[78-L] ARSC Conference 2009

Tue Mar 10 20:31:34 PDT 2009

Hopefully for those not attending the Leah Biel documentary will be 
available from ARSC on DVD>

joe salerno

Bill Klinger wrote:
> The Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
> (ARSC) posts the following message. If you have any questions, please click
> on one of the links or e-mail addresses below.
> 
> 
> --- 2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE ---
> 
> You are invited to join friends and colleagues for the 43rd annual
> conference of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. The event will
> be held at The Liaison Capitol Hill, an Affinia Hotel, at 415 New Jersey
> Avenue NW, Washington, DC, May 27-30.
> 
> The hotel, which opened in April 2008, is located three blocks from the
> Union Station railway depot, ten minutes from Reagan National Airport, and
> within walking distance of the U.S. Capitol, Library of Congress, the
> memorials on the National Mall, and the Smithsonian museums.
> 
> For ARSC conference attendees, a block of rooms has been reserved for the
> nights of May 26-30, at a special rate of $149 per night, single or double
> (one king bed or two queen beds). The rate also applies three days prior and
> one day after the conference, based on availability. Reservations must be
> made by May 5 at (866) 233-4642 or reservations at affinia.com. Remember to
> request the ARSC 2009 DC Conference Rate. Rooms are available on a
> first-come, first-served basis. We expect our room block to sell out before
> the conference, and possibly prior to May 5.
> 
> For more information about the Liaison Capitol Hill:
> http://www.affinia.com/Washington-DC-Hotel.aspx?name=Liaison-Capitol-Hill
> 
> Register early and save! Full conference registration postmarked by May 4 is
> $145 for ARSC members, $170 for non-members, and $85 for students. After
> that date, registration is $170 for ARSC members, $195 for non-members, and
> $95 for students.
> 
> Single-day registration fees are as follows: $50 per day, members; $58 per
> day, non-members; $30 per day, students. After May 4, $58 per day, members;
> $65 per day, non-members; $35 per day, students.
> 
> For the complete preliminary program, registration form, and further details
> about the conference:
> http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/
> 
> For further information (including exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities),
> contact Brenda Nelson-Strauss, Conference Manager, at bnelsons at indiana.edu
> or 812-855-7530.
> 
> 
> CONFERENCE PROGRAM
> 
> ARSC is dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in
> all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods.
> Reflecting this broad mission, the upcoming conference offers talks and
> sessions that will appeal to both collectors and professionals.
> 
> Scheduled presentations include:
> -- Copyright Reform: "The Fight for Copyright Reform and What It Means for
> You" (Tim Brooks) and "The Outlook for Sound Recording Copyright Reform in
> 2009 and Beyond" (panel) comprise this keynote session, as ARSC actively
> advocates in Washington for copyright reform to promote better preservation
> of and access to our recorded heritage.
> -- "Dawn of Recording: The Julius Block Cylinders" (Ward Marston),
> "Adventures in Archeophony" (David Giovannoni), and "New Directions in
> Phonautographic History" (Patrick Feaster) form the session devoted to
> Recovering the Earliest Sound Recordings.
> -- World premiere of the one-hour video documentary "For the Record,"
> profiling record collectors (Leah Biel)
> -- "Use, Structure, and Furnishings of Edison Laboratory Room 13" (Gerald
> Fabris)
> -- "Reproducing Cylinder Recordings: An Examination of Differences Between
> Acoustic and Electronic Methodology" (Lance Christensen)
> -- "Hoagy and Bix: The Seed of Harvestry" (Rob Bamberger).
> 
> Don't forget the "Collectors' Roundtable" on Friday evening, May 29, where
> you can share your expertise or favorite collecting stories.
> 
> 
> PRE-CONFERENCE TOUR OF NAVCC
> 
> The Library of Congress invites registered conference attendees to tour the
> new National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC), in Culpeper,
> Virginia, on May 27. Visitors will enjoy an in-depth tour of the
> state-of-the-art facility that houses the sound-recording and moving-image
> collections of the Library of Congress. The buildings on the 45-acre campus
> provide 415,000 square feet of space for cataloging, re-formatting, and
> storage of more than five million sound recordings, videotapes, motion
> pictures, and born-digital works.
> 
> The library staff has planned this full-day open house especially for the
> ARSC conference. Participants will be welcome in all the primary areas of
> NAVCC: the Moving Image Section, Recorded Sound Section and Vault Spaces,
> Digital Archive, Audio and Video Preservation Sections, Film Laboratory and
> Nitrate Film Vaults, and the Mt. Pony Theater and Listening Auditorium.
> 
> Library staff will be on hand to discuss the facility and demonstrate their
> work in many areas, including: high-end audio preservation suites for disc
> and tape preservation; rooms for high-throughput audio digitization; IRENE
> and SAMMA, new technologies for digitization of discs and videotapes;
> vintage A/V equipment; cataloging and collection management tools and
> strategies; processing of paper collections; new workflow management
> software; and A/V conservation and storage strategies.
> 
> The NAVCC tour is limited to 100 people; reservations will be accepted on a
> first-come, first-served basis. The $50-per-person fee for this optional
> pre-conference tour includes round-trip bus transportation from the Liaison
> Hotel and a box lunch. Due to expected demand, the tour is open only to
> those who register for the conference.
> 
> 
> ADDITIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE TOURS
> 
> For those not wishing to go to NAVCC, three free tours of area archives will
> be offered on May 27. Tours will depart from the lobby of the Liaison Hotel
> at 1:00 p.m.
> 1. National Public Radio and Smithsonian/Folkways -- Downtown Washington
> 2. Library of Congress Music Division and American Folklife Center --
> Capitol Hill
> 3. National Archives II and the University of Maryland Library of American
> Broadcasting --College Park.
> 
> For more information about all pre-conference tours:
> http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/tour.html
> 
> 
> AWARDS BANQUET
> 
> The conference will conclude on the evening of May 30 with the annual Awards
> Banquet at Clyde's of Gallery Place. The restaurant is located next to the
> Verizon Center, in the heart of the vibrant 7th Street business district,
> about eight blocks from the Liaison Hotel or 15-20 minutes by foot. We have
> reserved the Piedmont Room, modeled after a grand Victorian saloon and
> decorated with equestrian antiques. Winners of the 2008 and 2009 ARSC Awards
> will be honored, and the Local Arrangements Committee is promising
> additional entertainment. Tickets for the banquet are $50 per person.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization
> dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres
> of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in
> bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals --
> everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound.
> 
> 
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