[78-L] ARSC Conference 2013

[Bill Klinger]

The Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
(ARSC) posts the following message.

--- 2013 ARSC CONFERENCE: KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ---

The 47th annual ARSC Conference will be held May 15-18, 2013 at the Kansas
City Marriott Country Club Plaza. The University of Missouri-Kansas City
(UMKC) will host the conference.

The hotel, in the heart of Kansas City, overlooks Country Club Plaza, a
premier shopping and entertainment district. The Marr Sound Archives,
located at the Miller Nichols Library at UMKC, is not far from the
conference venue. Local attractions include: the American Jazz Museum,
Arabia Steamboat Museum, Hallmark Visitors Center, Harry S. Truman Library
and Museum, Kansas City Zoo, Jesse James Farm and Museum, and the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

A block of rooms has been reserved for ARSC conference attendees at the
special rate of $129 for a standard room, single or double occupancy. Our
contracted dates at the Marriott are May 14-18. Group rates will be honored
three days before and after these dates, pending availability.

Rooms must be reserved by April 23, though you are strongly encouraged to
make your reservations as early as possible. All rooms are held on a
first-come, first-served basis.

To reserve a room, follow the reservation instructions at the bottom of this
page:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/hotel.html

Register early and save! Full conference registration postmarked by April 23
is $160 for ARSC members, $185 for non-members, $75 for student members, and
$85 for non-member students. Single-day registration is also available.

For online registration:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/register/index.php

Further details about the conference are here:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/index.html

For general information about the conference, or sponsorship and exhibitor
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:

-- The National Recording Preservation Plan: Numerous talks about the
recently published Library of Congress Plan. Speakers: Patrick Loughney,
Brenda Nelson-Strauss, Tim Brooks, Bob Heiber, Carl Haber, Sam Brylawski,
and others.
-- Technical Committee Session: Gimme Your Gigabytes: Digital Storage
Options for Small Audio Archives
-- Chuck Haddix: Early Bird: The Life, Career, and Recordings of Charlie
Parker in Kansas City
-- Jim O'Neal: 12th Street and Vine: Kansas City Blues
-- Rainer Lotz: American Jazz Bands in the Weimar Republic: Shaping Style in
the Diaspora and Unnoticed at Home
-- Gary Galo: Lauritz Melchior: A 40th Anniversary Tribute
-- Ralph Pugh: Audio Files on the "Voices of the Holocaust" Website
-- Roberta Freund Schwartz: Sweet Home Chicago: Recording Blues in the Windy
City in the 1930s
-- Michael Biel: From Laughter to Tragedy 50 Years Ago: The Two Most Unusual
Christmas Record Seasons
-- Michael Katzman: Louis Katzman: His Musical Life From Vaudeville to BMI
-- Cary Ginell: Billy Eckstine: The Rise and Fall of the Fabulous Mr. B.
-- Seth Winner: Remembering David Hamilton: 1935-2013

On Friday evening, you are invited to attend the Technical Committee's Open
Meeting with question-and-answer session. Later that night, don't forget to
participate in the "Collectors' Roundtable."

The preliminary conference schedule (subject to change) can be viewed at:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/index.html


PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
On May 15, the Education and Training Committee hosts "Discovery Access
Methods for Sound Recording Collections." This day-long workshop brings
together professionals from a variety of backgrounds to discuss how audio
resources can be found -- and made findable -- in libraries, archives,
digital collections, and discographies.

Once again, ARSC is offering its pre-conference workshop in a live-streaming
online version for those who are unable to attend the conference in person.
An archived version will be made available to all workshop registrants for a
limited time. The workshop is approved for five Archival Recertification
Credits through the Academy of Certified Archivists.

A separate registration fee applies for the workshop. Pre-registration is
required. For more information, see:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/pdf/Workshop%20Flyer%20v2.pdf
or contact Karen Fishman, kfishman at loc.gov, 202-707-5856, or Aaron Bittel,
ambittel at arts.ucla.edu, 310-825-1695.


NEWCOMER ORIENTATION and MENTORING PROGRAM
If this is your first time attending an ARSC conference -- welcome! To
introduce you to the conference and other members, we encourage you to
participate in the Mentoring Program. During the Newcomers Orientation,
first-time attendees will be paired with Mentors, typically long-time ARSC
members. Mentors will answer your questions about ARSC and the conference,
and introduce you to others with similar interests and goals.

Veteran ARSC members who plan to attend the conference are urged to become a
Mentor and participate in this rewarding program.


MILLER NICHOLS LIBRARY: RECEPTION and TOUR
The Miller Nichols Library, on the UMKC campus, is hosting a reception for
conference attendees on Thursday evening, May 16. Tours of the Marr Sound
Archives, Special Collections, and the Music/Media Library will be offered.
The library's robotic retrieval system will be on display. The Miller
Nichols Library is a short walk from the conference hotel.


AWARDS BANQUET
The conference will conclude on Saturday evening, May 18, with the annual
Awards Banquet in the hotel's Seville Ballroom. Winners of the 2012 and 2013
ARSC Awards will be honored.



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.