Subject: New Website To Help Archive Independent Media: IMAP
NINCH-ANNOUNCE (david@ninch.org)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 12:42:18 -0400
Message-Id: <v0421010bb729ae9ef08c@[192.100.21.23]> Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 12:42:18 -0400 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: New Website To Help Archive Independent Media: IMAP
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
May 17, 2001
New Website To Help Archive Independent Media
Cataloging A Key Component of Preservation Initiative
Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP)
http://www.imappreserve.org
>From: Jennifer Hodgeman <jhodgeman@nla.gov.au>
>To: "'padiforum-l@nla.gov.au'" <padiforum-l@nla.gov.au>
>Subject: IMAP Cataloging Project website
>Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 15:18:06 +1000
>
> [Posted to Padiforum-l from AMIA-L ]
PLEASE CIRCULATE
Contact: Jim Hubbard, 212-865-1499, jimhub@earthlink.net
Mona Jimenez, 718-284-7864, info@imappreserve.org
IMAP LAUNCHES WEB SITE TO ARCHIVE INDEPENDENT MEDIA
www.imappreserve.org
Do you have a historic media collection that's gathering dust? Independent
Media Arts Preservation (IMAP) has launched its new web site,
www.imappreserve.org to help independent producers and arts and cultural
organizations catalog their media works. Dedicated to the preservation of
independent electronic media, IMAP is concerned that the history of
non-commercial production is being lost, ranging from video art, audio art,
and technology-based installation art to independent documentary and
narratives, community media, and documentation of arts and culture.
The web site features an easy-to-use, standardized template for cataloging
video or film collections as part of IMAP's Cataloging Project. The
template is designed specifically for independent producers and non-profit
organizations who have little experience with cataloging, but is useful for
any archive with media holdings. In addition to the template, the web site
provides sample cataloging entries, template instructions and preservation
information. Users of the template may also access technical assistance via
email.
IMAP recently received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and
the Rockefeller Foundation to create Phase II of the web site. Phase II, to be
completed in 2001, will include a cataloging tutorial, with full
instructions through "Quick Reference" pop-up boxes, additional sample
entries, and expanded information resources.
By distributing the template, IMAP will lay the groundwork for a shared
database of independent media collections that will be accessible to users
through a common interface. Currently information about these collections is
largely inaccessible.
The Cataloging Project is a national model for establishing a compatible
information system for moving image collections across broad geographic
regions, among a wide range of organizations and individuals.
IMAP serves the independent media community by:
* helping non-profit organizations and artists/producers care for and
preserve their electronic media collections. IMAP is interested in sharing
the skills and knowledge that make this work possible.
* serving as a central place for information on issues of media
preservation, providing referrals to consultants, preservation groups, and
print/online materials, as well as to independent media collections and
related historical materials.
* participating in national and international forums on preservation,
serving as an advocate for independent media, and building awareness of
electronic media collections and practices.
Among those currently using the cataloging template are the Experimental
Television Center, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Paper Tiger
Television, Visual Studies Workshop, the Kitchen, and individual artists
Pauline Oliveros, Steina and Woody Vasulka,, and Paul Ryan. IMAP also
assisted the dance preservation organization Preserve, Inc to adapt the
template to create a Dance Video Catalog.
IMAP members represent media arts centers, artist spaces, libraries,
museums, community media centers, university media programs, public
television and community radio stations, performing arts
organizations, artists, educators,
curators, and conservators. IMAP is supported by grants from the National
Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the
Rockefeller Foundation, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a public
agency.
-- Mona Jimenez Independent Media Arts Preservation c/o Electronic Arts Intermix 542 W. 22nd Street, 3rd fl. New York, NY 10011 212-560-7259 fax 212-337-0679 info@imappreserve.org http://www.imappreserve.org============================================================== NINCH-Announce is an announcement listserv, produced by the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH). The subjects of announcements are not the projects of NINCH, unless otherwise noted; neither does NINCH necessarily endorse the subjects of announcements. We attempt to credit all re-distributed news and announcements and appreciate reciprocal credit.
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