The Association of Moving Image Archivists

Our diverse range of AMIA Committees and Task Forces collaborate with colleagues from around the world. We create forums for exchange, and develop programs and projects that move us all forward in a changing field.

AMIA was the first professional organization to offer scholarships specifically for students pursuing careers in moving image archives. Applications for scholarships and the IPI Internship program opened in January.

The AMIA Supplier Directory is an international resource guide for anyone working with audiovisual media. Find a supplier, or list your own services or products. We update the directory on a quarterly basis.

It was amazing and vast, but I distinctly smelled vinegar down there and I realized that some of the older film material was in danger of deterioration, so we set out to preserve it. We realized it was going to cost a lot, so we did a Kickstarter campaign. We raised about a million dollars, and we preserved the endangered media.

As an archivist and librarian in the Dallas History & Archives Division, I spend a lot of time searching for things: materials, resources, photos, and, most of all, answers to customer questions. It was during one of these searches, while trying to find a particular photograph published in the 1980s Dallas Times Herald newspaper, that I came across an unidentified manila envelope in a box of unprocessed materials.

Home movies, curated by the Academy Film Archive and presented by Lynne Kirste and Randy Habercamp, offer a glimpse into the lives of classic Hollywood figures and celebrate some of the people who overcame barriers to work in the motion picture industry.