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Mysteries of Magnetic Tape Revealed!
Plan now to attend this practical and informative workshop on preserving and managing audio-video tape, to be held Oct. 19-21, 2011, at the Sioux City Hotel (formerly the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center) in Sioux City, IA..
To register, go to http://www.midwestarchives.org and choose “Registration.”

ARCHIVES AT RISK TO THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL SOUND AND AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE

Organized in collaboration with: The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA), the International Archives de Television (FIAT), UNESCO. Designed for sound archivists, archivists, librarians, responsible for record and film libraries, researchers, teachers and musicians interested in submitting proposals for papers on the following topics:

The audiovisual (AV) record of the 20th century is at risk, with digitisation being a solution, but this created a new problem: the preservation of digital AV content. Managers and technical staff of the AV industry need to be knowledgeable of, and understand how to use, the latest digital preservation technologies, in order to procure the safety of these documents of cultural heritage.

This workshop will provide a basic introduction to all aspects of audiovisual collections management and preservation, in response to a felt need to equip the “forgotten people” of audiovisual archiving who are charged with caring for collections about which they have limited professional expertise. The session is intended to open the gateway to networks of contacts and sources of knowledge which the individual can pursue after the conference at their own pace.

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