Libraries and Archives in the Anthropocene – 10

Presenter Info

Rick Prelinger

Rick Prelinger is an archivist, writer and filmmaker. His collection of 60,000 ephemeral films was acquired by Library of Congress in 2002. Beginning in 2000, he partnered with Internet Archive to make a subset of the Prelinger Collection (currently 6,900 films) available online for free viewing, downloading and reuse. Prelinger Archives currently holds some 15,000 home movies and actively promotes collecting, research and access in this emergent area. He is a board member of Internet Archive and frequently writes and speaks on the future of archives and issues relating to archival access and futures. With Megan Prelinger, he cofounded an experimental research library located in downtown San Francisco. He is currently Associate Professor of Film & Digital Media at University of California, Santa Cruz.

Jodi Shaw

Jodi Shaw works as a children’s Librarian at Brooklyn Public Library and is the Coordinator-Elect of the ALA Sustainability Round Table. She is also an avid urban cyclist, meditator, and mother of two.

Amy Brunvand

Amy Brunvand is an academic librarian at the University of Utah where she is currently taking a research leave in order to work at the University of Utah Office of Sustainability. She also writes regularly for Catalyst magazine, a non-profit community monthly.