[78-L] ARSC Conference 2016

[Bill Klinger]

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

--- 2016 ARSC CONFERENCE: BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA ---

It's ARSC's 50th annual conference! Please join us May 11-14, 2016, when we
return to the site of ARSC's inaugural conference -- Bloomington, Indiana.
The Biddle Hotel and Conference Center, located in the historic Indiana
Memorial Union, in the heart of the Indiana University campus, serves as the
conference hotel.

The theme for this special conference is "Recorded Sound in the 21st
Century: Preserving, Collecting, Collaborating & Connecting."

A two-day pre-conference workshop will precede the conference, May 10-11.
This audio archiving boot camp, based on the recently published "ARSC Guide
to Audio Preservation," will be held in IU's new facility for the Media
Digitization and Preservation Initiative.

A block of rooms has been reserved at special rates for ARSC conference
attendees. Our contracted dates extend from Monday, May 9 through Saturday
May 14, with Sunday departure. If you wish to reserve rooms outside of the
Monday-Saturday room block, you must make reservations by telephone. Those
attending the two-day pre-conference workshop should plan to arrive on
Monday. The deadline to make reservations at the Biddle Hotel is April 18.
Reservations made after this date, or after our room block is filled, will
be on a space-available basis at the prevailing rate.

For more information about the hotel, room rates, and reservations:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/hotel_2016.html
 
Register early and save! In order to receive the early registration
discount, you must register for the conference by April 18. Registration
options are available for members and non-members. Online registration is
now available at:
http://arsc-audio.org/conference/register/

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

For general information about the conference, contact Brenda Nelson-Strauss,
Conference Manager and Local Arrangements: bnelsons at indiana.edu

To discuss or arrange sponsorship, exhibits, or advertising, contact Curtis
Peoples, Assistant Conference Manager: curtis.peoples at ttu.edu


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 professionals and collectors.

This year's plenary sessions are: "ARSC at 50: A Retrospective" and "The
Jazz Legacy of Indiana Avenue."

Session topics include:

-- Large Scale Media Digitization, Parts 1 and 2
-- IRENE and Other Digitization Issues
-- Archiving in the Digital Age
-- Playback and Restoration
-- Indiana Talent
-- Artists & Repertoire
-- Cylinder Research
-- Record Labels & Research
-- Recorded Sound History Revisited
-- Legal and Ethical Issues in Recorded Sound
-- Folklife and Ethnomusicology
-- Oral Histories, Interviews, and Communications
-- Collaborative Initiatives.

The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board funded the
international speakers for the Large-Scale Media Digitization sessions. For
more about NRPB:
https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/about-thi
s-program/

The fun continues after the sessions. Post-session events for the conference
include a Thursday evening tour and reception at IU's new Media Digitization
and Preservation Initiative facility (sponsored by Memnon).

On Friday evening, conference attendees are invited to attend a special film
screening at the IU Cinema, a world-class THX certified venue, to see gems
from film collections at Indiana University and the Library of Congress.

For this year's annual Friday-night roundtable, participants are invited to
bring a crate of records they would like to sell or trade, and/or a record
or two for show and tell. There's no special theme, just plan on some fun
records and interesting discussion.

The preliminary conference schedule (subject to change) can be viewed at:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/pdf/program_schedule_2016.pdf


TWO-DAY MEDIA PRESERVATION BOOT CAMP
For this year's pre-conference workshop, the ARSC Education & Training
Committee and Technical Committee present a Media Preservation Boot Camp,
May 10-11.

Learn media preservation basics with workshops led by experts on a variety
of topics at the IU Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative and
Memnon Archiving Services joint digitization facility. Participants will be
able to take a multitude of mini-workshops over the course of two days.
Choose among workshops such as:

-- Basics of tape and disc digitization
-- Basics of video formats and digitization
-- Preparing items for digitization
-- Metadata for media preservation
-- Creating media digitization facilities
-- Quality control and quality assurance
-- Care and maintenance of physical media
-- Access and long-term storage systems
-- Disaster planning and recovery
-- Digital preservation workflows
-- Copyright and legal issues
-- and others.

This two-day workshop is limited to 50 people. A separate registration fee
applies for the workshop. Please register by April 18 to receive the early
registration discounted price.

For more information, see:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/pdf/workshop_flyer_2016.pdf
or contact Karen Fishman, kfishman at loc.gov; Aaron Bittel,
ambittel at arts.ucla.edu; Michael Casey, micasey at indiana.edu; or Mark Hood,
mashood at indiana.edu


NEWCOMER ORIENTATION and MENTORING PROGRAM ARSC invites first-time
conference attendees and conference veterans to participate in the
Conference Mentoring Program during the conference. The program pairs
newcomers with long-time members, based on their shared interests. Mentors
provide mentees with an orientation to the conference, the association, and
its participants in informal meetings over the course of the conference.

Please note: Only ARSC veterans who are committed to the mentoring program
should volunteer. Mentors and mentees must be able to attend the newcomer
orientation and welcoming gathering on May 11, 6:00-7:00 p.m., in the lobby
of the Musical Arts Center.

For more information, visit:
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/pdf/mentoring_invitation_2016.pdf
or contact David Giovannoni, arsc at dgio.net


AWARDS BANQUET
The conference will conclude on Saturday evening with the annual Awards
Banquet, preceded by a Happy Hour. Winners of the 2015 Awards for Excellence
and 2016 Lifetime Achievement and Distinguished Service Awards will be
honored. Finalists for the 2016 Awards for Excellence will be announced.


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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