[PADG:1461] New date for Library of Congress T.O.P.S. talk

["Jeanne Drewes" <jdre@xxxxxxx>]

Please note that the lecture announced for 4/23 has been postponed to 6/18 due to unforeseen circumstances.  Please see the announcement with the new time and location below:

The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress invites you to attend the 27th lecture in its series on "Topics in Preservation Science (TOPS)," Monday, June 18, 2007, from 10:00 am - 12:00 noon.  

Dr. Carl H. Haber, Senior Scientist in the Physics Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) at the University of California, will present a lecture on Capturing Recorded Sound through Imaging: The I.R.E.N.E. Project and Future Prospects.  

Dr. Carl H. Haber will discuss efforts to capture sound from damaged phonographs, and similar 2-D grooved recordings, by developing a device to image groove configurations. The prototype device, the "I.R.E.N.E. Machine," has now been delivered and installed at LC for fidelity evaluation by two Library Divisions:  Preservation Research and Testing, and Motion Picture, Broadcast and Recorded Sound.  Dr. Haber will discuss the status of the I.R.E.N.E. project, as well as future plans to develop a second device for high resolution surface profiling of 3-D grooved media, such as wax cylinders.

Location:  Mumford Room, Madison Building 6th floor, Library of Congress (101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. 20540).

The Topics in Preservation Science lectures are free and open to the public. For more information about this series, which is continually expanded and updated, see http://www.loc.gov/preserv/tops/schedule.html.

Dianne van der Reyden
Director, Preservation Directorate
Library of Congress
Washington, DC