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PARS Recording Media Committee Report of ALA Annual Meeting, 6/27/05 The PARS Recording Media Committee discussed the 2005 PARS Program,
“Saving Sound: Identifying Endangered Recordings and Planning for
the Preservation of Audio Collections.” About 140 people attended
the program. A program evaluation form was distributed, and results will
be tabulated and analyzed by the program’s planning committee members. For the 2006 PARS Program, “Saving Sound, Part 2:
Implementing an Audio Preservation Program,” the committee developed a
list of speakers to invite, who will discuss topics including selection for
preservation of audio recordings, intellectual property issues for audio, and
technical issues in audio preservation (which will be handled as a
librarian/vendor dialogue). In 2007, an overview of audio digitization, case studies of audio
digitization from an individual institution and a collaborative audio
preservation project will be discussed, as will funding for audio digitization. The Recording Media Committee is in the process of developing a plan
for publication of the papers from the 2005, 2006, and 2007 programs.
Committee member Tara Kennedy will work with PARS and ALCTS Program and
Publication Committee members to develop a publication plan. There was a brief review of ALA Annual 2005 activities of the Recording
Media Discussion Group, and a preview of discussion of ALA Midwinter 2006
discussions. In addition, the committee discussed the proposal for
alternative scheduling of PARS Discussion Groups. Please contact Tom Clareson at Tom_Clareson@xxxxxxxx
or 800/848/5878, x 6071 with questions. |