David lemieux, archivist, grateful dead

[Rick Schmidlin]

Hi All,

My Partner Dr. Francesca Marini has organized this event. Anybody in Vancouver area at that time are welcome to attend,it's free!

UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS)
Colloquium Series 2007-2008

Term 2-Eleventh Colloquium, Co-sponsored with the UBC School of Music


Thursday, February 7, 2008, 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
Gessler Hall-Music Building Room 116, School of Music
The University of British Columbia, 6361 Memorial Road, Vancouver
(Link to UBC Campus Map: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/images/pdf/ubcmap.pdf


David Lemieux, Archivist, Grateful Dead

Title: Archiving the Grateful Dead Audiovisual Collection

The Grateful Dead’s audiovisual collection consists of approximately
15,000 audio tapes in all formats from 1965-2005, 3,000 video tapes in all
formats from 1971-2005, and 250,000 feet of 16mm film. These are almost entirely
live recordings, with some studio material mixed in. Since the end of the
Grateful Dead’s touring career in 1995, the band has kept its legacy alive by
releasing live recordings, both on CD and DVD, drawn exclusively from this
extensive archive. David Lemieux, who worked as the Grateful Dead’s archivist
and producer from 1999 to 2006 in Marin County, California, and still works
closely with the band members and their record company, will discuss the band’s
archiving philosophy and the processes in place to preserve this important
collection.

About the Speaker: Since 1999, David Lemieux has been working as the Grateful
Dead’s audiovisual archivist and producer. Prior to this, David worked at the BC
Archives in Victoria as the audiovisual technician, and the National Archives of
Canada, where he did an extensive internship in the film conservation division
and worked on the development of a nitrate film storage facility. He received
his MA in film archiving from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England
in 1999, as well as a BFA in film studies from Concordia University in Montreal,
and a BA in history from Carleton University in Ottawa. He currently lives in
Victoria, BC, with his cat, Zeus.


Light refreshments will be served.

[Rick Schmidlin]

If anybody wants to attend please try to get there at least a half hour early. If you have any questions email me at rschmidlin@aol.com

[Reid Morsi]

Thanks for posting Rick!!!
I might have to truck it from down here in Eugene OR to go an see David Lemieux speak. He definitely had one of the coolest jobs ever, and did a great job remastering all the music for the Dick's Picks series. Speaking of which its too bad Dick Latvala will not also be attending (RIP)

[TeleMark]

Dang, that's a little far for me to make it, but I do have a question...

I can understand the finale of the "Dick's Picks" series, but I have concerns about the "Road Trips" series. While the idea of a compilation set from specific tours is novel and fun, it's going to inevitably miss a lot of gems and prevent people from having high quality access to the rest of many shows. One example is Cape Cod from that tour. The Other One is a legendary monster and was left off of this set. One can only assume that by releasing a compilation set from this tour, they'll never release an official version of that amazing show.

[Rick Schmidlin]

Dang, that's a little far for me to make it, but I do have a question...

I can understand the finale of the "Dick's Picks" series, but I have concerns about the "Road Trips" series. #While the idea of a compilation set from specific tours is novel and fun, it's going to inevitably miss a lot of gems and prevent people from having high quality access to the rest of many shows. One example is Cape Cod from that tour. The Other One is a legendary monster and was left off of this set. One can only assume that by releasing a compilation set from this tour, they'll never release an official version of that amazing show.

I will pass your question along to him when I see him.

[Rick Schmidlin]

Anybody attending? If so let me know so I can reserve a seat you if needed.

[zfletchall]

Nice post. I wish it were closer to Virginia. Tell David to keep up the great work!