RE: [AV Media Matters] Archiving

[RRobinson@npr.org]

For those who missed this NPR exclusive April 1 feature story:

http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1216161


-Rob Robinson, NPR




-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Hess [mailto:arclists@richardhess.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 10:22 PM
To: AV Media Matters
Subject: Re: [AV Media Matters] Archiving


Mark,

It must be true...I heard it on NPR...but wait...it was on April 
First...maybe...well...<smile>.

Cheers,

Richard

At 02:39 PM 4/9/2003 -0400, markp@waveworks.net wrote:
>        I was talking to some folks around here today and heard this
>rumor:
>
>The National Archives has started archiving all of it's audio
collection
>to 78 rpm shellac audio disks!  2 1/2 minutes per side.  It will take
about
>84 years to complete!
>        I'm stunned!   Can this be true?   If so, that's a LOT of
>shellac.

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