JB - Suggest you contact the folks at Arhoolie, who superbly digitized over 100 thousands Tejano-Conjunto/Mexican and Mexican American Recordings 78s for the Frontera project, hosted online by UCLA. Tom Diamant is best person to speak with. http://arhoolie.org/frontera-collection-2/ + http://frontera.library.ucla.edu/ B. George Director, ARChive of Contemporary Music, NYC Curator, Sound Collections, The Internet Archive, San Francisco > On Nov 22, 2015, at 4:58 PM, Joel Bresler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear friends: > > Apologies for cross-posting...I'd be interested in hearing from list members > who have worked on teams digitizing very large numbers of 78 rpm recordings > (tens of thousands) or who have read good articles and reports on teams > undertaking same. I am particularly keen to learn about techniques and > process flows that "work" for large-scale production that would be > impractical logistically or economically for smaller quantities. > > I would also value opinions on whether it is important to wash all the disks > first, or a process for determining which have to be washed for best > results. > > Thanks in advance for your thoughts! > > Best, > > Joel > > > Joel Bresler > 250 E. Emerson Road > Lexington, MA 02420 > United States > > 1-781-862-4104 (Telephone & FAX) > www.linkedin.com/in/joelbresler > [log in to unmask] > IN CASE OF VERIZON EMAIL PROBLEMS, PLEASE USE MY BACK-UP EMAIL: > joelbresler-at-gmail.com