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Re: [ARSCLIST] Disaster plans: Piano rolls, cylinders, and wire recordings
Somewhat related to this topic, check out the coverage of the fire in the Eisenhower Executive
Office Building yesterday. Some important antiques and other unique items were damaged.
I would suggest one of the best disaster-prevention policies is a properly-done (ie proper analog
playback, high-resolution transfer, proper meta-data/catalog information) and properly-funded
program of transferring delicate antique audio materials to digital and instituting an off-site
mirrored backup system. That way, if the original object is destroyed, at least a digital transfer
exists in more than one location. I always think about if the Alexandria library had digital backup
technology, what might we know today that we don't.
-- Tom Fine
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From: "joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jsalerno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Disaster plans: Piano rolls, cylinders, and wire recordings
This would be a great topic for an ARSC Conference paper. Disaster planning - has this been
covered before?
Joe Salerno
Kate Murray wrote:
The University of Maryland Libraries is updating its disaster plan to include information on some
of our more unusual formats including piano rolls, cylinder recordings (wax and plastic) and wire
recordings. If your institution covers these formats in your disaster plan or if you just have
some words of wisdom to share, please contact me at kmurray@xxxxxxx or 301-314-3287. I'd be happy
to summarize for the list if people are interested.
Many thanks! Kate Murray