Asian Cultural Council
The Asian Cultural Council supports cultural exchange between Asia and the United States in the performing and visual arts, primarily by providing individual fellowship grants to artists, scholars, students, and specialists from Asia for study, research, travel, and creative work in the United States.
Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)
The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) is a non-profit professional association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with the acquisition, preservation, exhibition, and use of moving image materials.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
The Association represents the collective will of the nations of to bind themselves together in friendship and cooperation and, through joint efforts and sacrifices, secure for their peoples and for posterity the blessings of peace, freedom, and prosperity.
Australian Film Commission
The Australian Film Commission (AFC) aims to enrich Australia’s cultural identity by fostering an internationally competitive audiovisual production industry; developing and preserving a national collection of sound and moving images; and making
Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA)
CCAAA provides a shared platform for seven membership-based organizations wishing to cooperate in influencing the development of public policy on issues of importance to professional audiovisual archivists.
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) was established in 1969 in Amsterdam to function as a medium for international co-operation between archives that preserve recorded sound and audiovisual documents. IASA supports the exchange of information and fosters international co-operation between audiovisual archives in all fields.
International Council on Archives (ICA)
The International Council on Archives (ICA) is dedicated to the advancement of archives worldwide. Archives, by providing evidence of human activities and transactions, underlie the rights of individuals and states and are fundamental to democracy and good governance. Archives safeguard the memory of mankind by preserving records of its past.
International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)
Founded in Paris in 1938, FIAF is a collaborative association of the world’s leading film archives whose purpose has always been to ensure the proper preservation and showing of motion pictures.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.
International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA)
The International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA) is an international professional association established to provide a means for co-operation amongst broadcast and national audiovisual archives and libraries concerned with the collection, preservation, and exploitation of moving images and recorded sound materials and associated documentation.
UCLA Film and Television Archive’s Cataloging Procedure Manual
Uses a combination of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed. Rev. (AACR2R) and Archival Moving Image Materials: a Cataloging Manual (AMIM2) rules, Library of Congress subject headings (LCSH) and Moving Image Materials: Genre Terms (MIM) genre and form terms in MARC 21 format records on Voyager. The procedure manual indicates which rules we are following in any given situation and contains many examples. In addition, the CPM contains local rules for uniform titles, supplied titles, local subject headings and genre/form terms, and terms for use in the physical description of archival moving image materials, with an extensive glossary of the latter, including suggested MARC 21 coding. The glossary in particular might be useful to institutions that deal on an occasional basis with film or video.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and a standard-setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. The Organization also serves as a clearinghouse for the dissemination and sharing of information and knowledge while helping Member States to build their human and institutional capacities in diverse fields. In short, UNESCO promotes international co-operation among its 190 member states and six associate members in the fields of education, science, culture, and communication.