Resources
The following consultants were listed in the Magnetic Media Preservation Sourcebook available from Media Alliance. Listing here is provided as a service, is not a comprehensive survey of available consultants, and does not constitute an endorsement by Media Alliance or the Experimental Television Center.
Developing and Maintaining Video Collections in Libraries, James C. Scholtz. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1989.
Boston Art Conservation
Boston Art Conservation is a partnership between a small group of professional conservators which provides conservation services for public and private clients throughout the United States. Consulting Services: Video preservation project planning and development; preservation project management; collection assessment/surveys. The Boston Art Conservation web site includes abstracts and articles by conservators, and an extensive set of links to art conservation sites including such topics as digital video, preservation of digital media and video preservation.
Adrian Cosentini
Consulting Services: Audio collection assessment/surveys; collection management; preservation project planning and development; grant development/consultation.
Alan F Lewis
Consulting Services: Audio/video - collection assessment/surveys; preservation project planning and development - including proposal review; preservation training.
Behavioral Images, Inc.
Consulting Services: Appraisal - independent appraisal of all audiovisual recorded media, including video, audio, and motion pictures and related equipment.
Heritage Resource Management Associates
Consulting Services: Appraisal of audio, video and motion pictures; collection assessment/surveys; preservation project planning and development - including procedures/manuals, and disaster planning and recovery; preservation training; storage facilities planning and management. Also has acid deterioration detection and monitoring systems for acetate-based materials and nitrate-based materials.
Hollywood Vaults
Consulting Services: Video/audio - storage facilities consultation - including facilities design and construction management.
Image Permanence Institute
The Image Permanence Institute is a research laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology focused on the preservation of imaging and recording materials. They provide consulting services and technical resources which include evaluation of storage environments, study of the effect of temperature and humidity on recording media, determination of the influence of atmospheric pollutants on materials, and measurement of rates of temperature and humidity equilibration. The Institute publishes papers concerning laboratory studies on material behavior, including recommendations to collection managers.
Jim Hubbard
Consulting Services: Video and Film - cataloging; collection assessment/surveys; collection management
Museum Resource Consultants
Consulting Services: Audio/video - collection assessment/surveys; collection management; environmental surveys; preservation training.
Smolian Sound Preservation
Consulting Services: Audio - appraisal; preservation project planning and development - including disaster recovery.
Specs Brothers
Consulting Services: Audio/video - collection assessment; environmental surveys; disaster planning and recovery. Web site offers general info, FAQs, and tips on magnetic tape preservation, restoration, and disaster planning and recovery.
VidiPax, Inc
Consulting Services: Audio/video - collection assessment; collection management; cataloging. The web site includes articles and a video preservation links section. Links range from associations, organizations and professional groups to technical resources.