Description: Mission StatementThe Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative supports the preservation needs of Smithsonian audiovisual collections through an innovative, pan-institutional approach. AVMPI Team Initiative Coordinator The team lead for AVMPI by coordinating all preservation program activities, including conservation treatments, collection packing and shipping, metadata
Description: Archives pay tribute to Gene Wilder. [via University of Iowa Libraries]A behind-the-scenes look at the Academy Film Archives' efforts to save historic films...and the task is enormous. [via NY Times]The director who's making history on 9/24 with the opening of our National Museum of African American History and Culture, Lonnie Bunch. [via Smithsonian Magazine]Speaking of the
Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives' multi-pronged preservation strategy that establishes a foundation of bit-level preservation for its digital collections.