AMIA honors individuals’ and organization's professional achievements as well as contributions made to the Association and/or the archival community, through its Awards Program. Honorees are leaders who exemplify the values and practice the principles outlined in AMIA’s governance documents.  The Awards Committee accepts nominations from AMIA members for each award. 

AMIA's Silver Light Award
recognizes outstanding professional achievement in the field of moving image archiving. Individuals, institutions and organizations are eligible for the Silver Light Award.


The award may be for contributions over an extended period or for a single outstanding contribution. Areas of achievement may include:  Creative leadership or innovation benefiting the field; Service beyond their own institution at the state, and national/international level;  Leadership effecting positive changes in the profession; Writings or publications, preservation and restoration projects, innovations that have resulted in significant impact or advancement of the field;  Exhibition of exceptional courage for the benefit of moving image collections or the field.

Nominees need not be AMIA members. The award may be given posthumously.

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* 1. Your Information.  This information is not released, the committee will use it to contact you with any questions.

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* 2. Nominee Information.
Please be sure to include either email or phone number for the nominee.   For blank fields, please use NA.

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* 3. NOMINATION STATEMENT

This information will be used by the committee and will be used in the announcement of the Award.  Please describe the nominee's contributions to the field.  Measures of achievement may be over an extended period, leadership in the field, work in professional societies or other professional activities, writings or publications, preservation and restoration projects, innovations that advance the cause of preservation, or patronage donated to archives or archival projects.

Nomination statement should not exceed 300 words.

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* 4. Other comments or information that might help the committee in considering this individual.

By submitting this Application, you are indicating that you have read the instructions for filing this award application, and that the information that has been provided is correct.

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