[padg] The Great Migration: Audio Preservation in the Digital Age

[Robert James <robert.james@xxxxxxxx>]

The Great Migration: Audio Preservation in the Digital Age

North Carolina Preservation Consortium
 2007 Annual Conference

November 2, 2007
9 AM – 4 PM

William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

The handling and conversion of
audio materials is one of the most daunting areas of preservation.  Institutions
of all types and sizes maintain audio collections and are often at a loss
as to how to physically assess the material, how to reformat materials
to an acceptable preservation standard, and how to manage such preservation
projects.  At the same time, audio is among the most unstable formats;
due to the obsolescence of playback equipment, most old recordings are
at risk of  becoming inaccessible within decades.  This year's
North Carolina Preservation Consortium Conference will address current
standards and best practices in audio preservation.  Come hear and
interact with our panel of experts about the hands-on reality of managing
both small and large audio preservation projects in the digital age.  Personnel
performing, managing, or advocating for the preservation and conservation
of collections, particularly sound recordings, are encouraged to attend
this conference.  Faculty and students in library and information
science, archives, public history, museum, and conservation graduate schools
are also welcome.


Speakers 

George Blood
Safe Sound Archive & George
Blood Audio 
Web site   http://www.safesoundarchive.com

Sam Brylawski
Editor, Encyclopedic Discography
of Victor Records, Special Collections, Donald C. Davidson
Library, University of California Santa Barbara and President of the Association
of Recorded Sound Collections.  Web site   http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll

Mike Casey
Associate Director for Recording
Services, Archives of Traditional Music, Indiana University.  Involved
with the Field Audio Collection Evaluation Tool (FACET) & Sound Directions
Project.   
Web site   http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/projects/sounddirections

 
Chad Hunter
Archivist, Appalshop.  Web
site   http://www.appalshop.org


Program Schedule 

9:00-9:30      
         Registration & Refreshments

9:30-9:40      
         Welcome & Opening
Remarks 

9:40-10:25      
         Audio Preservation Basics
Part I
Sam Brylawski
         
              
10:25-10:40      
         Q & A Discussion

10:40-11:25      
         Audio Preservation Basics
Part II 
George Blood
         
              
11:25-11:40      
         Q & A Discussion

11:40-1:00    
           Lunch 

1:00-1:45      
         Small Scale Audio Preservation
& Digitization Projects        
         
      Chad Hunter
         
              
1:45-2:00      
         Q & A Discussion

2:00 – 2:30      
         Afternoon Break 

2:30-3:15      
 Large Scale Audio Preservation & Digitization Projects

Mike Casey

3:15-3:30      
         Q & A Discussion

3:30-4:00      
         Wrap-Up Open Discussion
with Panel  


Registration
The registration fee is $60 for
employees of NCPC member institutions and individual NCPC members, $70
for non-members, and $50.00 for students in library science or public history
graduate programs.  This fee includes lunch, refreshments, and materials.
 Please register before October 19th.  A registration
form is available on the NCPC Web site under Events:   http://www.ncpreservation.org/events.html
 
Location, Directions, and Parking

The 2007 NCPC annual conference
will be held at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  

Friday Center for Continuing Education
UNC Chapel Hill
Campus Box 1020
100 Friday Center Drive
Chapel Hill NC 27599-1020  

Parking is free.  Directions
to the Friday Center are available on their Web site:
http://www.fridaycenter.unc.edu/directions/index.htm


Travel and Lodging
NCPC has not reserve any airline
or hotel accommodations.  The information below is provide for your
convenience.    

Raleigh/Durham International Airport
Web site   http://www.rdu.com

Hotels near the airport 
Web site   http://www.rdu.com/travelinfo/areainfo.htm

Hotels in Chapel Hill
Web site   http://hotel-guides.us/north-carolina/chapel-hill-nc-hotels.html#university-hotels


Contacts
For information about this conference
or the Friday Center please contact:

Katie McCormick
Chair, NCPC Conference Planning
Committee
NCPC Secretary
Interim Associate University Librarian
for Special Collections
Reference Archivist & Coordinator
for the Oral History Program
J. Murrey Atkins Library
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
Phone   (704) 687-6288
Email   kmccormi@xxxxxxxx
 
For information about NCPC please
contact: 

