"Roughly, we wanted to follow a timeline from its beginning to when the internet arrived, and it sort of lost its place in the world. But along the way, there were gazillions of amazing shows. So, did it have an archive that was preserved and available to us?" https://loom.ly/NuCuAkU

At the upcoming IIIF online event: The on-going work in the cultural heritage community to incorporate digital object verification has been addressed by working groups such as the Digital Object Authenticity Working Group (DOAWG) and the Trust in Archives Initiative (TAI). https://loom.ly/U298gEY

The films — commissioned by the Department of Immigration in the 1960s — screened at embassies and High Commissions, particularly in the United Kingdom, to encourage migration to Australia. https://loom.ly/3phdMa8

This week's member Screening Room is from AMIA Online - tips and tricks on color remastering home movies across various formats and codecs using DaVinci Resolve. Look for the link in your inbox.

A look back at 2007 - the first iPhone was introduced, Al Gore received a Nobel Peace Prize, Spider-Man 3 was tops at the box office, and AMIA was in Rochester for the annual conference.

The program for JTS 2026 is now available! Since 1983, JTS has been organized to address the international scientific and technical issues facing the preservation and management of audiovisual collections. Check out the program and register (in person or virtual) here. https://loom.ly/CiQLdaw

One of the key features of the Arcade Archives series is its highly detailed screen settings, which are deliberately designed to recreate the feeling of staring into a dusty arcade monitor. https://loom.ly/HL7I_TM

Inspired by the Bicentennial Freedom Train, the tour is designed to make historic and consequential documents from America’s early history more accessible to the public, https://loom.ly/K5j_2bQ

Punk pioneer Tom Verlaine’s archives — including a trove of unreleased recordings — are now available to artists, researchers and fans at the New York Public Library. https://loom.ly/HDps-CI

In the AMIA Screening Room this week: Michael B. Gillespie joins Van Peebles to discuss his body of work alongside his father’s groundbreaking Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, examining its profound impact on American cinema. Look for the link in your inbox.

In September 2024, ICCROM partnered with the US State Department to help safeguard Ukrainian cultural sites under threat from Russian attacks. https://loom.ly/jzBpmLo

The Moving Image Call for Submissions: Videotape in the Archive. https://loom.ly/CjFjs20

Part of the struggle in preserving traditional mbira music is that it’s endangered at home, and not just by the devastated economy. https://loom.ly/Er9UPZw

Christina Stewart and Rachel Beattie help maintain the University of Toronto’s Film Library & Media Archives, the largest university-based audio-visual repository in Canada’s university system, https://loom.ly/1SsV7KY

The Nontheatrical Student Essay Award is a collaboration between the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and AMIA. Submissions for this year's award are due by February 15th! https://loom.ly/mHUZlzk

The shutdown of the library at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., is part of a larger reorganization under the Trump administration that includes the closure of 13 buildings and more than 100 science and engineering laboratories. https://loom.ly/n19oRsA

This week's Screening Room is from AMIA 2021: Dive deeper into the second paper from ETC on long-term preservation from the perspective of cloud-first. https://loom.ly/-xrbYtY

The restoration of Russ Meyers' Vixen! began its journey nearly seven years ago, when Ron Magliozzi and Katie Trainor, both from MoMA’s Department of Film, joined colleagues from the Academy Film Archive at Meyer’s former home in the Hollywood. https://loom.ly/6qj1l1g

While the agency in past years focused on expanding physical storage space it now recognizes most records being created are digital and is grappling with how best to preserve them. https://loom.ly/_GXUI9Y

Over half of the 544 public radio and TV stations that received CPB funding were considered rural, giving 99% of Americans access to public media. https://loom.ly/fpuAgSo

A huge portion of the world’s recorded musical heritage is stored on magnetic tape - a great piece highlighting the work of Kelly Pribble (and others) working to preserve those original recordings. https://loom.ly/bpMvBvk

The Internet Archive is inviting filmmakers and artists of all skill levels to celebrate the public domain by creating and uploading 2–3 minute short films to the Internet Archive! https://loom.ly/KA-YGmI

Happy Public Domain Day Eve! Public Domain Day 2026 arrives with a number of significant works that deserve a closer look—as well as plenty of caveats, asterisks and traps for the unwary. https://loom.ly/lj70hQU

With so much slop in our feeds, it's easy to think that everything you see online is fake. But that bias is just as dangerous as believing everything you see is real, warned Kolina Koltai, a senior investigator at Bellingcat. https://loom.ly/PMIFg8s

Jonathan Furmanski has been digitizing the battered, often unlabeled, relics of the International Videoletters, a feminist video exchange network that ran from 1975 to 1977. https://loom.ly/LvDOoow

As AI-generated content mimics authentic scenes and locations, open-source investigators face a new challenge: verifying what’s “real” in a world where reality itself can be fabricated. https://loom.ly/0vCOYHQ

Congratulations to the 2025 AMIA Award Honorees! https://loom.ly/hH_jiNk

Winter is here in this week's Screening Room double-header! From North to South: The Arctic Travel-Lecture Films of Lewis and Betty Rasmussen and Rescuing Argentine Antarctic Cinema. Look for the link in your inbox.

