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Brigham Young University. Media Services

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1976 - 1999

Biography

Media Services (1976-1999) was an administrative unit at Brigham Young University. It was responsible for administering the departments related to video and audio production on campus.

Media Services was established in 1976 as part of a reorganization of the Division of Learning Resources. The new unit managed Broadcast Services, the Department of Motion Picture Production, Electronic Media Department, Marketing Department, and Sound Services Department. Between 1978 and 1981, Media Services also worked with Learning Services and the David O. McKay Institute to administer campus Learning Resource Centers. In 1999 Media Services was dissolved and its departments became a part of Information Technology Services.

Directors included William Dewey Farnsworth (1976-1983) and D. Dean VanUitert (1983-1999).

Citation:
What makes Millie run. [MP] 1977

BYU organizational history project, via WWW, June 19, 2013: Media Services (est. March 1976 with the reorganization of Dept. of Motion Picture Production and Dept. of Audio-Visual Communication; oversaw many departments dealing with video and audio production; in 1999 dissolved and became part of Office of Information Technology Services; administrators, William D. Farnsworth (1976-1983), and D. Dean VanUitert (1983-1999); divisions included Broadcast Services Dept., Film Production Department, Marketing Department, and the Sound Services Department; oversaw the Broadcast Services Department, Electronic Media Department, Film Production Department, Marketing Department, and Sound Service Department; from 1978-1981 worked with Learning Services and David O. McKay Institute to administer the campus Learning Resource Centers program; administered Records Management, 1982-1985)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Media Services recordings and artifacts, 1944-1971

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1317 Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains audio-visual materials, brochures, meeting minutes, publications, correspondence, newsletters, oversized materials such as reel-to-reel tapes and early recording artifacts. Materials date from between 1944 and 1987.

Dates: 1944-1971