Re: [ARSCLIST] National Recorded Sound Preservation Study

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Loughlin wrote:

> I cannot get the details for the NYC hearings.  Can someone post them here?

Just the main page..lots of links which you'll still have to open.

National Recorded Sound Preservation Study
Commissioned by the National Recording Preservation Board

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Librarian of Congress will be holding two public hearings in preparation for a report on the preservation of sound recordings and invites
comments from the public. Details are available in this Notice of Inquiry [PDF: 542 KB].

Council on Library and Information Resources Reports
Note: These are PDF files which require the free version of the Acrobat viewer to view.

Publication #133: Survey of Reissues of U.S. Recordings [PDF: 575 KB]

Publication #135: Copyright Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Pre-1972 Commercial Sound Recordings by Libraries and
Archives [PDF: 506 KB]

Publication #137: Capturing Analog Sound for Digital Preservation: Report of a Roundtable Discussion of Best Practices for Transferring Analog Discs
and Tapes [PDF: 444 KB]

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> >From: David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> ><ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx>
> >To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [ARSCLIST] National Recorded Sound Preservation Study
> >Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:00:54 -0500
> >
> >Don't know if this has been mentioned here. Forwarded from ToNY to 78-L.
> >
> >http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-clir.html
> >
> >Jim Baldwin wrote:
> >
> > > Heads up from another site:
> > > ==================================================
> > > > Don't know how many of you are aware of this but the National
> > > > Recording  Preservation Board of the Library of Congress is
> > > > holding public hearings in L.A. on  Nov. 29 and NYC on Dec. 19
> > > > to solicit comment on (among other things) how copyright law
> > > > might be changed to encourage preservation of and access to
> > > > historic recordings.  This is a rare opportunity to go on record
> > > > and perhaps -  perhaps - even influence public policy about
> > > > access to old recordings.
> > > > They're accepting written comments from corporations, archives
> > > > and "the  considerable population of individuals with personal,
> > > > often specialized collections  of recorded sound, including
> > > > published and unpublished materials."  The  deadline for
> > > > submissions for the L.A. hearings is past, but for the NYC
> > > > hearing (to  be held at the Princeton Club on 43rd Street) it is
> > > > November 28.
> > > >
> > > > Considering the controversy over copyright these days this could
> > > > be lively!   Does anyone know if anyone in the press is planning
> > > > to cover this?
> > > > Details are at http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-clir.html
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