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> From: Sandra Houlton
> Reply To: Sandra Houlton
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:28 AM
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> Subject: HIDDEN TREASURES CONFERENCE
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> * apologies for cross postings*
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> Reminder of forthcoming one-day conference
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> HIDDEN TREASURES
> The impact of moving image and sound archives in the 21st Century
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> Monday, 7 October 2002
> at the British Library Conference Centre, London
>
> Moving image and sound are today used in almost every sphere of human
> activity: in the entertainment and broadcasting industries, in the arts
> and
> publishing, in academic study and research in both sciences and
> humanities,
> and of course in the cyber-environment of the world-wide web.
>
> Organised by the British Film Institute, the British Library National
> Sound
> Archive, the British Universities Film & Video Council, the Film Archive
> Forum, and the National Council on Archives, Hidden Treasures considers
> the
> central importance of moving images and sound to our heritage and
> present-day culture, the necessity of adequate funding for the archives
> that
> preserve such materials, and asks why there is a lack of any coherent
> infrastructure for moving image and sound archives in the UK.
>
> The conference is chaired by Gillian Reynolds, Radio Critic of the Daily
> Telegraph and speakers include:
>
> * Sir Christopher Frayling, Royal College of Art [Keynote Address]
> * Joan Bakewell, British Film Institute/Film Council
> * Taylor Downing, Flashback Television
> * Liz Forgan, Heritage Lottery Fund
> * Crispin Jewitt, British Library National Sound Archive
> * Derek Law, University of Strathclyde
> * James Patterson, Media Archive for Central England
> * Trevor Phillips, London Assembly
> * Mark Wood, ITN/Resource
>
> The cost of attending Hidden Treasure is £120.
>
> To reserve your place or get more information visit our website:
> www.bufvc.ac.uk/hiddentreasures
> Telephone us on 01733 242370 or email [log in to unmask]
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