The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) is hosting the 2012 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on behalf of CCAAA (Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations). To visit the site, click here.

Dear Colleagues:

As previously announced, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Memory of the World Program, UNESCO, in collaboration with the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies and the University Library of the University of British Columbia, and in partnership with ICA, IFLA, IASA, ICOM, WIPO, Google, MIcrosoft and others, is holding an international conference on “The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation” on September 26-28, 2012 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

We have received an overwhelming number of high quality submissions and we are working very hard to build a truly memorable program (no pan intended). The program will be ready around mid-April, but registration is already open. The registration to the event is free. However, it is required in order to plan the logistics, meals, etc. Also, UNESCO cannot accommodate an infinite number of registrants, and has decided to close registration at #750. Therefore, if you wish to attend this conference, we advise you to register early.

The on-line registration on the UNESCO website is open. To register go to http://www.unesco-ci.org/cmscore/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=10.

Looking forward to having you with us,

Luciana Duranti and Jonas Palm
Chairs, Program Committee
luciana.duranti@ubc.ca
www.slais.ubc.ca | www.interpares.org | www.digitalrecordsforensics.org

The 16th SEAPAVAA Conference delves into the concerns and challenges faced by archives today as we respond to rapid developments in digital preservation technology. As archives evolve into digital ones, the conference theme of Creating, Funding, Protecting a Digital AV Archive is both relevant and timely.

The SEAPAVAA Conference in Ho Chi Minh City will consist of a two-day symposium on 17-18 April 2012. The conference is hosted by the Vietnam Film Institute. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Creating a Digital AV Archive – Approaches, Challenges and the Road Ahead
2. Financial Perspectives and Fundraising Approaches/Strategies for AV Archives Digitisation Projects
3. Managing a Digital AV Archive
4. Selection Issues for a Digital AV Archive
5. Media Asset Management
6. Rights Management and Monetisation of a Digital AV Archive
7. Legislations and Copyrights of a Digital AV Archive
8. Dealing with Metadata Issues – Descriptive Metadata, Technical Metadata, Legal Metadata
9. File Formats and Technical Standards
10. Storage and Longevity of an AV Archive in the Digital Era
11. Restoration and Digitisation Technologies – Current, New and Emerging
12. Disaster Preparedness, Recovery and Risk Management for a Digital AV Archive
13. Deploying, Exploiting and Providing Access to a Digital AV Archive
14. Contemplating the Future Prospects of a Digital AV Archive

SEAPAVAA invites contributions from our members on any of the topics mentioned above. Please contact any of the following persons and the SEAPAVAA secretariat (seapavaasecretariat@gmail.com) with your submissions as per the schedule below.

1. Please submit your proposal which should include the Title of your Paper, an Abstract of maximum of 250 words and Name of Presenter by 17 February 2012.
2. SEAPAVAA will inform you on whether your proposal is selected by 29 February 2012.
3. Full papers for the conference are to be submitted by 8 April 2012.

Contact persons:

• Adrian Wood, email: adrianjwood@aol.com
• Irene Lim, email: Irene_l_l_lim@nhb.gov.sg
• Karen Chan, email: karen@asianfilmarchive.org

16th SEAPAVAA Conference and General Assembly

The 16th SEAPAVAA Conference and General Assembly is hosted by the Vietnam Film Institute. The charming, historic and hospitable Ho Chi Minh City will enchant you and promises to add to the definitive warmth that the annual conferences of SEAPAVAA are known for. Expand your networks, meet and bond with fellow professionals and institutions in the archiving field as we share concerns, experiences, challenges and solutions in creating, funding and protecting digital AV archives.

The Conference will have a special Restoration Asia session dedicated to introducing the restoration work done by archives and companies in the Asian region. The conference has a host of events including a symposium, roundtable discussions, a one-day workshop, archival gem screenings, institutional visits, and a retreat-excursion. The General Assembly of SEAPAVAA will be held on 16 April 2012, before the start of the Conference.

Registration forms are available at SEAPAVAA’s conference website. For local participants, further announcements from the local organising committee will be made. Visit the SEAPAVAA website or contact the SEAPAVAA secretariat for more information.

[http://www.seapavaa.com / seapavaasecretariat@gmail.com]

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Film Studies Scholarships are available for PhD entry in September 2012.

Members of Faculty:

Professor Dina Iordanova, Professor Richard Dyer (available for PhD supervision), Professor Robert Burgoyne, Dr David Martin-Jones, Dr Elisabetta Girelli, Dr Tom Rice, Dr Leshu Torchin, Dr Joshua Yumibe.

For full details of faculty research interests see:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/staff.php

We are offering scholarships for doctoral study commencing in September 2012.

One full fee and maintenance scholarship.

Additional fee waiver scholarships equivalent to the UK/EU fee.

Applicants are invited to apply via the Postgraduate Office for a place on the programme, stating their interest in being considered for funding.

To be eligible prospective students must have been offered a place on the PhD programme.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS TO REACH US: 16th April 2012.
For further details see:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/phd.php

The profiles of current students can be found here:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/phdprofiles.php