[78-L] ARSC Conference 2014

[Bill Klinger]

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

--- 2014 ARSC CONFERENCE: CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA ---

The 48th annual ARSC Conference, hosted by the Southern Folklife Collection,
University of North Carolina, will be held May 14-17, at the Sheraton Chapel
Hill Hotel.

The hotel is just minutes from downtown and the University of North
Carolina, and within close proximity of Duke University and the Research
Triangle Park. The Chapel Hill / Raleigh / Durham area boasts a vast array
of museums, performing arts venues, and restaurants. Attractions include:
The Southern Folklife Collection, the Ackland Art Museum -- UNC at Chapel
Hill, Morehead Planetarium, North Carolina Ballet, North Carolina Botanical
Garden, North Carolina Opera, and the North Carolina Symphony.

A block of rooms has been reserved for ARSC conference attendees at the
special rate of $124 for a standard room with one king or two double beds.
Our contracted dates at the Sheraton are May 13-17 (with check out on May
18). ARSC group rates will be honored one day prior and three days after
these dates, subject to availability.

The deadline to make reservations at the discounted rate is April 22. You
are strongly encouraged to make your reservations as early as possible,
since all rooms are held on a first-come, first-served basis.

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

Register early and save! Full conference registration postmarked by April 22
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://arsc-audio.org/conference/register/

For further details about the conference:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/

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

-- John Tefteller: Records: The Next Big Collectible
-- David Lewis: When Summer Is Gone: The Life & Legacy of Bandleader Hal
Kemp
-- Rainer Lotz: Nipper-Napping: Trademark Infringements on Gramophone Needle
Tins
-- Tim Brooks: Minstrelsy on Record
-- Chris Lacinak: Recent, Free, Open-Source Tools for Preservation
-- Bill McClung: Texas Accordion Records
-- David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Meagan Hennessey: The Blue Amberol at
100
-- Al Schlachtmeyer & Sok Min Seo: Preserving the UN's Concert Recordings
Archive
-- Musical Recycling: Producing Reissues Through the Years
-- Gary Galo: The Unknown Nadia Boulanger: Recordings from Crane School of
Music Archives
-- Stephen Weiss: From the Piedmont to the Swamplands: Preserving Southern
Traditional Music
-- Kinney Rorrer: I'm the Man That Rode the Mule 'Round the World: Charlie
Poole & Tin Pan Alley
-- Jay Bruder: Early Bluegrass Labels: Laying the Foundation
-- Dennis Rooney: Liberace: Entertainer at the Piano
-- Seth Winner: Kovacs on Music: A 95th Anniversary Celebration

On Friday evening, you are invited to attend the Technical Committee Open
Session (tentative) and the Collectors' Roundtable.

The preliminary conference schedule (subject to change) can be viewed at:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/pdf/2014_Preliminary_Conference_Schedul
e.pdf


AUDIOTAPE PLAYBACK WORKSHOP
On May 14, the ARSC Technical Committee presents its "Audiotape Playback
Workshop." This hands-on, elementary workshop is designed to familiarize
attendees with basic best practices regarding audiotape handling,
identification and playback. After an historical overview of the medium,
experienced engineers will guide you through the processes of inspecting and
playing back audiotape for reformatting or monitoring purposes. You will get
to physically handle several tapes and learn how to re-house audio
cassettes. Preservation issues faced by this format will be discussed. The
workshop is limited to 18 attendees, so sign up now!

A separate registration fee applies for the workshop. Pre-registration is
required. For more information, see:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/2014_PreConfWorkshops.html
or contact Marcos Sueiro Bal, msueiro at nypublicradio.org


ALL THINGS DIGITAL WORKSHOP
On May 14, the ARSC Education & Training Committee presents "All Things
Digital: Managing Digital Audio Collections." This day-long workshop will
bring together professionals from a variety of backgrounds to discuss the
management of file-based audio collections, digitized and born digital. Our
speakers will look at different aspects of digital collections including
digital curation, collecting born-digital recordings, ingest, access,
delivery, cost issues and funding, best formats for storage, and
prioritizing and migration strategies for future storage.

ARSC is offering this workshop in a live-streaming, online version for those
who are unable to attend in person. An archived version will be made
available to all registrants, for a limited time.

A separate registration fee applies for the workshop. Pre-registration is
required. For more information, see:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/2014_PreConfWorkshops.html
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.

Please note: Only long-time ARSC members who plan to attend the conference,
and are seriously committed to our mentoring program should volunteer.

For more information, visit:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/
or contact Sara Velez, velez4sara at gmail.com


RECEPTION and RECORD SALE -- SOUTHERN FOLKLIFE COLLECTION UNC's Southern
Folklife Collection will host a genuine Carolina BBQ reception for ARSC
conference attendees on Thursday evening, May 15, in Wilson Library, on the
campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. Find a lost gem in their surplus record sale, and
take a tour of the Southern Folklife Collection, one of the nation's
foremost archives of American Vernacular Music.


AWARDS BANQUET
The conference will conclude on Saturday evening, May 17, with the annual
Awards Banquet in the hotel's Venetian Room, preceded by a Happy Hour.
Winners of the 2013 and 2014 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.