----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrews, Kim" <[log in to unmask]> >A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media > presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts > March 2 & 3, 2009 - Save the Date! > Cosponsored and hosted by the Harry Ransom Center, The University of > Texas at Austin > Austin, TX > Sessions: > * Overview of Machine-Based AV Media Identification and > Preservation > * Reformatting Options for AV Media > * Contracting for AV Preservation Services > * Surveying and Selecting AV Media Materials for Preservation and > Access > * Funding Opportunities for AV Preservation > * Case Studies and Panel Discussions > Lead Speaker: > Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, Washington, DC > Speakers: > George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, PA > Tom Clareson, Program for New Initiatives, PALINET, Philadelphia, PA > Sarah Cunningham, Audio Preservation Specialist, Lyndon Baines Johnson > Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, TX > Sarah Stauderman, Preservation Manager, Smithsonian Institution > Archives, Washington, DC > The fee for this two-day program is $200. Funders for this program > include the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the > Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In partnership with PALINET. Also > cosponsored by The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural > Record, School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin and > Amigos Library Services, Inc. > Registration form available at > http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar . For more information, > visit www.ccaha.org <http://www.ccaha.org/> , call 215-545-0613 or email > [log in to unmask] > A limited number of $750 stipends are available to staff from non-profit > institutions with annual budgets of less than $500,000. Eligibility > requirements and stipend application information available at > http://www.ccaha.org/uploads/media/cc74d6786125f8222a96b320ec1d2ec0.pdf > CCAHA will also conduct this program at the Denver Public Library in > Denver, CO on July 29 & 30, 2009 and in Atlanta, GA in Fall 2009, dates > to be announced. > Kim Andrews > Preservation Services Officer > CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts > 264 S. 23rd Street > Philadelphia, PA 19103 > Well, I don't have the $200...nor any way to get to Austin, Texas...! However, I DO have some experience in the area, since I'm currently preserving some 52,000+ 78rpm phonorecords successfully...?! Steven C. Barr Oshawa, Ont'o., Canada