National Library of

Scotland’s Moving Image Archive at Kelvin Hall

Ruth Washbrook Moving Image and Sound Collections Manager Scotland’s Moving Image Collection

• Set up in 1976 to locate, preserve & provide access to Scotland’s moving image heritage • Part of National Library of Scotland since 2007 • Predominantly non-fiction / social history • from 1895 onwards • Kelvin Hall Access Centre opened September 2016 Moving Image Formats

• Over 46,000 reels, videotapes & digital files • Film gauges: • Standard 8mm / Super 8mm • 9.5mm • 16mm • 35mm • formats: • U-matic / Betacam SP / Digital Betacam / HDCamSR • VHS / S-VHS / D-VHS • Mini DV / DV Cam / Hi-8 • DVD / Blu-Ray • Born digital formats: • Digital files – DPX, AVI, DV etc • Packages (DCP) New Home Required!

Public Viewing Room – by appointment only!

Archive premises at Hillington Park, Renfrewshire Kelvin Hall Archival work

• Acquisition

• Conservation

• Preservation

• Digitisation

• Licensing and sales

Video Preservation Capture and Encoding Suite Library Collections Showcase

Scotland’s Memory A showcase of Library collections on the themes of: home, work, fun, place, filmmaking, cinema going Interactive Videowall

Showcase for: • Moving Image Collection • Outreach Projects • Topical themes (e.g Christmas, Halloween etc) • Events in the building (e.g. partnership events) • Library events Themed Film Content

Mum and daughter engage with the themed films Digital Collections

Digitised collections: • 200,000 maps (worldwide) • 17,000 books, manuscripts, photographs, posters, music scores • 3000 films e-resources: • 1 million database records and abstracts • 100,000 books, periodicals and manuscripts • 10,000 newspapers, journals and reports Joining the Dots Digital Resources: The British Newspaper Archive – The British Library The Herald, 6 May 1921

Film: Great Western Road (1922) – Byres Road in view

Map Images: Ordnance Survey 25inch Surveyed 1934 Published 1934 Lanarkshire 006.05 Learning and Outreach

• Schools Workshops • CPD with Museums • Young People • Older People • Students and researchers Learning and Outreach Projects

Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema, Bo’ness – Blackness Primary School

The Govan Choir – community filmmaking Making Optical Toys on Doors Open Day and storytelling Events and Workshops

On-site: • Cinesthesia Film Club • Using Film For Local and Family History • Introduction to the Moving Image Archive • Discover Maps Online • Screening events in auditorium • Author talks • Post-Graduate Fairs Events and Workshops

Partnership Events On / Offsite: • Launch of the Homeless World Cup • Glasgow Science Festival • Circus Skills workshops • Piping Live • Aye Write • CineMor – Yurt Screenings Kelvin Hall on Film National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive

Scotland’s Moving Image Archive at Kelvin Hall

Ruth Washbrook Moving Image and Sound Collections Manager