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IU Libraries Moving Image Archive invites YOU to create a short, compelling video using archival footage that raises awareness about good health practices that support the wellbeing of our Hoosier community.  Through a juried competition, awarded videos will win a prize of up to $2,000!  From handwashing and covering sneezes to dressing appropriately for the […]

Happy February! In recognition of Black History Month, the Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive (IULMIA) is proud to highlight films from our collections that center Black communities, voices, and lived experiences. Each week throughout February, we will feature a rare archival film, available to stream without restrictions for one week only on IU’s streaming […]

IU Libraries Moving Image Archive invites YOU to create a short, compelling video using archival footage to raise awareness about the importance of mental health. Through a juried competition, awarded videos will win a prize of up to $2,000!  According to the National Alliance for Mental Health, one in five adults experience mental illness. A 2021 […]

IU Media School undergraduate Audra Sapp is the 2024 winner of IU Libraries Moving Image Archive Safer Together contest.

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IU Libraries Moving Image Archive invites YOU to create a short, compelling video using archival footage to raise awareness about alcohol misuse. Through a juried competition, awarded videos will win a prize of up to $2,000!  In a 2023 survey of IU Bloomington students, thousands reported not drinking alcohol at all in the past month […]

One hundred vivid tales of iconic, unique and historically significant cinematic devices from around the world fill a new bilingual coffee table book co-edited by Director of the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive, Rachael Stoeltje.

IU sophomore Eva Stuart won the Safer Together contest, the first IU Libraries inaugural archival remix media project. In making her video, Stuart said she wanted to convey how not using safe road practices affects the entire community, not just oneself, and the staged crash victim clips were stark reminders of what could happen.

Approximately 150 different two-inch quad tapes containing broadcasts from the 1960s and 1970s from a CBS affiliate in New York were part of the former IU Audio-Visual Center collections, and have now been digitized by IU Libraries Moving Image Archive and IU's Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative (MDPI).