[ARSCLIST] Request for Panelist, ALA Mid-Winter Meeting, San Antonio, January 21st

["Cybulski, Walter (NIH/NLM) [E]" <Cybulskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings Association for Recorded Sound list readers:

The American Library Association's ALCTS/Preservation and Reformatting
Section (PARS) is seeking a panelist to participate in the Reformatting
Discussion Group at the Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio.   The
discussion group is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 21st,
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Menger Hotel.

Panelists are being asked to address storage and reformatting issues for
a range of materials, including recorded sound.  The participant would
be asked to provide a brief informal presentation that touches on the
following issues:

	- Current state of recorded sound preservation.
	- Prospects for the extended life of digitized audio content.
	- Retention and provision of proper storage for original analog
media that has been digitized
		vs. withdrawal and de-accessioning.
	- Address how your unique media is reformatted and under what
circumstances do you reformat from the
		original to another media (e.g. routine ongoing
procedure, patron demand for access, &c.).
	- Address whether you consider the digital or the analog copy to
be the preservation "master."

If someone on this list will be attending the ALA meeting and would like
to participate as a panelist, please contact Atalanta Grant-Suttie
off-list via her home e-mail:

	pinewood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

or call her during the day at 301 496-8015.

Atalanta will provide you with a list of questions to help guide you in
the preparation of your presentation.

Thank you for your attention.

Walter Cybulski
Preservation & Collection Mgmt. Section
National Library of Medicine
Bldg. 38, Room B1-E21
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
301-496-2690