About Our Collections

The Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive is actively working to expand the Libraries motion picture film and videotape collections. Provided new acquisitions fall into the following collecting areas:

• Nontheatrical film and video with an emphasis on educational, training, nonfiction, and documentary programs.
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and regional moving image history.
• Early educational and local Indiana television programs.
• Advertising, sponsored films, and corporate video.
• Home movies, amateur films, home video, and personal media. 
• History of home media including both film and video and technology such as small gauge cameras and projectors, and home video cameras and decks. 
• Collections that support the research, teaching, learning, and creative activities of Indiana University faculty and students.
• Collections that support the film and arts programming on campus.