Robert James
Executive Director 
North Carolina Preservation Consortium


Web site   http://www.ncpreservation.org

Address 
PO Box 2651
Durham, NC 27715-2651

Phone (919) 660-1157
Email   robert.james@xxxxxxxx


Join the North Carolina Preservation
Consortium
The North Carolina Preservation
Consortium (NCPC) is dedicated to the preservation of educational, cultural,
historical, and research collections in our state's libraries, archives,
museums, historic sites, and records centers. NCPC also informs the general
public about preservation to safeguard private collections and family treasures.
Our preservation mission addresses the proper care and handling of materials;
storage and environmental control; disaster preparedness and recovery;
the repair, reformatting and conservation of damaged items; and collection
security. NCPC supports the preservation of information content, and the
medium as artifact, in new and traditional formats for present and future
generations. 

We would like to welcome your institution
to the preservation consortium. Our minimum annual membership fee is only
$100.00. Higher levels of support are voluntary. Benefits of NCPC membership
include discounts on our continuing education workshops and annual conference.
Members are eligible to hold leadership positions on the consortium's board
of directors, committees, and task groups.  Institutional members
are recognized for their contributions on our Web site. The success of
our state wide preservation program depends on the talents, diversity,
and generosity of our colleagues. Together we can make a difference in
the survival of our heritage collections. Join NCPC today.  

A membership application is available
on the NCPC Web site. http://www.ncpreservation.org/instapplication.html

NCPC programs are made possible
by the generous support of our members, donors, and corporate sponsors:

Institutional Members

Sustainers  
Duke
University 
   Duke University Libraries
   Divinity
School Library 
   Fuqua
School of Business Library
   Law Library
   Medical Center Library
North
Carolina State University Libraries
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill 
   University Libraries
   Health
Sciences Library 
   Kathrine
R. Everett Law Library

Patrons 
Appalachian
State University
(Carol Grotnes Belk Library)
East Carolina University (Joyner
Library)
North
Carolina Archives and History 

Members 
Asheville-Buncombe
County Library
Belmont
Abbey College (Abbot Vincent Taylor Library)
Biltmore
Estate
Campbell University (Carrie Rich
Memorial Library)
Cartaret
County Public Library
Catawba
College (Corriher Linn Black Library) 
Davidson
College Library
East
Carolina University (Laupus Health Sciences Library) 
Elizabeth
City State University (G.R. Little Library) 
Elon
University (Carol Grotnes Belk Library)
Etherington Conservation Services,
The HF Group 
Forest
History Society Library &
Archives
Forsyth
County Public Library
Haywood
County Public Library
Henderson
County Public Library
Johnson
C, Smith University (James B. Duke Memorial Library)
Lincoln County Historical Association
Mint Museums
Mooresville Public Library
Moravian
Archives
Moravian
Music Foundation
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
North
Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (F.D. Bluford Library)
North
Carolina Museum of Art
North Carolina State University (Public History Program) 
North
Carolina Wesleyan College (Elizabeth Braswell Pearsall Library) 
Polk County Public Library
Public
Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Rockingham Community College
(Gerald B. James Library)
Saint
Augustine College (Prezell R. Robinson Library)
Southern
Pines Public Library
St.
Andrews Presbyterian College
State
Library of North Carolina
University
of North Carolina at Asheville (D. Hiden Ramsey Library)
University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (School of Information and Library Science)
University
of North Carolina at Charlotte (J. Murry Atkins Library) 
University
of North Carolina at Greensboro (Walter Clinton Jackson Library)
University
of North Carolina at Greensboro (Weatherspoon Art Museum)
University
of North Carolina at Pembroke (Sampson-Livermore Library)
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (Research Triangle Park Library)
Wake
County Register of Deeds
Wake Forest University (Professional Center Library)
Wake
Forest University (Z. Smith Reynolds Library)
Wake
Forest University Baptist Medical Center (Coy C. Carpenter Library)
Warren
Wilson College (Ellison Library)
Western
Carolina University (Hunter Library)

Corporate Sponsors
Aabbitt Adhesives, Inc. 
Archival Products
Ethering Conservation Services,
The HF Group 
HagerSmith Design, PA
Todd Jorgensen Fine Arts Conservation
Metal Edge Archival Storage Materials
University Products