[padg] PARS Recording Media Discussion Group

["Stephanie A. Lamson" <salamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,
Below is a preliminary agenda for the PARS Recording Media DG.

If anyone has additional agenda items or would like to volunteer to be chair/co-chair, please contact salamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank you!
Stephanie & Katie
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ALA Annual Conference
ALCTS/PARS

Recording Media Discussion Group

6/29/2008 Sunday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Hilton Anaheim, Manhattan Room (4th floor), Anaheim, CA


10:30-11:15

Authenticity of digital files is a fundamental concern in preservation.  But what if the file isn't correct to begin with?  What if the data leaving the analog-to-digital converter isn't properly written to the file?  In hundreds of tests, commonly used hardware and software were found to fail this simple task over 85% of the time.

George Blood of Safe Sound Archive shares their findings and test procedures,
how you can tell, what you can do about it, and the implications for preservation.


11:30-12

Following up on Midwinter, discuss and begin to create an agenda of audio preservation concerns.


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Katie McCormick
Interim AUL for Special Collections
Reference Archivist & Coordinator for the Oral History Program
J. Murrey Atkins Library
UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
(704) 687-6288
kmccormi@xxxxxxxx

Stephanie Lamson
Asst. Preservation Librarian
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA  98195-2900
206.543.4890
salamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx