I attended a workshop at UCLA recently that focused on the archival of film and television. Well this is the question I asked myself before attending…What is Archival Processing?
I met Julie and Mark of Arts Library Special Collections and they explained it all. The archive collection features over 225,000 films and television programs. “Among the Archive's motion-picture holdings are 35mm collections from 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros., Sony/Columbia, Republic, Orion and the entire Hearst Metrotone News Library”…from UCLA film and television archive.
At this workshop, I learned how to search for archive holdings through UCLA’s Library Web-Based catalog. Request lists after viewing the catalog can be submitted to arsc@ucla.edu Onsite viewing can be arranged by ARSC staff in the Instructional Media Lab at Powell Library.
The workshop offered some great websites for finding archival or special collection materials: UCLA Library Catalog
The Online Archive of California
Young Research Library
The Arts Library
Other interesting things discussed were their News and Public Affairs database online which focuses on African American Public Affairs in Broadcasting. Here are two web resources: News and Public Affairs Database and Tony Brown's Journal , The Performing Arts Special Collection at the Charles Younfg Research Library by appt only
And finally UCLA has one of the largest LGBT collections with over 3,500 titles in addition to the Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.Public screenings are held weekly and tickets are only $7 for students.
Find out more: www.cinema.ucla.edu or Archive Research and Study Center (ARSC) at UCLA
Powell Library...After discussing all these items we talked about management. How does an archivist keep his/her head above water with all the new technology and the pucsh to convert these materials to digital form etc...Here is a paper that was a good read to help put things in perspective. More Product, Less Process:Pragmatically Revamping Processing Approaches to Deal with Late Traditional 20th Century Collections by Mark Greene
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