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Hello all, *This Wednesday*, *November 3*, ARSC invites you once again to join us for a Continuing Professional Education webinar. Please note we've added one more guest speaker, digital asset librarian and archivist Veronica Smith. This program is free and open to the public. To register, click here: https://bit.ly/3DxKYc7 *ARSC Continuing Education Webinar Series & ARSC Technical Committee Present:* *What’s Up with DAT?*: A Discussion on Digital Audio Tape Featuring guest speakers Eddie Ciletti, Dan Figurelli, Kelly Pribble, and Veronica Smith Moderated by Jessica Thompson *November 3, 2021*, 2:00 PM EDT/11:00 AM PDT The Digital Audio Tape (DAT) format presents many preservation concerns, stemming from its physically fragile nature, complex playback mechanisms, and digital capture strategies. This webinar panel will survey cases, methods, and discussions among audio engineers and technicians who have strategies for tackling problems with DAT. Please email Series Coordinators Dan Hockstein and Yuri Shimoda at [log in to unmask] with any questions. Speakers: *Eddie Ciletti *has been a self-employed audio tech (and occasional recording engineer) for most of his career, with stints at MCI, Bearsville, Atlantic, Record Plant and R/Greenberg Associates along the way. He began his professional career in 1975 as a keyboard technician for Hall and Oates. His specialties include helical scan digital as well as analog tape decks, wire recorders, microphones, recording lathes, consoles and outboard gear. Since 1988, his company, Manhattan Sound Technicians has catered to project studios in the 5 boroughs of NYC, where his clients included ABKCO Records, The Master Cutting Room, David Byrne, Tony Visconti and Laurie Anderson. He has done a range of archiving projects including multitracks from the US Festival. He left NYC in 1999 and currently does business in Minneapolis / St Paul. *Dan Figurelli *is an Audio Preservation Engineer who has been at Indiana University since 2015. A Graduate from Columbia College Chicago, Dan got his start working in recording studios before finding his way into Audio Preservation in 2010. Specializing in rare audio formats, Dan has digitized over 10,000 lacquer discs and wax cylinders, including some of the most unique recordings in the world. His company, Legacy Labs, is based in Bloomington, IN. *Kelly Pribble *is a veteran audio engineer, inventor, media archivist and studio builder who has worked extensively in Nashville, London, New York City and Rio de Janeiro. Kelly has recently worked to preserve and restore original masters for Bob Dylan, Prince, Rush and Mariah Carey. Before joining Iron Mountain Entertainment Services, Kelly reopened the legendary Nashville Studio "Quadrafonic Sound Studio" in 1988. The following year he built an additional three studios, establishing Nashville's largest recording complex under the name "Quad Studios.” After more than a decade Kelly left Nashville for London where he worked closely with Grammy award winning record producer Martin Terefe. With Terefe, Kelly designed and built an eight-studio recording complex called Kensaltown Studios. Under new ownership the former Kensaltown Studios are still one of London’s premiere recording locations. *Veronica Smith* works as a digital asset librarian for an environmental non-profit based in New York City. As an LIS graduate student, Veronica partnered with multiple media organizations around the issue of technology obsolescence and continuing digital access. Her work with CUNY TV's archive focused specifically on the use of digital storage drives to transfer DAT tapes, as well as the editing and preservation of the resulting audio files. We hope we'll see you there! -- Yuri Shimoda Dan Hockstein