The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) invites proposals for speaker presentations, panel discussions, and posters at ARSC's 60th Annual Conference and Workshop, to be held in Memphis, Tennessee, May 13-16, 2026 at the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel.
The deadline for proposals has been extended to Jan. 26, 2026. Please see the Call for Proposals on the ARSC Conference website for details.
ARSC welcomes proposals on all aspects of sound recording, in all formats, covering all genres of music and speech, in all periods from the 1800s to the present. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) record labels and artists, recording and playback technology, watershed moments in the history of sound recording, radio broadcasts, podcasts, copyright and other legal issues, discography and innovative approaches to research, preservation, cataloging, and access.