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FORTHCOMING ONE-DAY COURSES AT
THE BRITISH UNIVERSITIES FILM & VIDEO COUNCIL
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LOCATING MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVES AND FOOTAGE SOURCES
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THURSDAY 22nd MARCH 2001
at the BUFVC, 77 Wells Street, London W1
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Intended for film scholars, librarians and industry-based film researchers,
this one-day course provides an introduction to film and television research
in archives across the UK and Europe.
The Council has close links with film and television archives, and produces
the Researcher's Guide to British Film & TV Collections; participants will
receive a copy of the 4th Edition as part of their course package.
BUFVC also holds the databases of the the British Universities
Newsreel Project, MAP-TV Guide to European Film and Television Collections,
the AVANCE database of educational audio-visual materials,
and the Television Index. A new BUFVC project TRILT (Television and Radio
Index for Learning and Teaching) will also be introduced, which will provide
a comprehensive listing of television and radio programming from a learning
and teaching perspective.
Practicalities of finding footage will be covered with sessions on film
gauges, videotape formats, and locating viewing and transfer facilities.
There will be demonstrations of Steenbeck viewing table operation, and
demonstrations of videodisc, CD-ROM and Internet sources. The course
is taught by staff from the BUFVC's specialist Information Service with
contributions from professionals working in archives and research.
Cost per person, per course, including light lunch and refreshments:
GBP 95.00 (GBP 80.85 + VAT); member's rate GBP 80.00 (GBP 68.08 + VAT).
The British Universities Film & Video Council exists to promote the study
and use of moving images in education and research. It runs a regular
programme of one-day courses.
For more information or to book for this course please contact:
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Sandra Houlton
Courses & Events
British Universities Film & Video Council
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
tel: 020 7393 1504
fax: 020 7393 1555
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
or see our website www.bufvc.ac.uk/courses (booking forms are available
online)
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