[ARSCLIST] Associated Audio Archivists Committee

["Nelson-Strauss, Brenda" <bnelsons@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ARSC AAA Committee to Meet in Austin

I'm pleased to announce that Chuck Haddix has been appointed Acting
Chair of the ARSC Associated Audio Archivists (AAA) Committee. Haddix,
the Director of the Marr Sound Archives in the Miller Nichols Library at
the University of Missouri-Kansas City, is also a well-known writer and
radio producer. He has previously served ARSC as Advertising Editor
(1991-93), and has been a member of the Local Arrangements Committee
(1996) and Nominating Committee (1996-97).  

The AAA Committee works to develop and implement cooperative solutions
to common problems confronting archival sound collections.  Over the
years, AAA has initiated a number of archival projects including the
"Rigler-Deutsch Index", an index of 78 rpm recordings held by member
institutions, and "Audio Preservation: A Planning Study", a pioneering
study identifying key elements of preservation best practices and
recommendations for the implementation of those practices.  

Haddix will be organizing a meeting of the AAA committee during the 2005
ARSC Conference in Austin, Texas, March 30-April 2.  The purpose of the
meeting is to discuss the future mission, objectives, and membership of
the committee, which has been dormant for several years. AAA committee
membership is open to all ARSC members who represent institutions with
recorded sound collections.  Current members include representatives
from Yale University, Stanford University, Library of Congress,
University of California-Santa Barbara, New York Public Library,
University of Missouri-Kansas City, Syracuse University, and the Eastman
School of Music, among others.

For more information on the AAA committee please contact: Chuck Haddix,
Marr Sound Archives, Miller Nichols Library, UMKC, 800 E. 51st, Kansas
City, MO 64110; tel. (816) 235-2798; Haddixc@xxxxxxxxx            

Brenda Nelson-Strauss,
ARSC President