[ARSCLIST] British & Irish Sound Archives (BISA) conference in Aberystwyth, Wales, 23-24 May 2008

["Prentice, Will" <Will.Prentice@xxxxx>]

***With apologies for cross-posting***

Announcing the next British & Irish Sound Archives (BISA) conference in
Aberystwyth, Wales, 23-24 May 2008

BISA will be holding their annual meeting at the National Screen & Sound
Archive of Wales, and all are welcome to attend. The meeting offers a
great chance for audio archivists from around the British Isles to get
together and discuss issues of common interest, formally and informally.
We're looking forward to a lively meeting in the beautiful surroundings
of Aberystwyth. Registration to attend the conference is free, here:
http://www.bisa-web.org/register.php?c1=27&cx1=2 . 

Programme:

Friday 23rd May
9:30      coffee & registration
10:30    Intro/welcome. Andrew Green, Librarian, National Library &
Sound Archive of Wales
10:45    Christine Adams (British Library): Lessons learned from
operation Betamax: the pros and cons of using in-house vs external audio
engineers
11:25    Malachy Moran (RTE): Measuring & communicating progress of
digital projects
12:05    George Boston: UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
12:20    AGM
1:00      lunch
2:15      Iestyn Hughes:  Current AV issues at the National Library &
Sound Archive of Wales
3:00      Beth Thomas & Meinwen Ruddock: Current AV issues at St Fagans
National History Museum, Cardiff       
3:34      coffee
4:15      Daniel Leech-Wilkinson: introduction to the CHARM sound
collection and discography
5:00      Show & Tell: some highlights from the National Library & Sound
Archive of Wales
5:30      close

Saturday 24th May
10:00    Tour of the National Library & Sound Archive of Wales
12:00    meeting ends

Further information including travel and accommodation can be found on
the BISA website: www.bisa-web.org 

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Will



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Will Prentice
Technical Services
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