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[PADG:1111] Intro to Audio Archives Management
Title: Intro to Audio Archives
Management
Solveig DeSutter at the Society of American Archivists asked me
to share this with some listservs:
The Society of American Archivists is hosting a full day workshop
"An Introduction to Audio Archives Management", July 30th in
Washington DC. This is at the beginning of their Annual
Conference, held jointly this year with CoSA and NAGARA.
This workshop is appropriate for anyone:
- who has archives experience who wishes to know more about
audio
- who has audio experience and is interested to learn about
archives management for audio
- interested gaining hands-on experience with common audio
media
- interested in our field and seeking a first experience
This workshop is open to both SAA members and non-member, whether
or not you are attending the conference. [Personally I recommend
members of this list consider both SAA membership and attending this
conference.] A CD-ROM of the materials used in the workshop will
be distributed to attendees. Attendance is limited to 40.
For more information:
http://www.archivists.org/prof-education/workshop-detail.asp?id=1846
If you're responsible for
the care or management of audio collections, want to know more about
machine-readable audio materials, or build on basic knowledge and take
advantage of the opportunity to learn in a hands-on "lab"
-this workshop is for you! From identification of formats and an
understanding of care issues through digitization and disaster
planning, this one-day workshop prepares collections managers for
basic curatorial assessment of sound recordings. Brought to you by two
audio archives veterans with decades of experience, this introductory
workshop on the care and handling of audio materials typically found
in archives and libraries is what you're looking for to get
started.
Upon completing this
workshop, you'll have:
*
Basic knowledge of the most common audio formats in
archives;
*
Understanding of the most common preservation issues with
those formats;
*
Know-how to handle common formats safely and to do basic
playback for assessment and identification;
*
Information on reformatting options and standards, including
storage and digitization;
*
Hands-on experience handling these formats; and
* An
introduction to disaster planning.
Who should attend? Collections managers/archivists, special
collections librarians, music librarians, oral historians, those with
little or no prior experience with audio materials.
Attendance is limited to 40.
Instructor(s):
Alan F Lewis
Independent Consultant in Audiovisual Archives
George Blood (Bio)
Owner
Safe Sound Archive
Hotel and Travel Information:
The Hilton Washington (1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20009) will serve as the DC 2006 Joint Annual Meeting
Headquarters Hotel.
--
Nominated for
Grammy Award 2003:Best Classical Album
Philadelphia
Orchestra, Schumann Orchestra works
Producers:
George Blood & Simon Woods
George
Blood
Safe Sound
Archive
George
Blood Audio, L.P.
21 West Highland Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 248-2100 (v)
(215) 242-2177 (f)
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