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audiovisual materials

Deadline: 2028—Countdown to preserve audio materials

April 27, 2017 By Amy Armstrong

A wax cylinder in new housing.

We left off in part one wondering how to evaluate the Ransom Center’s unique non-commercial sound recordings, particularly when we aren’t able to access their audio content prior to preservation. Verifying written descriptions helps, but there are other considerations to keep in mind, such as a recording’s physical format—different types of material become increasingly unstable with age, but at different rates, and in different ways. [Read more…] about Deadline: 2028—Countdown to preserve audio materials

Filed Under: Conservation, Digital Collections, Multimedia Tagged With: Amy Armstrong, audio, audiocassettes, audiovisual materials, belts, compact disc, David Douglas Duncan, Denis Johnson, dictation discs, digitization, Ernest Lehman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mel Gussow, microcassettes, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Recording Preservation Plan, Norman Mailer, phonograph records, preservation, Preservation Self-Assessment Program, reel to reel audio tapes, sound recording, survey, wax cylinders, wire recordings

Deadline: 2028—Time is not on our side

April 27, 2017 By Amy Armstrong

A lacquer disc.

High stakes for cultural heritage

In just 11 years, the Harry Ransom Center could reach the point of no return!

[Read more…] about Deadline: 2028—Time is not on our side

Filed Under: Conservation, Digital Collections, Multimedia Tagged With: Amy Armstrong, audio, audiocassettes, audiovisual materials, belts, compact disc, David Douglas Duncan, Denis Johnson, dictation discs, digitization, Ernest Lehman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mel Gussow, microcassettes, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Recording Preservation Plan, Norman Mailer, phonograph records, preservation, Preservation Self-Assessment Program, reel to reel audio tapes, sound recording, survey, wax cylinders, wire recordings

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