[PADG:2207] ALA / PARS Recording & Photographic Media Discussion Group

[Joan Gatewood <joangate@xxxxxxxxx>]

PARS Recording & Photographic Media Discussion Group, Saturday, 2:00 in the 
US Horton E.

CLIR has recently conducted a study on the state of audio collection in 
libraries, the National Recorded Sound Board has created a register of 
historically significant recordings, and ARL has placed sound preservation 
on their strategic agenda.  Building on all of this activity and interest, 
LC, the University of Texas at Austin, ARL, OCLC, and the National Recorded 
Sound Board held a conference last summer called Sound Savings: Preserving 
Audio Collections.  It was a three-day symposium that brought together 
scholars, technical experts, librarians and archivists from across the 
country to learn about where the field is and where it is going.  The final 
session focused on research and education and attempted to shape a series 
of 'next steps' that stakeholders could embrace and move forward.  (These 
'next steps' and the papers from the conference are available on the ARL 
website and will be published in print later this year.)

Mark Roosa will lead a discussion on the 'next steps'. The feedback that he 
hopes to obtain from members will help sharpen future actions.