Re: arsclist need consultant//Hope you're feeling better

["Richard L. Hess" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Laura,

I called about 2PM on Friday and heard that you were out sick. I hope that 
you're feeling better.

When would be a good time to call on Monday? Would 2PM still be OK?

As a brief background, I am a Principal Consultant at National 
TeleConsultants in Glendale, California. We specialize in broadcast system 
design for clients such as ABC, DIRECTV, Fox, Microsoft, and others. A 
current project of mine is working with ABC to develop an all-digital, 
computer-based news system for the network studios in New York.

I am on the Los Angeles Section Committee of the Audio Engineering Society 
(AES) and the AES Technical Committee for Archives, Restoration, and 
Digital Libraries. I am also involved in the harmonization between the 
Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) and AES's AES-31 standard.

My personal interest includes tape restoration and transfer and I have a 
Web page about that at http://www.richardhess.com/tape/

I am currently working on some of the oldest tapes in the US--some of the 
ones that Jack Mullin brought back from Germany after the Second World War 
and were used for work with Bing Crosby and Burl Ives. There is an article 
about that work coming out in the July/August issue of the Journal of the AES.

I'm sorry that NTC doesn't have a Web site, but we generate business the 
old fashioned way, by referrals <smile>.

I'm interested in talking with you because I think that the collection you 
have is valuable, and there might be an opportunity to work with you on a 
project that involves my personal and business interests.

Cheers,

Richard

At 11:54 AM 07/12/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> My institution would like to hire a consultant to look at our collection of
> some 4000 sound and video recordings, having to do with the Van Cliburn
> International Piano Competition, and make recommendations about formats,
> technologies and processes with which to 1) archivally re-record and 2)
> re-master recordings for future production use.   We could also use some
> cogent advice on equipment purchases, a 'refreshment' plan, and even ideas
> about obtaining grants (to actually do the work).  Recommendations would be
> welcome.
>
> Laura J. Ruede, MLS
> Van Cliburn Archivist, Mary Couts Burnett Library
> Librarian-liaison, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders; School of
> Education
> Texas Christian University
>
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