Film Archiving: The Importance of Enlightening Those Audiences Sitting in the Dark < PopMatters
Botting’s most important job requires her to select and acquire moving
image material into the archive’s collection, from donations by the film
industry or the public. “It can take a bit of detective work to
discover what’s inside the can of film or on the tape when it comes to
us, which is one of the fun parts of the job.”