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  • 14 Mar 2025 2:02 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the publication of ARSC Newsletter 167 (Spring 2025):
     
    https://arsc-audio.org/newsletter
     
    For members with print subscriptions, copies will arrive in mailboxes soon.
    For members with digital subscriptions, find the newsletter at the link above.
    • President's Report, by Yuri Shimoda
    • "Not to be Missed: Tulsa in '25," a preview of the ARSC Conference program by Patrick Feaster
    • "Livin' on Tulsa Time," a preview of the ARSC Conference by the ARSC Conference Planning Committee
    • ARSC Conference Mentoring Program Invitation
    • "Early Recording Initiative Turns Four"
    • "New Information on Peter Allen," by Lawrence Schulman
    • "Researching Musical Short Subjects," an ARSC Research Grant Report by Mark Cantor
    • Conference Grant Recipients Announcement
    • "2024 ARSC Membership Survey Report," by Mariana Mejia Ahrens
    • "Investigating the Impact of Transnational Connections Fostered by Haitian Radio," an ARSC Research Grant Report by Rachel Chery.
    • And more....!
  • 13 Mar 2025 5:04 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the video recording of the ARSC Continuing Education Webinar "Advocating Up!: How to Help Administrators Be Your Archive's Cheerleaders" is now available online on ARSC's Aviary Site!

    Advocating Up!: How to Help Administrators Be Your Archive's Cheerleaders

    Led by Tre Berney (Director of Digitization and Conservation Services, Cornell University), Ruthann McTyre (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Director of the Gilmore Music Library, Yale University), and Mark Bailey (Head, Historical Sound Recordings, Yale University), the webinar presents practical information on how those on the front lines of collections work and those with more overarching roles can maintain healthy relationships and collaborate to create sustainability for specialized collections.

  • 7 Mar 2025 11:04 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    ARSC is pleased to announce registration is now open for ARSC's 59th Annual Conference and Workshop in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 14-17, 2025! The conference and the workshop will be held in-person and online, so please join us in Tulsa or from afar.

    To read more, visit the ARSC Conference and Workshop web page.

  • 24 Feb 2025 9:21 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce its next installment in ARSC's Continuing Education Webinar Series.

    Advocating Up! How to Help Administrators Be Your Archive's Cheerleaders
    Thursday, March 13, 2025  1:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT

    This workshop is free to all but registration is required.
    To register, click here: Registration

    This panel brings together archive and library veterans at a variety of levels to discuss how those on the front lines of collections work and those with more overarching roles can maintain healthy relationships and collaborate to create sustainability for specialized collections.

    Led by Mark Bailey, Tre Berney, and Ruthann McTyre

  • 21 Feb 2025 9:05 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the recipients of ARSC Conference Grants for ARSC's 59th Annual Conference and Workshop, May 14-17, 2025 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

    • Dorothy Howard (MLIS student, Pratt Institute)
    • Valerie Lines (Sound Archives Librarian, Bowling Green State University)
    • John Radosta (Bob Dylan scholar)
    • Enrique Rivera (Documentary filmmaker and oral historian)

    Please plan to attend ARSC's 59th Annual Conference and Workshop, May 14-17, 2025 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to meet this 19th cohort of ARSC Conference Grant recipients!

    Conference Grants support newcomers in participating more actively in the association by attending the annual conference.

    Grants are supported by a generous donation from the Savada Family Fund, and additional donations from members. Donate to the ARSC Conference Grants Fund.

    Thank you to the ARSC Conference Committee for managing the ARSC Conference Grants program!

    To join a committee contact an ARSC Committee chair.

    To volunteer for ARSC see the ARSC Volunteer Jobs page.

  • 4 Feb 2025 4:25 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    It's an election year for ARSC!

    Please find below a preliminary list of candidates standing for election to the ARSC Board of Directors and ARSC Awards Committee. This is not an election ballot.

    ARSC Election Preliminary Slate of Candidates

    ARSC members are strongly encouraged to review the preliminary slate of candidates and petition the Nominating Committee to add to the final slate additional candidates for any position, especially First Vice President/President Elect, for which there are no candidates at present.

    Each petition must be signed by at least three voting members and accompanied by the nominee's acceptance, brief biographical note, and brief vision statement. Petitions must be submitted to Matthew Barton (sndtrackng@aol.com), Chair, ARSC Nominating Committee, by February 17, 2025. The election ballot will circulate to ARSC members by March 17, 2025.

