Media Archival Studies

ACRL Arts is a section of ACRL, which is a division of ALA. It provides a forum for discussion, learning, and resource sharing between librarians and others working in or interested in the visual and performing arts. Emphasis on architecture, art, cinema, music, or theater.

"We support and empower professionals, institutions, and the public in preserving our irreplaceable cultural heritage."

"The preeminent professional association that bridges the gap between information science practice and research. ASIS&T advances the information sciences and similar applications of information technology by helping members build their skills and developing their careers by providing focus, opportunity, and support through training, research, publications, and ongoing education."

ARSC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings, in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods.

The Association of Moving Image Archivists is an international nonprofit association dedicated to the preservation and use of moving image media. Their website contains guidelines, fact sheets, etc., related to moving image archiving. Some resources are only available to members of the Association of Moving Image Archivists. They also have a GitHub account that shares open-source resources.

CCAAA is a network of relevant international non-governmental organisations dealing with all aspects of audiovisual archiving on a professional level speaking with a common voice with the aim of promoting and encouraging: The recognition of the audiovisual heritage as part of the world’s cultural and documentary heritage.

The Council on Library and Information Resources is an independent, nonprofit organization that forges strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning.

"To provide a base of operations for the Mass Communication community of librarians who serve the communications/mass communications fields (including the areas of communications, media studies, advertising, speech communications, broadcasting, journalism and public relations)."

"Specialist, professional, not-for-profit trade association formed in 1985; the pre-eminent voice and leading authority on audiovisual archives."

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions's forum for people working with audiovisual and multimedia works in every kind of library and information service.

The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) is a professional association concerned with the care, access and long-term preservation of the world’s sound and moving image heritage.

The International Council on Archives (ICA) is dedicated to the effective management of records and the preservation, care and use of the world's archival heritage through its representation of records and archive professionals across the globe.

FIAF, the International Federation of Film Archives, has been dedicated to the preservation of, and access to, the world’s film heritage since 1938. It brings together the world's leading non-profit institutions in this field.

The Los Angeles Archivists Collective (LAAC) aims to bring the Los Angeles-area archives community together to discuss, collaborate, connect, and support each other.

An international membership organization that supplies advocacy, expertise, and support for the preservation of digital heritage.

The National Film Preservation Foundation is the nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America's film heritage. They support activities nationwide that preserve American films and improve film access for study, education, and exhibition. Website includes information on NFPF grants and film preservation basics.

A non-profit membership organization that provides networking and resources to those involved or interested in the creation, maintenance, and discovery of metadata for all types of non-print materials, including a wide range of digital resources, video and sound recordings, websites, maps, multimedia, graphic materials, and realia.