Re: [AV Media Matters] Transcript Discs

[smolians@erols.com]

I have much different opinions about the advisability of the processes
outlined in the ARSC journal article which I do not care to air here.  This
is simply a caution.

Steven Smolian

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Savage <bsavage@stanford.edu>
To: AV-Media-Matters@topica.com <AV-Media-Matters@topica.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 12:47 PM
Subject: [AV Media Matters] Transcript Discs

>Hello,
>
>I am starting to look at a collection of Transcript Discs (made between 1946
>and 1961) and the medium is a new one for me. Can anyone suggest a good
>source of information about them?
>
>The two sources I have found so far are the fairly recent article in the
>ARSC journal about cleaning and re-recording them and the "Final Performance
>Report: Audio Preservation -- a planning study" (ARSC/AAA: 1987).
>
>An initial examination leads me to believe they are all laminated (no bare
>aluminum as in the post earlier to the list about cleaning).
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bob Savage
>
>--
>Bob Savage
>Media Preservation Unit
>Stanford University Libraries
>bsavage@stanford.edu