the globe make the trek to an interesting and vibrant city to share research, special projects, catch up with colleagues, and stay current with emerging trends in the field.

In 2020...

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BRENDA BERNIER, PRESERVATION SERVICES DIRECTOR AND MALLOY-RABINOWITZ PRESERVATION LIBRARIAN.

Preservation in a Pandemic – and Beyond By Harvard Library Communications Office | October 2020

October 29, 2020

Preservation Services has existed in some form at Harvard Library for over 300 years; its staff work to maintain, protect, and repair library collections, as well as develop and share best practices for preservation and conservation.

2020 has been a tumultuous year globally and at Harvard, as staff transitioned to remote work last spring and some returned to campus over the summer. Preservation Services has seen...

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Pandemic Preservation Projects

September 30, 2020

Preservation Services staff have been working from home on projects ranging from transcription to those using specialized handskills.

Directly and indirectly supporting Harvard’s massive effort to support online research, teaching, and learning spurred by the pandemic, the staff of Harvard Library Preservation Services has been working from home on many different projects over the past few months, some contributing to Library-wide and broader projects, like transcription, and others that are unique to specialties within Preservation Services. Here is a selection of...

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