From: Leggett, Stephen C
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Subject: ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation
For those in Pittsburgh, be there at 3 p.m. Saturday plenary session!
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub164
May 2015. 240 pp. $30 (print version)
ISBN 978-1-932326-50-5
CLIR pub 164
PDF Download of Report (2.7 MB) >><http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub164/pub164.pdf>
Commissioned for and sponsored by the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. Copublished by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, the Council on Library and Information Resources, and The Library of Congress
The ARSC Guide to Audio Preservation is a practical introduction to caring for and preserving audio collections. It is aimed at individuals and institutions that have recorded sound collections but lack the expertise in one or more areas to preserve them.
Our audio legacy is at serious risk because of media deterioration, technological obsolescence, and, often, lack of accessibility. This legacy is remarkable in its diversity, ranging from wax cylinders of extinct Native American languages to tapes of local radio broadcasts, naturalists' and ethnographers' field recordings, small independent record company releases, and much more. Saving this irreplaceable treasure demands the joint effort of libraries, archives, museums, local history repositories, corporations, and individuals. But for many institutions, the question is "Where to begin?" This guide addresses that question.
Nine chapters, contributed by a range of experts, cover audio conservation and preservation, recorded sound formats and their associated risks, appraisal, related copyright issues, and disaster preparedness. The guide also offers advice on making informed decisions about digitization, as well as strategies for managing digital content. An appendix to the guide focuses on fair use and sound recordings."
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Steve Leggett
Liaison Specialist/Program Coordinator
National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) http://www.loc.gov/film
National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) http://www.loc.gov/nrpb
Library of Congress
Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation
19053 Mt. Pony Road
Culpeper, VA 22701
p: 202/707-5912
f: 202/707-0848
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cell/text: 703-895-8349
Also visit the web site of the NFPB's charitable affiliate, the National Film Preservation Foundation at http://www.filmpreservation.org<http://www.filmpreservation.org/>
And visit the web site of the NRPB's charitable affiliate, the National Recording Preservation Foundation, at http://www.recordingpreservation.org<http://www.recordingpreservation.org/>
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