    If you are interested in serving as an officer or member at large on the ARSC Board of Directors or as a judge on the ARSC Awards Committee please make your interest known to the Nominating Committee Chair or to fellow members who would petition the committee on your behalf. The term of service for each position is two years, except First Vice President/President Elect, for which it is four years. Any questions about service may be directed to the ARSC Nominating Committee Chair.

    ARSC depends on its member volunteers! Please consider standing for election or taking on a volunteer role!

  • 21 Dec 2024 11:48 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    ARSC is pleased to announce the publication of ARSC Journal Vol. 55 No. 2 (Fall 2024).

    https://arsc-audio.org/journal

    ORIGINAL ARTICLES (AMP! login required)

    Preserving Montreux Jazz Festival Recordings: A New Approach for Restoring Pyral CJ87 Master Tapes, by David Hadzis

    Making Molten Metal into Liquid Sound: A Discography of Church Bells, Clock Tower Bells, Carillons and Handbells on Privately Produced British 78 rpm Records, by Mark Clinton Jones

    Transferring PCM-F1 Digital Tapes to Current Digital Standards, by Gary A. Galo

    The Victor Talking Machine Company Broadcasts of 1925: The Original Radio Scripts, by Ryan Barna

    Early Radio in Color! (More or Less), 
    by Matthew Barton

    Plus Book Reviews, Sound Recording Reviews, and Current Bibliography!

  • 10 Dec 2024 5:32 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the publication of ARSC Newsletter 166 (Fall 2024):
     
    https://arsc-audio.org/newsletter
     
    For members with print subscriptions, copies will arrive in mailboxes soon.
    For members with digital subscriptions, find the newsletter at the link above.
     
    ARSC Newsletter 166 (Fall 2024) Contents

    • President's Report, by Yuri Shimoda
    • Researching British Bell Records, an ARSC Research Grant Report by Mark Jones
    • Unheard Melodies: Entangled Pasts of a Studio-Born Radio Opera, an ARSC Research Grant Report by Ronit Ghosh
    • Correcting the Record on Lead Belly’s Party Tape, by Geoff Harrison
    • Reflections on Researching The Voice of Zion, an ARSC Research Grant Report by Christopher Silver
    • City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society Richard Taylor Bursary, 2025 Call for Applications
    • ARSC 2024 Conference Recordings Announcement
    • ARSC Resource Showcase: ARSC's New Website
    • ARSC Grants Webinar Video Announcement
    • And more....!

    To contribute to the ARSC Newsletter, contact:

    ARSC Newsletter Editor Tim Brooks at tim@timbrooks.net

    To advertise in the ARSC Newsletter, contact:

    ARSC Executive Director Nathan Georgitis at execdir@arsc-audio.org

  • 9 Dec 2024 9:27 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    ARSC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.
     
    https://arsc-audio.org/2024-excellence-awards-winners

    Begun in 1991, the ARSC Awards for Excellence are awarded to authors of books, articles, or recording liner notes to recognize those publishing the very best work in recorded sound research. Please consider supporting our winners by purchasing copies of their works.

    The 2024 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2023. The awards will be presented during ARSC's 59th Annual Conference, to be held May 14-17, 2024 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Additional information about the ARSC Conference and the ARSC Awards for Excellence may be found on ARSC's website.

    Congratulations to all winners! And thank you to the ARSC Awards Committee Chair and Judges for their efforts to review and recognize the best work in recorded sound research.

  • 7 Nov 2024 12:19 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Recordings of presentations at ARSC’s 58th Annual Conference and Workshop in St. Paul, Minnesota are now available online to ARSC members, with selected recordings also available to the public.
     
    https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2875

    Slides for most presentations are available in the Supplemental Files tab for each resource in Aviary. If you require Aviary login credentials, select Login and then Forgot Password to receive an email with instructions.

    To search AMP! for ARSC conference sound recordings:
    https://www.arsc-audio.org/journal-index/home.php
     
    If you presented and would like to make your slides available please contact Nathan Georgitis (execdir@arsc-audio.org).
     
    Please note that ARSC recordings are protected by copyright. Copies are made available here with the presenters' permission solely for personal and educational non-profit, non-commercial use. No part may be sold, loaned, distributed, broadcast, or published without the written permission of the presenter.
     
    Thank you to all who presented at the conference!

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