If anyone is interested in preservation of audio recordings and fancies a
trip to Texas this summer - the following posting  from the AV list may be
of interest.
Iona McCraith
AAO Preservation Consultant

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Subject: [AV Media Matters] Audio Preservation Symposium - Austin, Texas


> Sound Savings: Preserving Audio Collections
> Austin, Texas
> July 24-26, 2003
>
> Realizing the growing need for a forum on audio preservation, the
> Preservation and Conservation Studies program of the School of
> Information at the University of Texas at Austin, the Library of
> Congress Preservation Directorate, the National Recording
> Preservation Board, and the Association of Research Libraries are
> co-sponsoring Sound Savings: Preserving Audio Collections. The
> symposium will be held in Austin, Texas, July 24-26, 2003, in the
> newly renovated Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center on the
> UT-Austin campus. Sound Savings will feature talks by experts in the
> field of audio preservation on topics ranging from assessing the
> preservation needs of audio collections to creating, preserving, and
> making publicly available digitally reformatted audio recordings.
>
> For more information, please visit
> http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~soundsavings. To register for the
> symposium, please use the online registration form.
>
> We look forward to seeing you in July!
>
> --
> Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa
> Assistant Director, Preservation and Conservation Studies
> The Center for the Cultural Record
> The University of Texas at Austin
> School of Information
> 1 University Station D7000
> Austin TX 78712-0390
> Phone: 512.471.8287
> FAX: 512.471.8285
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>