Video Round Table
ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA
June 26-July 2, 2008
To view more information regarding programs, meetings, vendors, etc.,
please visit the VRT Guide to ALA Annual Conference 2008.
VRT Program
Ding Dong the V(HS)itch is Dead...or is it?
Date & Time: Sunday, June 29, 2008, from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
***NOTE NEW LOCATION: Marriott Anaheim Salon A-D***
Librarians working with media are preparing for the looming obsolescence of VHS and a switch to digital television and high definition formats. Many libraries house sizable VHS collections, even as they collect new titles on DVD and prepare for high def and digital delivery. Librarians are grappling with difficult format transition questions, and many VHS titles may be impossible to re-acquire as DVDs. What preservation and access reformatting will U.S. copyright law allow? As library users upgrade their personal equipment to prepare for the February 17, 2009 switch to all digital over-the-air television transmission (DTV), what will be the impact on library services and collections?
Speakers will discuss the work of the Section 108 Study Group (final report), strategies for evaluating existing collections, briefly discuss video and moving image preservation and reformatting and the transition to digital formats, and provide an overview of the DTV transition and library voucher programs
Speakers:
James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University and a member of the Section 108 Study Group
Howard Besser, Professor of Cinema Studies and Director of New York University's Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program (MIAP)
Carrie Lowe, Director, Program on Networks, American Library Association Office of Information Technology Policy
VRT Meetings
Copyright Best Practices for Media Librarians Working Meeting
Date & Time: Friday, June 27, 2008, 4:00 pm - 6:00 p
Location: HIL, Conference Rm. 4
Membership and Executive Board Meeting
Date & Time: Monday, June 30, 2008, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: DIS, No. Exhibit Hall Mtg. Rm. I
Notable Videos for Adults
Date & Time: Monday, June 30, 2008, 1:30 pm - 05:30 pm
Location: HIL, Conference Rm. 1
VRT Dinner
California Pizza Kitchen
Location: Anaheim Garden Walk, 321 W. Katella Ave.
Date & Time: Sunday, June 29, 7:00 pm
(If you would like to attend please email Justin Wadland by Friday, June 20, 2008.)
Please direct questions or comments to Eric Pasteur at multimedialibrarian@yahoo.com.
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