Submitted by Richard Ranft on Wed, 29/09/2010 - 19:59
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has published "the first comprehensive, national-level study of the state of sound recording preservation ever conducted in the U.S.". Commissioned for and sponsored by the National Recording Preservation Board, Library of Congress, the 169-page report, titled The State of Recorded Sound Preservation in the United States: A National Legacy at Risk in the Digital Age, may be ordered or dowloaded here: http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub148abst.html
Submitted by Richard Ranft on Fri, 17/09/2010 - 20:36
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections invites proposals for presentations at its 45th annual conference, to be held May 11-14, 2011, in Los Angeles.
ARSC welcomes papers on the preservation and study of sound recordings--in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. We seek papers and panels that are informative, display a passion for their subjects, and include compelling audio and visual content.
Submitted by Richard Ranft on Fri, 10/09/2010 - 01:33
The 41st Annual IASA Conference will be held jointly with AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia November 2-6, 2010, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Please find all conference information as well as the submission form on the conference website at www.iasa-conference.com
hashtag: #iasamia10
Submitted by Richard Ranft on Thu, 05/08/2010 - 19:49
The (U.S.) Federal Agencies Audio-Visual Working Group would like to inform readers of a user-community technical meeting pertaining to digital target formats for video preservation reformatting. The meeting will coincide with the IASA/AMIA joint conference in Philadelphia and will be held on November 1 from 3-6 pm, final location to be determined. The hope is that technically oriented persons from interested organizations will attend.
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