[78-L] cleaning and digitizing 78s

[Ying-fen Wang]

Many thanks for all the great advice!!! I truly appreciate it.

I will study the recommended sources first and will ask you more specific
questions.

Ying-fen Wang


On 2009/5/12 5:30 PM, "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> I would recommend for information on cleaning for you to look
> at
http://discdoc.com/  especially since you say that the records are not
in
> very good condition.  I would also suggest you looking into a Keith
Monks
> record cleaning machine.  


I also agree that you check with IASA
> www.IASA-web.org  and ARSC (it is
not IARSC) at http://ARSC-Audio.org , but
> even more important is for you
to join the important organization in your part
> of the world, SEAPAVAA, 
SouthEast Asia-Pacific AudioVisual Archives
> Association. 
http://www.seapavaa.org/  Unfortunately their annual conference
> starts
in TWO DAYS in Indonesia!!!!  I'm looking at the pictures of last
> years
conference right now and I see a couple of friends of mine and two of
> my
former students from Thailand who went to my university in
> Kentucky,
Morehead State University.  Oh my goodness, I just noticed that one
> of
them is now the President of the association!!!!!!!  She is
> TUENJAI
SINTHUVNIK, who we called Lek.  My other student is Kannika
> Chivapakdee
who is chair of the Collection, Promotion and Access Committee.
> Contact
them next week when they have gotten home to Bangcock from
> the
conference.  Mention my name and I am sure they will bend over
> backwards
to help you out!!  I last saw them at the IASA Singapore conference
> in
2000.  I am sure they can also put you in touch with the other archives
in
> Taiwan.    

Good luck in setting up your digital archive.  It will be a
> valuable
resource.

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com   


-------- Original Message
> --------
Subject: Re: [78-L] cleaning and digitizing 78s
From: "I. Cubillo"
> <i.cubillo at telefonica.net>
Date: Tue, May 12, 2009 4:37 am
To: ".78L"
> <78-l at 78online.com>

What I recommend to you is to search through Google.
> There are myriads
of
websites devoted to these subjects. Try to attach to
> official websites,
like
the ones sustained by national archives, The Library
> Of Congress (US),
The
BBC, British Sound Research Institute (into the British
> Library) and the
like. You'll find lots of information about the
> matter.

You'd better try first websites devoted to recordings, like
> IASA
(International Association for Sound Archives), IARSC
> (International
Association for Recorded Sound Collections) and the like.

Sure
> you'll have lots of documents on the subject to study thoroughly!

Iñigo
> Cubillo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ying-fen Wang"
> <nanguanl at ntu.edu.tw>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12,
> 2009 2:31 AM
Subject: [78-L] cleaning and digitizing 78s


> Dear list,
>
> As
> a new subscriber to the list, I am writing to seek your advice on
> cleaning
> and digitizing 78s.
>
> I am a faculty member at National Taiwan University.
> We just purchased
about
> 550 78s of Taiwan music and some records recorded in
> Amoy.
>
> We are now looking for ways to clean and digitize these records. The
> goal
is
> to set up a digital archive of these records (and hopefully with
> more to
> come).
>
> I wonder if there has been discussion on this on this
> list. I tried to
> search for this on the list's archive. But there are too
> many of them, and
I
> don't have time to go through each of them.
>
> Any help
> and advice would be most appreciated.
>
> One thing I would add is that the
> condition of the records collected in
> Taiwan are usually rather bad.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ying-fen Wang
>
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