[Ncpcnews-l] 2007 Conference Announcement-Nov. 2, 2007 - Audio Preservation in the Digital Age

Sat Sep 22 09:09:11 EDT 2007

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
<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
<http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/projects/sounddirections/>  

Chad Hunter

Archivist, Appalshop.  Web site   http://www.appalshop.org
<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
<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
<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#univers
ity-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 at uncc.edu <mailto:kmccormi at uncc.edu_> 

For information about NCPC please contact: 

Robert James

Executive Director 

North Carolina Preservation Consortium 

Web site   http://www.ncpreservation.org
<http://www.ncpreservation.org/> 

Address 

PO Box 2651

Durham, NC 27715-2651

Phone (919) 660-1157

Email   robert.james at duke.edu

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
<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 <http://www.lib.duke.edu/> 

   Duke University Libraries

   Divinity School Library <http://www.lib.duke.edu/divinity/>  

   Fuqua School of Business Library <http://www.lib.duke.edu/fsb/> 

   Law Library

   Medical Center Library

North Carolina State University Libraries <http://www.lib.ncsu.edu> 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

   University Libraries

   Health Sciences Library <http://www.hsl.unc.edu/>  

   Kathrine R. Everett Law Library <http://library.law.unc.edu/> 

Patrons 

Appalachian State University <http://www.library.appstate.edu/>  (Carol
Grotnes Belk Library) <http://www.library.appstate.edu/> 

East Carolina University (Joyner Library)

North Carolina Archives and History <http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/> 

Members 

Asheville-Buncombe County Library <http://www.librarybuncombe.org/> 
Belmont Abbey College (Abbot Vincent Taylor Library)
<http://www.belmontabbeycollege.edu/Library/default.asp> 
Biltmore Estate <http://www.biltmore.com%20> 

Campbell University (Carrie Rich Memorial Library)
Cartaret County Public Library <http://carteret.cpclib.org/%20> 
Catawba College (Corriher Linn Black Library)
<http://www.lib.catawba.edu/> 
Davidson College Library
<http://www.davidson.edu/administrative/library/little.htm> 
East Carolina University (Laupus Health Sciences Library)
<http://www.hsl.ecu.edu/> 
Elizabeth City State University (G.R. Little Library)
<http://www.ecsu.edu/cs/library.cfm> 
Elon University (Carol Grotnes Belk Library)
<http://zeus.elon.edu/library/> 

Etherington Conservation Services, The HF Group 
Forest History Society Library
<http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/library.html>  & Archives
Forsyth County Public Library <http://www.forsyth.cc/library/%20> 
Haywood County Public Library <http://www.main.nc.us/libraries/haywood/>

Henderson County Public Library
<http://www.henderson.lib.nc.us/> Johnson C, Smith University (James B.
Duke Memorial Library) <http://archives.jcsu.edu/library/%20>
<http://www.henderson.lib.nc.us/> 
Lincoln County Historical Association

Mint Museums

Mooresville Public Library

Moravian Archives <http://moravianarchives.org/> 
Moravian Music Foundation <http://www.moravianmusic.org/> 
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
<http://www.northcarolinamuseum.org/> North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University (F.D. Bluford Library)
<http://www.library.ncat.edu/> 
North Carolina Museum of Art <http://www.ncartmuseum.org/> 
North Carolina State University (Public History Program) 

North Carolina Wesleyan College (Elizabeth Braswell Pearsall Library) 
<http://www.ncwc.edu/> Polk County Public Library

Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
<http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/> Rockingham Community College (Gerald B.
James Library)

Saint Augustine College (Prezell R. Robinson Library)
<http://www.st-aug.edu/students/library.htm>
<http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/> 
Southern Pines Public Library <http://www.sppl.net/> 
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
<http://www.st-aug.edu/students/library.htm%20> 
State Library of North Carolina
<http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/> University of North Carolina at
Asheville (D. Hiden Ramsey Library)
<http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/>
<http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/> 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (School of Information and
Library Science) <http://www.ils.unc.edu/> 
University of North Carolina at Charlotte (J. Murry Atkins Library)
<http://libweb.uncc.edu/library/> 
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Walter Clinton Jackson
Library) <http://library.uncg.edu/> 
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Weatherspoon Art Museum)
<http://www.uncg.edu/wag/>  
University of North Carolina at Pembroke (Sampson-Livermore Library)
<http://www.uncp.edu/library/> 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Research Triangle Park Library)
<http://www.epa.gov/rtp/library/> 
Wake County Register of Deeds
<http://web.co.wake.nc.us/rdeeds/default.htm> 
Wake Forest University (Professional Center Library)

Wake Forest University (Z. Smith Reynolds Library)
<http://www.wfu.edu/Library/> 
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (Coy C. Carpenter Library)
<http://www.wfubmc.edu/library/> 
Warren Wilson College (Ellison Library)
<http://www.warren-wilson.edu/%7Elibrary/> 
Western Carolina University (Hunter Library)
<http://www.wcu.edu/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

R. Craig Fansler

Preservation Librarian

ZSR Library

Wake Forest University 

P.O. Box 7777

Winston-Salem, NC 27109

336.758.5482

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