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Re: [ARSCLIST] Purpose of ARSCList, was: looking for supplies
Lou Judson wrote:
Similar complaints are heard on NatureRecordists e-list... too much tech
and not enough animals!
I was under the impression that this list is for restoration and
archiving, and the equipment and techniques related to that. I for one
am not looking for music or record discussion, except how to best play
them and maintain archives.
I'd like to see more discussion of tape machines and A/D convertors,
storage needs and digital preservation methods, what people and
institutions use for metdata and migration, etc... Less about music. Am
I on the wrong list for that? Can anyon point me to a better resource if
so?
My opinion is that most threads start off well within the scope of the
list. They deal with issues of collections of recorded sound. Those on
technical matters tend to begin with a question from an archivist or
librarian; those on specific recordings begin with a post from a
collector who may or may not be a librarian or archivist in the
institutiional sense.
The problem for me and perhaps for Lou Judson is that the threads
rapidly wander into dialogues - sometimes multi-logues - on ever less
relevant matters. The relative merits of two or more artists, the
virtues and faults of recordings and reissues, and other points which
tend to be subjective, hence discursive, occasionally discourteous, and
off-topic.
Again, the above is my opinion. I do not intend to criticize the
operation of the group, only to describe it as succinctly as I can.
Mike
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