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The Moving Image: The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists
The first issue of AMIA's semi-annual journal, The Moving Image was published in Spring, 2001. The Moving Image is a professional journal that represents the interests of the Association of Moving Image Archivists and provides an open forum for archivists, librarians, technical specialists, scholars and academics interested in our rapidly expanding field. The goal of the journal is to reflect the diverse interests of the AMIA membership and the field through in-depth articles, reviews and commentaries.

Subscription to The Moving Image is a benefit of AMIA membership. Non-AMIA members who wish to subscribe should contact the journal publishers, University of Minnesota Press.

Editorial Team

Interim Editor
Karen Gracy

Book Reviews Editor
Alison Trope

Film Reviews Editor
Dan Streible

Editorial Assistants
Greg Linnell
Laura Rooney
Editorial Board
Mark Betz
Grover Crisp
Oksana Dykyj
Maureen Furniss
John Galt
Karen Ishizuka
Bruce Jenkins
Laura Marks
David Pierce
Eric Schaefer
Dan Streible
Brian Taves
Alison Trope
Martha Yee
Patricia Zimmermann

Submission Guidelines
AMIA will accept for submission to The Moving Image any article concerned with moving image archives in the widest sense. The Journal will address issues involving all moving image materials, including historic and contemporary film, television, and video, new and emerging digital technologies, as well as paper and three-dimensional collections documenting the history of moving image media. Content includes:

  • Traditional scholarly papers and historical essays, addressing aspects of the moving image archives field or highlighting specific collections.
  • In-depth examinations of specific preservation and restoration projects
  • Detailed profiles of moving image collections or archives
  • Interviews with leading figures in the moving image archives community
  • Behind the scenes looks at the techniques used to preserve and restore our moving image heritage
  • Theoretical and visionary articles on the future of the field
  • Technical and practical articles on research and development in the field
  • Reviews of books and films directly related to the archival field.

Manuscript proposals should be sent to the the Editor, Karen Gracy, editor@themovingimage.org. Please mark the subject line of the email "Journal Submission."

Manuscripts should not exceed 25 pages for essays, without prior consultation, and five pages for reviews. Manuscripts should be submitted in triplicate, double-spaced throughout, have numbered endnotes, and be prepared in conformity with The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th Edition.

 
 
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