Organisations


International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)

The International Federation of Film Archives brings together over 100 institutions devoted to the preservation of films.
http://orson4.filmtv.ucla.edu/FIAF/

National Film Preservation Foundation
Non-profit organisation which aims at preservation of the American film heritage.
http://www.filmpreservation.org/

American Film Institute (AFI)
AFI ensures the coordination of the organisations concerned with the motion-picture image as art. It has a National Center for Film and Video Preservation, a database with information on film archives, and a collection of films. The website has pages on deterioration mechanisms, the craft of restoration, and restoration laboratories in the United States.
http://www.afionline.org/preservation/
preservation.frame.html

Association of Moving Image Archivists
This non-profit professional association coordinates  organisations concernded with collections, preservation, exhibitions and use of film archives.
http://www.amianet.org/

Image Permanence Institute
A laboratory working on photograph and film preservation.
http://www.rit.edu/~661www1/FRAMESET.html

Centre de recherches sur la conservation des documents graphiques (CRCDG)
This French research centre on preservation of graphic and photographic documents (run by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) and the French National Museum of Natural History), carries out research programmes on photographic materials (e.g. the study of organic materials, of deterioration processes...)
http://www.culture.fr/culture/conservation/fr/
laborato/crcdg.htm

 


Documents


Film/Digital/film
Latest information on different preservation methods and film preservation techniques, notably electronic imaging, by Michael Friend.
http://www.oscars.org/cmps/friend/friend.html

 


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