"With the fate of Warner Bros. and its theatrical efforts currently up in the air, and the ongoing debate over theatrical windows, what will an “Oscar movie” mean by the time YouTube takes over the award?" https://loom.ly/qEQ9HHU

"They're through the uncanny valley. People can't tell anymore, not reliably. Voices, people talking like you and I right now, without video, people can't tell reliably if what they're listening to is a real voice or not, and video is a fast follow." https://loom.ly/BYFbzMk

"My prediction for 2026: Local news organizations will begin to realize the financial value of their archives, including by selling access to companies that are building large language models and other artificial intelligence products." https://loom.ly/OjtWPA4

The release is an argument for owning physical media—go buy Mad Men on disc, and it’ll have none of these issues—but that’s becoming more and more of a niche market. https://loom.ly/wWOTPkM

It really does take a village! An AMIA conference is possible only because our community comes together—from committees and presenters to volunteers, local hosts, partners, and sponsors. Thank you to everyone who participated and joined us in Baltimore for AMIA's 35th annual conference!

This week's member Screening Room highlights the restoration of the May 16, 1991 Guns N’ Roses Concert filmed on 16mm and 35mm film in New York City.  It is the summation of two years of work on developing the archive master plan for short and long form content. Look for the link in your inbox.

Using Getty Images’ archive, the doc takes a look at the moons in our solar system and explores how they got there, what makes them unique and whether any of them contains signs of life. https://loom.ly/rCgScAA

Thursday at AMIA 2025 opens with a keynote from filmmaker Alex Ross Perry, director of Videoheaven, a walk in the past and a story “ for people who desire to spend three hours in a video store..”

The Nontheatrical Student Essay Award is a collaboration between the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and AMIA. Submissions for this year's award are due by February 15th! https://loom.ly/mHUZlzk

"No film left unscanned: this is our dream. We have the opportunity to preserve deteriorating films in digital form and make them available for viewing, reuse, and computation as never before." - Rick Prelinger https://loom.ly/VB4b-i4

Tonight at 7pm at the Parkway Theatre - see the 4k restoration of The Wiz! Jen O'Leary Hashida will introduce the film and talk about the restoration of the film. https://loom.ly/2DolhHg

Have a TV collection but not sure what to do with it? The Good Practice for TV Archives Management Grid is a simple roadmap that helps you figure out where your collection stands—and what to do next. https://loom.ly/R43SXCU

Tonight we are honored to present AMIA’s inaugural Legacy Award to Dr. Carla Hayden for her lifelong commitment to access and to the idea that preservation is dynamic, inclusive, and forward-looking—guiding how future generations will understand their world. https://loom.ly/lSsdy

The registration bags are ready, badges are all lined up, and we're looking forward to seeing you in Baltimore! https://loom.ly/Mh_GHUE

Excited to welcome filmmaker Alex Ross Perry, director of Videoheaven, as a keynote speaker at #AMIA25 on Thursday, December 4th! https://loom.ly/wr9k8O4

It’s been a tough year for many in our field. But today, we want to take a moment to recognize the wins — big and small — and to be grateful for the community that keeps showing up, supporting one another, and moving the work forward. #community

AMIA is honored to welcome Robert R. Newlen, Acting Librarian of Congress, as the Opening Keynote of #AMIA25. https://loom.ly/wpJPaEQ

Practicing Gratitude While Wanting More from the AV Preservation Field. This week's Screening Room is the 2020 keynote from Erica Titkemeyer. Look for the link in your inbox.

Adam Savage tours through the Paramount Pictures film archives, where Executive Director Chuck Woodfill shows us the many types of media inventoried and preserved for digitalization and restoration. https://loom.ly/JNapBWA

How do we trust what we see? Like a surging viral outbreak, A.I.-generated video has suddenly become inescapable. The work to ensure authentic materials includes the Trust in Archives Initiative. https://loom.ly/q342ddA