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Yesterday 7 of the 30+ employees were laid off at the Academy Film Archive without notice. This included the Director & Head of Preservation who was one of the best managers I ever had. This feels like a death knell for the 3rd largest film archive in North America. (1/3)
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“As a nation with Indigenous and global roots, our complex and intertwining heritages demand us to be in dialogue with one another and with our larger global family.”
Cliff Murphy will begin his role as director of our Center next month.
s.si.edu/3l0l7Ga
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Tune in tonight! You’ll learn about the exciting digitization work happening at the Smithsonian and hear from our AV archivist Dave Walker (@DWalkerAudio) as he shares HD video clips from our 2002 Folklife Festival program on the Silk Road.
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All of us at the Smithsonian are honored to play an active role in the global community of professionals in the fields of museums, archives, libraries, and cultural centers.
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They shared equipment, techniques for stabilizing open reel audio tapes, and digitization best practices. Together, the team set up a media conservation lab and captured high-quality recordings that will ensure future generations can enjoy and learn from these collections.
ALT Photos of audio recordings. On left, audio recording with tape unraveling in poor condition. On right, nicely organized audio recording showing wooden center.
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The Tbilisi State Conservatoire is home to many recordings that contain parts of Georgia's rich musical heritage. Recently, members of our @SmithsonianFolk and our Smithsonian technology team spent two weeks training professionals there in audio preservation work.
ALT Two people lean over an audio console device with parts that look a little like a record player.
ALT Nine adults smile and hold certificates.
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Report from Tbilisi, Georgia, where our audiovisual archivist Dave Walker has been sharing skills in audio preservation and restoration, just in time for World Audiovisual Heritage Day!
#WAVHD #NationalArchivesMonth
Ten days ago, the supplies arrived for two weeks of audio preservation workshops at the Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Since then, @cristalyze and I have had the joy of working with our partners here to save Georgian musical cultural heritage @Smithsonian
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The Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Rinzler Archives have three contract opportunities open for this year’s event: audio documentation assistant, digital asset management assistant, and lead photographer.
Learn more and apply: festival.si.edu/jobs
#MuseJobs
ALT Close-up on a person adjusting a black portable audio recording, wearing headphones.
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My job is hiring! If you'd like to work hands-on with tape-based media this is an excellent opportunity. We work mostly with filmmakers, artists, activists and cultural heritage orgs so the content is amazing! btw the benefits are excellent, feel free to DM me with any questions!
BAVC is hiring a Lead Preservation Technician! Come help us preserve cultural history held on obsolete tape-based media!
bit.ly/bavcpreservationtech
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Attention library science students! We have a new internship opportunity this summer focused on audiovisual collections care. It’s 10 weeks with a stipend of $700/week.
Learn more (under "Archives Collections Care”): folklife.si.edu/jobs
#MLIS #LIS #ArchivesJobs
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📹 At 2:30pm today @ablwr and I will be talking 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 as part of SAA's #preservationweek Twitter Conference
#PresTC19 starts at 1pm w/new topics every 10 mins! 👀
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Proud to walk with many @smithsonian colleagues in the D.C. Pride Parade today! #dcpride2017
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A new poll shows Floridians strongly oppose key parts of Republican plan to replace Obamacare #PayMoreForLess sun-sentinel.com/news/politi…
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A5: Today (& every Fri) we’re screening #ethnographic films @NMNH to explore diff. cultures/visual #anthropology! #50YearsofFolk
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A5: On March 31 we’re hosting a free panel discussion on museums and creativity @Pottershousedc: s.si.edu/2lBLt16 #50YearsofFolk
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Looks like a fantastic series for podcast fans! #50YearsofFolk teapawt.net/anthroarchives/status/…
Right now we’re into @AmericanAnthro podcast series, highlighting new #cultural explorations/insights bit.ly/1WwNYeU #50YearsofFolk teapawt.net/SmithsonianFolk/status…
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Too MANY #creative anthropologists, photographers, & artists’ materials here in the NAA to pick: s.si.edu/2mQvCcn #50YearsofFolk teapawt.net/SmithsonianFolk/status…
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A1: In the #archives, creativity=evolving/finding new ways to best serve researchers, share knowledge, & undrstnd collections #50YearsofFolk teapawt.net/SmithsonianFolk/status…