Technical Committee

Brad McCoy (Library of Congress, Retired), co-chair
Jeff Willens (New York Public Library), co-chair

   Peter Alyea (Library of Congress)

   Robert Auld (Auldworks, New York, NY)
   Marcos Sueiro Bal (New York Public Radio, New York, NY)
   Nicholas Bergh (Endpoint Audio, Burbank, CA)
   Scott Burgess

   Noëlle Byer (New York Public Library)

   Adrian Cosentini (New York, NY)
   Abhimonyu Deb (Kolkata, India)
   Tom Fine (Brewseter, NY)
   Gary A. Galo (SUNY Potsdam, Emeritus, NY)
   David Giovannoni (Derwood, MD)
   Bruce Gordon (Harvard Library, Cambridge, MA)
   Kabir Hermon (Redwood City, CA)
   Richard Hess (Aurora, Ontario, Canada)
   Eric Jacobs (The Audio Archive, San Jose, CA)
   Bill Klinger (Chardon, Ohio)
   John Levin (CPS1 Technologies, Los Angeles, CA)
   Angie Dickinson Mickle (Avocado Productions, Colorado)
   Jessica Thompson (Jessica Thompson Audio, Albany, CA)

   Dylan Utz (Frederick, MD)

   Catherine Vericolli (Central Audio Archiving, Nashville, TN)
   David Walker (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC)
   Melissa Widzinski (Library of Congress, Culpeper, VA)
   Seth B. Winner (Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc., Merrick, NY)

 View Audio Preservation Resources [PDF]
 View the ARSC Audio Preservation & Restoration Directory [PDF]
 View "A Study of Embedded Metadata Support in Audio Recording Software" [PDF]

Mission Statement

The ARSC Technical Committee provides guidance on the most effective application of audio and related technologies to preserve and make accessible collections of sound recordings. Through research, publication, educational programs, and other initiatives, the Technical Committee serves audio professionals, institutions, and private individuals engaged in preserving the world’s recorded sound heritage.

Profile

The ARSC Technical Committee (TC) mission is to provide guidance on the most effective application of audio and related technologies to preserve and make accessible collections of sound recordings. To realize this mission, the TC seeks to:

1. Track, understand, and respond to the diverse technical needs of ARSC members and the broad, international audio-preservation community.
2. Research, study, and evaluate strategies, procedures, and techniques supporting the technical activities required to optimally transfer, preserve, manage and restore audio recordings.
3. Identify or develop tiered approaches that suit the disparate technical concerns and resources of larger and smaller institutions and individual collectors.
4. Provide practical guidance on audio-preservation technology.
5. Disseminate information that represents the consensus recommendation of the TC.
6. Organize educational programs in the form of workshops, seminars, training classes, or conference sessions that deliver concentrated advice on specific topics.

In pursuing these objectives, the TC:

• encourages the exploration and open discussion of technical issues, ideas, problems, and solutions;
• develops liaisons with organizations and individuals outside of ARSC who are engaged in related fields, share similar objectives, and offer complementary strengths and;
• interprets complex technical concepts for the benefit of a less-technical constituency.

The primary, long-term goal of the ARSC Technical Committee is to advance the application of technologies used to preserve and access sound recordings.

To read more about this committee, please see the committee charter or description in the ARSC Operations Manual (members only).

To read reports of this committee to the ARSC Board, please see the ARSC Bulletins (members only).