Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-276) and index.
Contents
An Introduction to the Field of Film Preservation in the United States -- Birth and Development of Film Archives and the Film Preservation Movement -- The Economics of Film Preservation -- Film Archives as Cultural Institutions -- The Social Economy of Film Preservation: Implementing a Bourdieuvian Framework -- Documenting the Process of Film Preservation -- The Definition of Preservation -- Power and Authority in Film Preservation -- Evolution of the Field of Moving Image Archiving -- A Case Study in Archival Ethnography -- Genealogy of Hollywood Studios and Disposition of Film Libraries -- Evolving Definitions of Preservation, Conservation, and Restoration.
Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Physical Description
10 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 wheel.
Notes
Caption title.
At head of title: Negatives, prints, tapes, CDs & DVDs.
Media Storage Summary on side 1 of wheel and Media Support Chronology on side 2.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 10).
Contents
Using the MSQR -- A framework for media preservation -- The three categories of environmentally induced decay -- Decay caused by improper storage -- Assessing your environment -- Condition assessment-A-D strip testing for acetate film collections -- Should degraded nitrate and acetate film be segregated? -- Categorizing your environment by average temperature -- Simplified storage guidelines for mixed collections -- Air quality -- Planning for cold or frozen storage -- Enclosures -- Media support chronology -- The wheel.
Summary
Explains the role of storage conditions in the physical survival of photographs, films, audio and video tapes, CDs and DVDs.