Last week, Steve Davis and I attended the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) 2025 Annual Conference where we reconnected with our fellow archivists and television news collectors in Baltimore, Maryland. This year’s conference highlighted the growing interest in preservingContinue reading… Preserving Local Television: Insights from the 2025 Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference
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Preservation in Progress: Digitizing the TV News Archive’s Videotape Collection
One of the central responsibilities of the Vanderbilt Television News Archive is to ensure both the preservation of materials and their accessibility to researchers, educators, and the public. This purpose guides our current work digitizing the CNN Prime News collection.Continue reading… Preservation in Progress: Digitizing the TV News Archive’s Videotape Collection
Archival Footage: Toys for the Holidays
From coverage of political elections to economic conditions to international conflicts, much of the news coverage archived in the Vanderbilt Television News Archive’s collection can be quite heavy. However, amidst the more traditional news coverage are plenty of stories that explore American culture. To highlight these stories, the staff of the TV News Archive compiled a highlight reel of stories from the collection about the toys most in-demand by children and teens throughout the years.
Reflections on the 2025 Charleston Library Conference
Last week, I attended the 2025 Charleston Conference in South Carolina, which brings together a wide range of librarians, publishers, and vendors to learn from one another and discuss issues affecting the world of academic libraries and scholarly research. LorcanContinue reading… Reflections on the 2025 Charleston Library Conference
Archival Footage: Artificial Intelligence Concerns and Regulations
The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2023 spurred a race by big tech companies to create more sophisticated and useful large language models and artificial intelligence tools. The news media has documented the technology race and its implications for society.Continue reading… Archival Footage: Artificial Intelligence Concerns and Regulations