Author: Tim Knapp
17 Dec AMIA 2018 recap
LAC Group’s content and archive services division (formerly known as PRO-TEK Vaults) recently attended the 2018 annual conference of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), held from November 28th through December 1st in Portland, Oregon. The AMIA Conference is the largest of its kind…
12 Feb Nitrate film preservation
Although not manufactured since the early 1950s, thousands of feet of nitrate-based film footage still exist in collections around the world. We find historic, motion picture film owners ranging from corporations established decades ago to small museums. Often, they either don’t know if their holdings…
02 May The art and science of descriptive metadata
Digital cataloging with solid metadata is a vital part of the film preservation and archiving process. The larger the collection size, the more critical this process becomes—yet often it’s overlooked and undervalued by collection owners. For those of you not quite familiar with metadata, it’s…
27 Feb The process of motion picture film preservation
Preserving motion picture film is a process that involves more than warehousing in climate-controlled environments. Yet many filmmakers, owners and stewards of film collections have been focused on just that – humidity, temperature and other storage and inventory management considerations. At PRO-TEK, we stress that…
05 Jan Film archivists mourn loss of Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds passed away on December 28, 2016, at the age of 84. Many of our employees who had the honor of knowing her are mourning the loss of this Hollywood legend, and that includes Stan Taffel, who provided information for her book Unsinkable. Stan…
06 Jan Film preservation & media asset management
Here's a few posts from our blog in 2015 that you may have missed about film preservation and media asset management topics, curated for fast, informative reading! Preserving Nitrate and Acetate Motion Picture Film Collections For owners or managers of motion picture film captured on…
08 Apr Silent film pioneer recognized
Hooray for Edendale? The Edendale Bowl? Edendale & Vine? The famous song, outdoor venue, and street corner of the stars might have been labeled “Edendale” instead of “Hollywood” had history taken a different course. Edendale (now Echo Park) is where the movie industry’s Los Angeles roots…