[ARSCLIST] a beginner's guide to audio preservation

[Trey Bunn <treybunn2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone.

I've been on this list for almost a year now, and it's
been great getting expert advice on all things audio
from everyone.  I'd now like to ask for some sort of
non-expert advice, so to speak...

I'm trying to put together a list of resources on
audio preservation for someone who is a complete
newbie to the field.  This is to help train a young
graduate student who will be taking over from me when
I leave my current position, a student who has
absolutely no prior experience with sound recordings
at all.  While I have misgivings about our
supervisor's tendency to treat audio preservation as
what I call "trained monkey work" that can just be
thrown onto anyone with no experience, my replacement
(who has just had this thrust upon her) at least seems
eager to learn and has picked up on the basics of
importing reels for digitization.  I'd like for her to
be as much of an expert as a neophyte can be (hmm,
contradiction, I know) by the time I leave later this
month.

I'm seeking all kinds of resources here, be they web
pages, journal articles, books, or anything.  Most of
what this person will be working with consists of reel
to reel tapes and cassettes, but I'd like for her to
get a bigger picture in terms of other sound formats
and general practices involved in both conservation
and preservation reformatting.  I do of course already
have a shortlist of my own, but I was hoping that some
of you could point out some other good resources for a
beginner.



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Trey Bunn
Folklife Resource Center
McKissick Museum
University of South Carolina

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