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PARS Preconference -Reply
- Subject: PARS Preconference -Reply
- From: Karen Muller <kmuller@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:06:55 -0700
- Message-id: <s545a911.046@ala.org>
Registration is open for this ALCTS PRECONFERENCE TO THE ALA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE Please share widely and feel free to post to other
lists I don't have access to!
WASHINGTON D.C., June 25-July 2, 1998
THE TRANSFORMATION OF RECORDED SOUND PRESERVATION IN
THE DIGITAL AGE
Friday, June 26, 1998
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
To be held at the National Archives Building Theater, 700 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW.
Presented by the Preservation and Reformatting Section Photographic and
Recording Media Committee Association for Library Collecitons & Technical
Services a division of the American Library Association
Co-Sponsors
Society of American Archivists
National Archives and Records Administration
The Research Libraries Group has graciously underwritten some of the
expenses of this preconference.
Goals and Objectives
The presentations will address the following topics: the advantages and
disadvantages of analog vs. digital technologies, strategies for coping with
the change from analog to digital, evolving acquisition, access and
preservation policies, and the latest technologies and standards.
The preconference will be an expanded version of the 1997 Society of
American Archivists annual conference program, "Dealing with the
Transformation: Analog and Digital Technologies in Recorded Sound
Collections." Speakers will review current practices for acquiring, preserving
and enhancing access to sound collections, and assessing the advantages
and disadvantages offered by the analog and digital technologies.
Strategies will be discussed for coping with the increasing replacement of
analog by digital products and practices. The presentations will focus on
the changing nature of recording and communications technologies and
how these changes will likely impact the key activities of acquisition,
preservation, and access.
Participants should expect to leave the preconference with a better
understanding of the scope of the transformation occurring in sound
recording and communications technologies, and of the many factors to be
considered as library and archival programs contemplate the shift towards
increasing use of digital technologies.
Audience
Librarians or archivists involved with audio collections who are concerned
about the shifting trend towards digital technologies.
Faculty
Gerry Gibson, Audio and Moving Image Preservation Specialist,
Preservation, Research and Testing Division, Library of Congress; Charles
Hardy, Oral Historian, Associate Professor of History, West Chester
University; Alan Lewis, Audio-Visual Expert, NARA, Special Media Archives
Division; William Storm, Consultant; Dave Wickstrom, Consultant; Jim
Wheeler, Consultant; Moderator: Richard Peek, Head, Preservation
Department, University of Rochester Libraries.
Tentative Program Outline
8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00-9:10 a.m. Welcome and Introduction - Peek
9:10-9:50 a.m. Sound Recording in the Digital Age: A Report from the
Field
- Hardy
9:50-10:30 a.m. Understanding the Requirements: Digital Access to
Sound and
Moving Images - Storm
10:30-10:55 a.m. Networking Break
10:55-11:25 a.m. Contracting for Preservation Services. The many
considerations for preparing a vendor contract for audio
transfer. - Lewis
11:25-12:10 p.m. How Do They Do That?: Audio Tape Transfer Specifics.
A
basic overview of how things work electronically.-
Wickstrom
12:10-1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:30-2:10 p.m. Current Practices for Storing and Handling Audio
Materials.
The best practices for acquiring, processing, and storing
audio materials. -- Gibson
2:10-2:45 p.m. Preserving Digital Tapes. The problems associated with
digital tape preservation, environmental testing, and
storage considerations.-Wheeler
2:45-3:10 p.m. Networking Break
3:10-3:55 p.m. Panel discussion, Questions and Answers -- All faculty
3:55-4:05 p.m. Concluding remarks and acknowledgments - Peek
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To Register
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__ Add ALCTS to my ALA membership (ALA membership number
______________) $45
__ First-time membership in ALA ($50) and ALCTS ($45) $95
__ Regular renewing membership in ALA ($100) and ALCTS ($45)
$145
(For other ALA member categories contact Shonda M. Russell
srussell@xxxxxxxx)
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ALCTS ALA Member Non-ALA member
What in the World? (4463) $135 $185 $235
Sound Preservation (4469) $135 $185 $235
Jump Start (4464) $135 $185 $235
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-- Karen Muller
Executive Director, LAMA/ALCTS
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