On Tuesday, April 25th, Simmons AMIA Vice President Adam Schutzman curated and presented a film program of 16mm and Super8mm films. The program selection was based on films held in the Simmons College Archives and supplemented with films from Adam’s …
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March 2017 Film Handling Workshop
On Saturday, March 18th, Simmons AMIA hosted a film handling workshop with 10 SLIS students. The purpose of the workshop was to introduce students to film-specific preservation issues and explain different film gauges through hands-on experience. Below are a few …
AMIA 2015 Conference Presentations
Greetings and happy new year! AMIA has recently posted materials from some of their 2015 conference presentations. We are proud to say that these materials include presentations by our President, Bryce Roe, and our Communications and Events Officer, Lily Troia!…
Welcome to the AMIA Student Chapter at Simmons!
Whether you’re a film enthusiast, working with audiovisual materials in your job or internship, or have seen AV archiving skills listed in job postings, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we can’t ignore analog and digital moving image formats as archivists. …