A working campaign archive
METRO’s growing collection supports new campaigns, employee stories and photography uses.
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Media archives
Make the work you already have easier to find and useful again. Archive work connects research and organization with the next film, exhibition, publication or request.
- Media research and collection assessment
- Digitization planning and vendor coordination
- File organization, descriptions and working libraries
- Reuse planning, access and handoff
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Institutional memory in use
Material captured for the MAH’s 2021 film returns in its 2026 anniversary film.
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Source film by Jeremy Lezin, 1975.
Planning a 16mm transfer
Digitization planning with UC Santa Cruz Special Collections for Jeremy Lezin’s Santa Cruz: Never a Dull Moment.
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Sandy Lydon
Historical lecture recordings, including They Came Across the Sundown Sea, commissioned by George Ow Jr.
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CIIS · From commencement to continuing communication
CIIS repurposes raw recordings and edited video into marketing materials and individual videos. Each ceremony adds to a growing archive within an ongoing collaboration.
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- Identify what exists, who holds it and what you need from it.
- Assess formats, access, permissions and priorities.
- Organize the material and coordinate specialist transfers where needed.
- Create a practical path for access, reuse and ongoing care.
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