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on the job. As preservation has niatured and technology grown more complex, ad hoc instruction is no longer adequate. New professionals require background in a broader range of subjects-from chemistry to information systems~as well as exposure to different types of nonprofit and commercial facilities specializing in preservation work. Recognizing these changing workplace denunds, the United Kingdom has established a graduate program for film archivists. No similar program is now available in the United States.
The National Film Preservation Board will work toward the creation of a master's degree program in fibn preservation at an American university and invite curriculum discussions with pertinent professional organizations. The Board will urge that this new program integrate within the academic curriculum internships providing hands-on experience and that the program make special effort to recruit students among women and from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds.
In addition, the Board will encourage those already active in the field to expand their expertise by participating in continuing education conferences and workshops and by on-site training.
Recommendation 4.12: Film Resource Guides
Develop guides to facilitate educational and public access to film resources. A step in increasing access to film is increasing access to film information. Educators, exhibitors, scholars, and the general public need guidance in navigating the sea of rapidly changing data on film availability and archival services.
Task force members advise creating three new informational tools: (1) a directory of commercial and nonprofit organizations lending 3Smm and 16mm exhibition prints, (2) a guide describing the general holdings and educational services of film archives, and (3) a guide to automated sources about film available to the public on CD-ROM, through commercial database vendors, and through the Internet.
The Board will work with scholars and archivists to explore currently available related tools, to develop the new guides to film resources, and to explore their publication through hardcopy and online distribution.
Recommendation 4.13: Public Outreach
Make public education an on-going part of the national nim preservation program. Film preservation is not a household topic. Indeed, with the burgeoning availability of videotapes and laserdiscs of Hollywood features, it is easy to assume that any preservation problem that once existed is now "solved." Increasing the public awareness of film preservation is a key part of a national program.
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