Education

AUSTRALIA: NEW SOUTH WALES - Charles Sturt University and ScreenSound Australia offer Graduate Certificate in Studies in Audiovisual Archiving. Subjects are available only in distance education mode and are delivered online. Contact- Professor Ross Harvey, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Locked Bag 675, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia; phone: +61 2 6933 2369; e-mail: rossharvey@csu.edu.au

EUROPE: NETHERLANDS - Universiteit van Amsterdam offers a Professional MA in Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image. This program covers the practical skills and theoretical knowledge necessary to archive audiovisual material in an institutional setting. Contact- e-mail: graduateschool@hum.uva.nl

USA - The Society of American Archivists offers various professional workshops around the country. Workshops have included: Preservation Management of Machine-Based Audiovisual Collections (co-sponsored with Yale University Archives), Encoded Archival Description, and Archival Perspectives on Digital Preservation. These workshops are not given every year.

USA: CALIFORNIA - UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology offers Audiovisual Archiving in the 21st Century. Taught by Anthony Seeger and John Vallier, this program addresses the history, present status, and future of audiovisual archives. It combines meetings, lectures, guest speakers, and field trips. Contact- John Vallier, e-mail: jvallier@arts.ucla.edu

USA: GEORGIA - Solinet offers a regular program of workshops devoted to preservation issues. Past workshops have included: Audiovisual Collections Management, Is Magnetism Here to Stay? The Management of Magnetic Media, Preservation Planning for Archives, and Digital Imaging: Preservation Issues. Contact- Solinet, 1438 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 200, Atlanta, 30309-2955; phone: 1-800-999-8558; website: http://www.solinet.net/workshops/workshops_home.cfm; e-mail: workshops@solinet.net/

USA: MASSACHUSSETTS - Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Boston offers a course on music libraianship that covers types and functions of music libraries; their physical and intellectual organization and administration. Included are principles and techniques of selection, acquisition, classification, cataloging, binding, storage, and dissemination of music materials; principles, techniques, and materials of music reference and research; music publishing and recording, including listening facilities; and philosophy and functions of the music librarian. Music-reading ability and substantial music literature background required. Contact- Jean Morrow, website: http://www.simmons.edu/~morrow/435.html; e-mail: jmorrow@newenglandconservatory.edu

USA: MASSACHUSSETTS - Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) staff members offer a variety of workshops and presentations each year. In addition, NEDCC presents one or more preservation conferences each year. Past topics have included digitization for preservation, and preservation of magnetic media. Contact: NEDCC, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810-1494; phone: (978) 470-1010; website: http://www.nedcc.org/welcome/workshop.htm

USA: NEW YORK STATE - The Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music holds an annual summer Music Preservation Workshop. The course includes hands-on work with basic conservation techniques and lectures, demonstrations, and discussions dealing with preservation program management; sound recording conservation, and other topics. Contact: Alice Carli, Eastman Summer Institute; phone: (585) 274-1375; e-mail: acarli@esm.rochester.edu; website: http://www.rochester.edu/Eastman/summer/?ID=14

USA: PENNSYLVANIA - University of Pittsburgh’s Dept. of Library & Information Science offers courses in library and archival preservation. Past and future courses include: Preservation Management, Moving Image and Sound Archives, and Digital Preservation. Contact- Department of Library & Information Science, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 6th Floor IS Building, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15260; phone: (412) 624-9435; e-mail: dlis@mail.sis.pitt.edu; website: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/%7Edlis/


USA: TEXAS - University of Texas at Austin, School of Information, Preservation and Conservation Studies offers courses in audio preservation and reformatting. Karl Miller teaches two courses: Introduction to Audio Preservation and Reformatting and Advanced Audio Preservation and Reformatting. Contact- University of Texas at Austin, School of Information, Preservation and Conservation Studies, UT-Austin, 1 University Station D7000, Austin, TX 78712; phone: (512) 471-8290; fax: (512) 471-8285; e-mail: pcs@ischool.utexas.edu; website: http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/courses/

USA: TEXAS - Amigos Library Service offers a variety of preservation workshops, including the full-day course Preservation of Audiovisual Materials. Contact- Amigos Library Service Inc., 14400 Midway Rd., Dallas, TX 75244-3509; e-mail: amigos@amigos.org; website: http://www.amigos.org/learning/catalog/shopping

PLEASE NOTE - A more complete list, also including moving image education, can be found at http://www.arsc-audio.org/ETresources.html#training.