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Working towards better regional film archive provision for London
London wide moving image collections mapping survey
Dear Colleagues,
I’m very pleased to remind you that there is still plenty of time for you to complete ALM London’s web based mapping survey of moving image collections held by London’s archives, libraries and museums - and get your name into the hat for the chance to win one of three pairs of complimentary tickets to the National Film Theatre on London’s South Bank.
The closing date for responses to the survey is Friday 29th October.
Accessing the web based questionnaire couldn’t be simpler: just follow the link below to ALM London’s website (www.almlondon.org.uk <http://www.almlondon.org.uk>) where you can open the survey or download a hard copy (though please note it’s easier and cheaper for us to process your data if you are able complete the survey online):
<http://www.almlondon.org.uk/lmal/index.cfm?ArticleID=566&NavigationID=102>
We hope to build a genuinely representative picture of film, video and digital moving image collections held in our region. This will be used to inform an options appraisal being launched in October to look at how London might develop its regional film archive provision. We are working on this project with a group of the key stakeholders in the field, the British Film Institute, The London Film Archive Trust, The Film Archive Forum, Film London and the Greater London Authority.
All these organisations want to see better structured, better supported and better funded regional film archive provision in our region. Currently London is the only part of the UK that does not benefit from a dedicated, publicly funded film archive collecting and preserving moving image material to reflect our distinct regional culture and heritage.
All our stakeholders agree that any new initiative must be developed in close partnership with the many archives, libraries and museums that are already holding and caring for moving image collections in London. As an initial step we need to know just where these collections are held and what level of support the archivists, librarians and curators responsible for their care would welcome to assist them with preservation and access.
We would like to invite you to help us gather this baseline data by inputting information about your own organisation and its collections into our survey
With the assistance of the British Film Institute: National Film and Television Archive, we have produced some brief technical ‘Guidance Notes’ on moving image material and its care. We hope you will find these useful when completing the questionnaire and as a handy guide for future reference.
Even if you have no moving image materials in your own collections, we are still very interested in your views on the future of regional film archive provision for London. When you answer ‘no’ to our question ‘do you have moving image collections?’ you will be automatically routed to a short version of the questionnaire.
If you have any problems with the online survey or are unable to access the site and would like to receive a hard copy of the questionnaire please contact: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or call 020 7549 1712 or 1700.
For more information about this project please contact Caroline Reed, Development Manager, ALM London 020 7549 1714, email [log in to unmask]
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Caroline Reed
Development Manager
ALM London
Cloister Court
22-26 Farringdon Lane
London EC1R 3AJ
Direct line: 020 7549 1714
Main line: 020 7549 1700
Fax: 020 7490 5225
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