Junior, Thank you for taking steps to save them.
If they are of the "entertainment" variety (i.e. non-educational), we might be interested in them. We go around to local senior citizens apartment communities with our film projectors, so they can see their old home movies – or simply project an old Chaplin or Buster Keaton film if no one has any 16mm, 8mm or Super 8 film they want to share. So of course, we're always interested in broadening our offerings. Rob Hoffman Priceless Photo Preservation 122 S. Main Street, Suite 110C Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-219-3916 http://PricelessPhotoPreservation.com http://www.facebook.com/PricelessPhotoPreservation Blog: http://pricelessphotopreservation.wordpress.com Twitter: TriplePTeam On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Junior Tidal <jti...@citytech.cuny.edu>wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions all! I'm trying to find a good home for them > now. > > Best, > Junior > > Junior Tidal > Assistant Professor > Web Services and Multimedia Librarian > New York City College of Technology, CUNY > 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 > Brooklyn, NY 11201 > 718.260.5481 > > http://library.citytech.cuny.edu > > > >>> <fellin...@aol.com> 10/25/2013 4:26 PM >>> > > Yes, I agree. Do not dump, dump, dump. > What films are these? > Who can say? They may be the only prints available in all of the > galaxy and beyond, having not been digitally converted! > > Lisa Flanzraich > Film and Video Librarian > Film Researcher > Queens College/CUNY > Flushing, NY 11367 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Hoffman <archiving...@gmail.com> > To: videolib <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>; JTidal > <jti...@citytech.cuny.edu> > Sent: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 3:25 pm > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Disposing of reel to reel films > > > Please: Don't. > > > As a professional archivist whose business involves digitizing and > preserving films, that's my simple one word of advice. > > > Film, if stored properly, will outlast all other forms of media. And as > an analog material, it is impervious to technological obsolescence. You > don't need a computer to view them, just a projector -- or a lamp or the > sun, worst comes to worst.' > > > We deal constantly with clients who converted their film years ago to > VHS – and threw the films out. Now, they are really sorry they did. > > > If you seriously no longer are interested in them, consider donating > them to another collector or even a business that specializes in film > storage like preservingtheopast.com. > > > > Best, > > > > Rob Hoffman > Priceless Photo Preservation > 122 S. Main Street, Suite 110C > Ann Arbor, MI 48104 > 734-219-3916 > http://PricelessPhotoPreservation.com > http://www.facebook.com/PricelessPhotoPreservation > Blog: http://pricelessphotopreservation.wordpress.com > Twitter: TriplePTeam > > > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Junior Tidal > <jti...@citytech.cuny.edu> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Are there any special considerations to make when discarding reel to > reel films? We are weeding several old films, but I am unsure of how to > properly dispose of them. > > Best, > > Junior Tidal > Assistant Professor > Web Services and Multimedia Librarian > New York City College of Technology, CUNY > 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 > Brooklyn, NY 11201 > 718.260.5481 > > http://library.citytech.cuny.edu > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel > of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an > effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between > libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
