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* apologies for cross posting * The BUFVC's popular course for lecturers, librarians, researchers and audio visual service staff is being repeated soon. Please pass the details on to colleagues who may be interested. ================================================================ LOCATING MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVES AND FOOTAGE SOURCES ================================================================ 3rd June 2003 at the BUFVC, 77 Wells Street, London W1 ********************************************* This course is designed to give advice to those undertaking film and television research for the first time either for film and television production or for academic study. It will also aid librarians seeking to reference programmes and clips for use in teaching. The day covers: * Introduction to film and television collections in the UK * Information sources and services * Searching the Web for film and television sources - databases, gateways, footage sources, videotape and DVD sources, streamed and downloadable media, Education Media OnLine. * Copyright and Third Party Content * The characteristics of film and videotape - film gauges and components; videotape formats; DVDs; screenings and demonstrations. * Film Research from a professional perspective Guest Speaker: Tony Dalton, film researcher. The Council has close links with film and television archives, and produces the Researcher's Guide Online and The Researcher's Guide: Film, Television, Radio & Related Documentation Collections in the UK. It also holds the databases of the MAP-TV Guide to European Film and Television Collections, the British Universities Newsfilm Database, the HERMES database of educational audio-visual materials, and the Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching. (Many of the BUFVC databases are accessible online at www.bufvc.ac.uk). Participants will be free to ask the BUFVC staff for assistance with specific enquiries and will be able to explore the Councilšs Library and Information Service. Intended audience: film scholars, librarians and audio visual support staff, film researchers and archivists. Cost per person, per course, including light lunch and refreshments: GBP160 (GBP136.17 + VAT); member's rate GBP100.00 (GBP85.11 + VAT). The British Universities Film & Video Council exists to promote the production, 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 see our website www.bufvc.ac.uk/courses/index.html (booking forms are available on the website) or contact: -- Sandra Houlton Courses & Publicity Officer [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------- British Universities Film & Video Council 77 Wells Street LONDON W1T 3QJ Tel: + 44 (0)20 7393 1504 Fax: + 44 (0)20 7393 1555 Website: www.bufvc.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------- Details on BUFVC regular one day courses are online at www.bufvc.ac.uk/courses/index.html