Re: [ARSCLIST] Risk assessment tool

[Richard Warren <richard.warren@xxxxxxxx>]

At 09:20 AM 1/3/2006, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am further developing a risk assessment tool for ranking field audio
> collections by their preservation condition and level of risk they
> carry. The tool is called FACET and was presented first at the ARSC
> pre-conference workshop last year. I have formulated a few
> format-related questions, with help from Richard Hess and Steve Smolian,
> and hope to draw upon the collective expertise assembled here. The first
> set of questions concern sticky shed syndrome tapes:
>
> 1. Given that there is a known, easy cure for sticky shed (baking) that
> is nearly always successful, how concerned are you about tapes with this

I'm concerned because on some tapes with sss, the sticky backing can 
peel the recorded layer from the base and ruin the recording.

> condition?
>
> 2. Is there any evidence that sss tapes actively continue to deteriorate
> over time in such a way as to compromise future transfer?

Please see comment above (but I don't know if time is a factor or the 
type of backing).


> 3. If you had to choose between preservation transfer of an sss tape or
> a curling acetate-based tape or an audio cassette from the 1970s, which
> would you choose and why?

That would depend on content. If both had the same content, I'd try 
the sss tape first because, if it played, the results would likely be better.


> Many thanks!
>
> Mike
>
> ----------
> Mike Casey
> Associate Director for Recording Services
> Archives of Traditional Music
> Indiana University
>
> (812) 855-8090
>
> Co-chair, ARSC Technical Committee