Name: EXTRA: Examining AV Enterprise at a Regional Academic Archive
Start: 2016-05-06T11:00:00-0600
End: 2016-05-06T11:50:00-0600

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EXTRA: Examining AV Enterprise at a Regional Academic Archive

In 2014, a grant to digitize the local television newsmagazine EXTRA (1977-1984) became a turning point for the J. Willard Marriott Library’s AV Archive, helping to redefine its operations and role within the Library. Running an AV archive inside an academic library requires finding a place for archival AV alongside traditional print materials, online databases, and other physical and digital resources. Over the past year, representatives from Special Collections and IT came together to explore how to enhance communication and improve efficiency in interdepartmental workflows, evaluate the needs of archival collections, recognize institutional capacity when writing grants and planning projects, and introduce archival materials to the community, all because of a small, grant-funded project to digitize decaying U-matic videocassettes of EXTRA. In this case study, speakers from Special Collections and Digital Preservation will discuss the significant institutional
takeaways for regional archives and academic libraries who are just beginning to tackle their AV collections.

Speakers

Jessica Breiman

University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

Tawnya Keller

University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library

Tawnya Mosier Keller is the Head of the Digital Preservation department at the J. Willard Marriott Library. Previous to this position, she was the Moving Image and Sound Archivist at the J. Willard Marriott Library. Interests include policy, both creation and implementation, and prioritization... Read More →