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Television/Videotape Study: Info


Update: The 5-volume Television/Video Report (v 1: Report; v 2-4: public hearings; v 5 Written Submissions) was officially released on Thursday, October 16, 1997. Volumes 1-4 are presently available over the Internet at the National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) Web site, "New Projects" section. Those persons who submitted written comments, testified at public hearings, served on task forces, and otherwise aided in the report's preparation will receive a complimentary copy.

For everyone else, here is information on how to purchase copies from the Government Printing Office:

Title: TELEVISION AND VIDEO PRESERVATION 1997. (5 volumes combined into 3, 1,300+ pages)
Price: $74.00
Request Stock Number: 030-000-00279-2
Note: When you order, you will need both the title and stock number.

To order by phone: Call GPO Order Desk (202)512-1800
To order by fax: (202) 512-2250
To order over the Internet: GPOAccess
To order by mail:

Superintendent of Documents
P.O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954

Checks (made payable to Superintendent of Documents), GPO Deposit Account, VISA or MasterCard orders are accepted.

For additional information, contact Steve Leggett, p: 202/707-5912, f: 202/707-2371; Internet: sleg@loc.gov


Federal Register notice of Study and Hearing (published 1/3/96) [Note: When searching, first, check the "1996 Federal Register button" to limit the search to that year, then go to the search terms field and please use the phrase "page 172", including the quotation marks.]


Television/Videotape Study Task Forces

Preservation

  • Deirdre Boyle, Associate Professor, The New School for Social Research
  • Peter Brothers, President/Managing Member, SPECS BROS., LLC
  • David Chilson, Manager, Systems Planning, ABC Broadcast Operations and Engineering
  • James Lindner, President, Vidipax, Inc.
  • James Wheeler, President, Tape Archival and Restoration Services

Access

  • Janet Bergstrom, Associate Professor, Department of Film and Television, UCLA (representing the Society for Cinema Studies)
  • Grover Crisp, Director of Asset Management, Film and Tape Operations, Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • David Culbert, Editor, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television; Professor of History, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
  • Michael Curtin, Director, Cultural Studies Program, Indiana University
  • Doug McKinney, Director of Archives, CBS News
  • Deanna Marcum, President, Commission on Preservation and Access
  • Stan Singer, Manager, NBC News Archives

Funding

  • Mary Lea Bandy, Chief Curator, Department of Film and Video, Museum of Modern Art
  • Robert Batscha, President, Museum of Television and Radio
  • Dan Curtis, President, Dan Curtis Productions
  • Lynda Lee Kaid, Director, Political Communications Center, Political Commercial Archive, University of Oklahoma, Norman
  • James Loper, Executive Director, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

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