The first step is getting an appraisal of your needs and a
series of budgets based on what requirements emerge from this professionally
made survey.
If there is some uniformity to the collection and it is of
substantial size, it pays to buy the equipment and do it in house. If they
are small clumps of recordings from varied sources, it's probably better to send
it out.
Assuming the former, my suggestion is to have one of use
experts help you choose the equipment within your budget and, once obtained,
come to you, install it and show you how to get the best results from your
discs. The demo should be videotaped on your site, using your equipment,
and allowing time for a q&a session. In that way, you and your
successors know what to do and what was done. Aer a relatively short
period for you to get comfortable with the process, you should be able to cut
the cord rather than carry the overhead of a permanent consutant.
Needelss to say, I offer this service as do some others on
this list.
Steve Smolian
301-694-5134
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