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[ARSCLIST] British & Irish Sound Archives (BISA) conference in Aberystwyth, Wales, 23-24 May 2008
***With apologies for cross-posting***
Announcing the next British & Irish Sound Archives (BISA) conference in
Aberystwyth, Wales, 23-24 May 2008
BISA will be holding their annual meeting at the National Screen & Sound
Archive of Wales, and all are welcome to attend. The meeting offers a
great chance for audio archivists from around the British Isles to get
together and discuss issues of common interest, formally and informally.
We're looking forward to a lively meeting in the beautiful surroundings
of Aberystwyth. Registration to attend the conference is free, here:
http://www.bisa-web.org/register.php?c1=27&cx1=2 .
Programme:
Friday 23rd May
9:30 coffee & registration
10:30 Intro/welcome. Andrew Green, Librarian, National Library &
Sound Archive of Wales
10:45 Christine Adams (British Library): Lessons learned from
operation Betamax: the pros and cons of using in-house vs external audio
engineers
11:25 Malachy Moran (RTE): Measuring & communicating progress of
digital projects
12:05 George Boston: UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
12:20 AGM
1:00 lunch
2:15 Iestyn Hughes: Current AV issues at the National Library &
Sound Archive of Wales
3:00 Beth Thomas & Meinwen Ruddock: Current AV issues at St Fagans
National History Museum, Cardiff
3:34 coffee
4:15 Daniel Leech-Wilkinson: introduction to the CHARM sound
collection and discography
5:00 Show & Tell: some highlights from the National Library & Sound
Archive of Wales
5:30 close
Saturday 24th May
10:00 Tour of the National Library & Sound Archive of Wales
12:00 meeting ends
Further information including travel and accommodation can be found on
the BISA website: www.bisa-web.org
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Will
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Will Prentice
Technical Services
British Library Sound Archive Tel: +44 (0)20-7412-7443
96 Euston Road Fax: +44 (0)20-7412-7416
London NW1 2DB http://www.bl.uk
UK http://cadensa.bl.uk (online
catalogue)