[Ohiodig] CFP- Reel Resistance: Libraries & Film Collections in Challenging Times - Video Trust virtual annual conference Nov 11-13, 2025

[Carleton, Janet (she/her)]

[cid:image003.jpg at 01DC2250.C0D5FE10]The Video Trust<https://www.videotrust.org/> (formerly National Media Market) is having its yearly online conference.

Send up your proposals!

Theme: Reel Resistance: Libraries and Film Collections in Challenging Times
November 11-13, 2025 | Virtual Conference
https://www.videotrust.org/conferenceinfo
Three days of virtual collaboration await as we share strategies for maintaining robust collections while protecting intellectual freedom. Come for the solutions, stay for the community that gets what you're facing.

Video Trust invites proposals from librarians, film distributors, vendors, educators, and advocates who are committed to preserving and expanding access to film and media collections in academic, public and K-12 library settings.

As we face unprecedented challenges to intellectual freedom and dwindling resources, this conference will serve as a platform for sharing strategies, building coalitions, and advancing solutions that protect our mission to serve our communities.

Submission guidelines:
We welcome proposals for:
*    Presentations (20 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A)
*    Panel discussions (60 minutes with 3-4 speakers)
*    Workshop sessions (90 minutes, hands-on)

Submission Deadline: September 22, 2025
Notification: October 10, 2025

We particularly encourage submissions from early-career professionals, librarians from under-served institutions, and voices representing diverse perspectives and communities.

Visit the conference webpage for details. https://www.videotrust.org/conferenceinfo

About ALVT<https://www.videotrust.org/>:
Video Trust is a membership association that educates library professionals on best practices for visual media acquisition, usage, preservation, and access, and advocates on their behalf with producers and distributors. We believe in the power of film and video to tell stories, enrich lives, and are united in our commitment to all to learn from this important part of our cultural record.

It's impossible to imagine a world without the influence of film. It carries a powerful cultural influence and is the world's most widespread means of modern communication. Librarians need advanced knowledge of film content, trends, commerce, copyright and technology. Education and access are keys. That's where we come in. We work for the advancement of media libraries on all levels. We offer education in the form of monthly webinars, an annual conference, a monthly newsletter-and a members-only magazine. In addition, we support universities with the Academic Libraries Video Trust (ALVT), a repository of digital versions of selected audiovisual (AV) works available only in VHS and other obsolete formats, allowing educational institutions and libraries access to archives for the preservation and replacement of works in their collection.

Questions? Use this contact form: https://www.videotrust.org/contact

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