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January 5, 2017 - Comments Off on LAAC Book Club No. 11

LAAC Book Club No. 11

Join us for our eleventh reading and meeting of the LAAC Book Club--where LA-area archivists and friends read and discuss publications exploring all matters archives.

The group will meet on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, from 6:30-8 pm at Taix (1911 W Sunset Blvd, Echo Park, in the bar room). Participants to the Book Club will be capped at 12. Please email hello@laacollective.org to reserve a spot.

We’re changing it up a bit by reading an article! Our next selection is “Public In/Formation” by Shannon Mattern. Places Journal, November 2016

Librarians in formation: Joan Spencer, Mildred Handy, Mollie Huston Lee, Beatrice Hamlin, and Maude Young, at the Richard B. Harrison Library, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1968. Lee founded the library, which was the first in Raleigh to serve African Americans. [Wake County Public Libraries]

You can access the article here.

Can’t make the meeting, but are still reading the book? Let us know!

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December 5, 2016 - Comments Off on LAAC & ARLIS/NA SC, Silent Auction: Request for Donations

LAAC & ARLIS/NA SC, Silent Auction: Request for Donations

The Los Angeles Archivists Collective and ARLIS/NA Southern California Chapter kindly request donations for our online silent auction to be held on the LAAC’s Instagram!

The auction items will become available from Sunday, December 11 to Thursday, December 15, 2016. We are accepting books, catalogs, posters, photographs, and other merchandise from local institutions, as well as handmade crafts.

Auction planned 1963, Valley Times Collection photographs, Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection

Auction planned 1963, Valley Times Collection photographs, Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection

All proceeds will be disbursed to LAAC and ARLIS/NA-SC to support memberships, professional development, travel awards, and/or other special initiatives of the organizations.

To donate an item for our silent auction, please complete the donation form and email an image of the item (jpeg, maximum 2 MB) to hello@laacollective.org by Friday, December 9, 2016. Please be sure to indicate “Silent Auction” in the subject line and the title of your donation in the email message.

All shipped donations must be received by Monday, December 12th, 2016.

Ship to:
Jennifer Kishi / Los Angeles Archivists Collective
Sterling Ruby Studio
4900 S. Soto Street
Vernon, CA 90058

If you plan to bring your item to the LAAC + ARLIS/NA-SC Holiday Party, please arrive early and drop off the items no later than 7:30 PM.

We will send out reminders as the deadline approaches. Thank you and we hope to see you at our holiday party (details below)!

LAAC + ARLIS/NA SC 2016 Holiday Gathering
Saturday, December 17, 2016
7-10pm
The Velaslavasay Panorama
1122 West 24th Street
Please RSVP by December 8, 2016

Questions? Email us at hello@laacollective.org

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December 5, 2016 - Comments Off on LAAC & ARLIS/NA SC Holiday Party 2016, AV Screening: Call for Submissions

LAAC & ARLIS/NA SC Holiday Party 2016, AV Screening: Call for Submissions

As part of the programming for the LAAC Holiday Gathering on Dec. 17 at the Velaslavasay Panorama, we hope to include a screening of local collections' audio and visual content.

We'd like to feature a variety of local collections in this screening. We are looking for any audio and visual content that features Los Angeles and/or is holiday themed.

Beach goers with discarded Christmas tree on shoreline with sailboats in background at Marina del Rey, Calif., 1973, Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive, UCLA Library Special Collections

Beach goers with discarded Christmas tree on shoreline with sailboats in background at Marina del Rey, Calif., 1973, Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive, UCLA Library Special Collections

Your submission should be:

-In a digital format, such as mp4, and can be digitized or born digital

-2 to 7 minutes long

-Available and open for viewing at this free event. Your institution should have rights to present the material. LAAC will not claim rights or ownership over any of the materials and only intends to present the material at this one time event.

Your submission should include the following information:

-Your name

-Name of contributing institution (we will create a program listing submissions)

-Title of piece

-Creator

-Date of creation/publication

-Original format

-Short description

Please email us hello@laacollective.org with questions and to submit your content.

Last day to submit content is Monday, December 12.

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November 17, 2016 - 1 comment.

LAAC + ARLIS/NA SC 2016 Holiday Gathering

Please join the Los Angeles Archivists Collective and ARLIS/NA Southern California Chapter on Saturday, December 17, 2016 from 7-10 pm at the Velaslavasay Panorama for a holiday get together! We will also be joined by members of the Velaslavasay Panorama Enthusiast Society - the more the merrier!

Based at the 1910 Union Theatre in Los Angeles’ historic West Adams district, The Velaslavasay Panorama is an exhibition hall, theatre and garden dedicated to the production and presentation of unusual visual experiences, including works inspired by the great panorama paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Image courtesy of the Velaslavasay Panorama/Sean Teegarden

Image courtesy of the Velaslavasay Panorama/Sean Teegarden

The Velaslavasay Panorama is located at 1122 W 24th St. Los Angeles, CA 90007

Snacks will be provided thanks to the Society of California Archivists’ Member Initiated Events program. Refreshments courtesy of the Velaslavasay Panorama, donations suggested!

Please RSVP by December 8th.

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November 3, 2016 - Comments Off on Paramount Pictures Studios Archive Tour

Paramount Pictures Studios Archive Tour

Note: Tour is currently full. Email hello@laacollective.org to place your name on the waiting list. 

The Los Angeles Archivists Collective is thrilled to announce a tour of the Paramount Pictures Studios Archive on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 4:00 pm.

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Paramount Pictures is one of the oldest and well known studios in the world, with over a century of history and over 3,000 feature films.  With such a vast output of film, the studio eventually built a facility to house and preserve its library of motion pictures. Today, the Paramount Archive is primarily a film tape archive, although it also includes digital assets, props and costumes, production stills and music related holdings as part of its collection. In 2009, the Paramount Archive took on the task of preserving films digitally. Working with IT software and infrastructure teams, the process of creating a Digital Archive was launched in November 2014.

Only 12 spots available! To attend, please RSVP here.