Hi—as many of the Alliance members
know, the CDP had an IMLS grant several years ago—the Sound Model grant which
many of the Alliance members participated in. The content is currently
accessible through Heritage West, and is stored on servers hosted at DU. The
grant created Best Practices for Digital Audio which are used nationwide, those
Best Practices are available on the BCR website for anyone to use. The
content was converted for many of the participants by Safe Sound Audio and for
others by AirShow Mastering. In the last 6 months, BCR has entered into
agreements with both of these organizations, which provides discounts off their
standard pricing.
As part of the IMLS National Leadership grant
that BCR submitted in partnership with the MetaArchive and which the ADR is a
partner on, we will be providing a long term preservation solution for the
Sound Model content.
Leigh Grinstead and I have been following
much of the national activities on digital audio and video and we are hosting a
Free Friday forum on September 11th at 10am with Ann Blonston of
AirShow mastering on Digital Audio Project in today’s economy: a case for
partnerships.
Liz Bishoff, Director
Digital and Preservation Services
BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research)
14394 E. Evans
800-397-1552; 303-751-6277, x141;
303-751-9787 (f)
From: The Colorado
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Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
9:58 AM
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Subject: Round Table: Digital
Audio: Access, Preservation, and Expectations (9/11/09)
Please
excuse multiple postings:
Digital
Audio: Access, Preservation, and Expectations round table will be held on
September 11, 2009, 9:00 AM in the Alliance Conference Room.
Discussion topics include, but not limited to:
·
Current audio/digital audio
collections in the libraries and on campuses
·
Vendor-supplied audio collections
and open access content considerations
·
Access needs, preferences and
functional requirements of tools
·
Preservation choices and
expectations
·
Accessing/storing digital audio in
the ADR, now and in the future
If you would like to attend this
round table, RSVP to Rose at [log in to unmask]
The CO Alliance is located at
Rose Nelson
Systems Librarian
http://www.coalliance.org
303-759-3399 X103 fax 303-759-3363