-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com> From: Francis C Poole <fpoole@UDel.Edu> > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 06:28:08 -0700 (PDT) > To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: Re: evaluation of 16 mm collection > > Jeffrey...Here are a couple of sites you might want to check out. > > Association of Moving Image Archivists > www.amianet.org/ > > The Academic Film Archive > www.afana.org > > In our case I persuaded the Library to hold on to our 16mm films. We > have around 2000 titles, many of which are not available on video. Some of > them I consider classics, like Rhythm of Africa, which was written by Jean > Cocteau and narrated by Langston Hughes. We have others which are > fascinating like, Kingdom of Bronze (African bronze casting), and others > which are still instructive like, High Wall (about teenage gangs and > bigotry.) I made the case that even though some of the films are available > on video, they could go out of print at any time. In that event we still > have the film to either use or make a video copy from. If properly stored > and cared for, films will last for decades. Videotape, besides being > extremely fragile, is on its way out anyway. Will DVD replace tape? Will > all our videos end up on a server, or will videos end up on matchbook size > SD cards? Who knows? And hopefully I'll be sitting on a beach somewhere > NOT worrying about it. In the meantime, we've decided to value our films > as part of a legacy of learning through moving images. I'm just glad we > can still view our 16mm copy of The Third Man to appreciate > the clarity and richness of the FILM medium. > > So good luck with your project and I hope you find a good home for the > Orphans in your collection. There are a number of legitimate archives out > there that might be able to help. > > Francis Poole, Librarian > University of Delaware Library > > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Jeffrey W. Pearson wrote: > >> I need to come up with a plan to evaluate our 6,000 title 16 mm film >> collection, started in the 1940's, for weeding, preservation, and >> possible reformatting. If anyone has tackled this kind of project I >> would appreciate any advice you can share. I've got ideas for an >> approach and a general plan, but what I would love to know of is any >> already compiled list of what are considered the "best films of all >> time". I'm hoping to find help with identifying the hidden treasures >> in our collection. I know I'm asking for the grail here, but any help >> would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you, >> >> -Jeff Pearson >> >> >> -- >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Jeffrey W. Pearson Phone: (734) 763-3758 >> Librarian, Film & Video Library Fax: (734) 764-7087 >> University of Michigan e-mail: jwpearso@umich.edu >> Shapiro Library, Room 2178 >> 919 S. University >> Ann Arbor MI 48109-1185 >> >