Be Kind, Please Rewind: Creating an Oral History of the Local Video Store

This post was written by Courtney E. Berge, Archives and Exhibit Assistant at the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives. On the first day of Idaho’s lockdown in March 2020, word was released on Facebook that a treasured community business would be closing its doors for good. The Main Street Video Co-op (aka …

Member Spotlight: Angie Schmidt

Where do you work?  I am a film archivist for the Alaska Film Archives, which is a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). What’s a typical day like at your job? Every day is unique, but I usually spend about half my time responding …

Member Spotlight: Kelly Burton

In our inaugural "Member Spotlight" post, we meet Kelly Burton, Film Archivist for the Montana Historical Society. Where do you work? I work for the Montana Historical Society, in the Research Center’s Photo Archives. What’s a typical day like at your job? I do some of everything on any given day: bring in new collections, catalog, process …

Call for Submissions: Archival Screening Night

This post comes from Arielle Lavigne, Assistant Audiovisual Archivist at Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound. Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) will host the NWA Archival Screening Night for the first time this year at the Northwest Archivists’ Annual Meeting. Please join us for an evening of entertainment and awareness for archival moving image …

Seattle’s Home Movie Day 2018

This post comes from Arielle Lavigne, Assistant Audiovisual Archivist, and Libby Hopfauf-Fisher, Audiovisual Archivist, at Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound. Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound (MIPoPS) recently hosted a Home Movie Day event as part of Archives Month 2018! MIPoPS works with Seattle-area libraries, archives, and museums to reformat their analog videotapes into digital files. …

Alaska Film Archives Celebrates 25th Anniversary

This post comes from Angela Schmidt of the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives, University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Alaska Film Archives at the University of Alaska Fairbanks was established in 1993. To celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, we hosted a unique open house and film-showing …