[ARSCLIST] 2005 ARSC Conference

[Bill Klinger <klinger@xxxxxxxxx>]

---2005 ANNUAL CONFERENCE---

ARSC proudly announces its 39th annual conference, to be held in the
"Live Music Capital of the World," Austin, Texas, March 30 - April 2,
2005. Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration
with ARSC's Texas Chapter, this conference promises to be lively,
enjoyable, and memorable -- one you won't want to miss!

The Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin will be the conference site. The
hotel, located downtown at 111 East Cesar Chavez Street, overlooks
beautiful Town Lake, with more than 30 miles of hike and bike trails.
ARSC has arranged a special conference rate of $129 per night, single
or double. To reserve a room, visit http://www.radisson.com/austintx/
or call (512) 478-9611 and use promotional code ARSC05. The special
rate is good until March 7, 2005, but book as early as possible.

For further details about the conference, visit
http://arsc-audio.org/conference2005.html. The conference
registration form and complete program will be added in early January.

ARSC is dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings
-- in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all
periods. The upcoming conference will reflect this focus. Among the
vast array of talks, topics will include:

-- music producers and sellers in Austin
-- music history and collections in Austin and Texas
-- recording technology
-- classical, folk, country and gospel music
-- copyright issues
-- digital preservation.

The pre-conference workshop, "The Assessment, Preservation, and
access of Audio Collections in the Digital Age: An Archival Case
Study," will take place March 30, 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Workshop
registration is not included in the conference registration fee.
Early registration (before March 4) is $70 for ARSC members, $85 for
non-members. Detailed information and the registration form can be
found at http://arsc-audio.org/workshop05.html.

Other exciting activities are being scheduled. The conference will
include tours of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and the
Austin City Limits studio at KLRU.

Don't forget to join us for the ARSC Banquet, to be held at the world
headquarters of Threadgill's, which has been serving home cooking
since 1933. Peabody Award-winning radio producers, the Kitchen
Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva), will be the guest speakers at
this event.

As a bonus, conference registrants are likely to find many treasures
at the Austin Record Convention. Advertised to be "the largest sale
of recorded music in the USA," the convention will take place at the
Crockett Event Center, during the weekend of the conference.

If you have questions or wish to exhibit at the conference, please
contact Kurt Nauck, ARSC Conference Manager, at nauck@xxxxxxxxxx


Anna-Maria Manuel
ARSC Outreach Committee Chair