Digitizing Analog Audio Resources
Digital audio is a well-established technology and analog audio playback capabilities are rapidly disappearing. How will libraries and archives with aging audio collections navigate this transition and preserve their sonic treasures? This one-day workshop outlines the challenges for libraries as they transfer their analog audio resources to newer digital technologies.
Topics include:
- Analog audio carriers: their identification and characteristics
- Audio collection surveys
- Properties of analog and digital sound
- Equipment requirements for playback and digitization
- Audio digitization guidelines
- Files for archiving and access
- Metadata
- Working with audio vendors
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize that for audio, digitization is preservation
- Identify common analog carriers and recognize potential avenues of deterioration
- Identify possible risks in playing carriers
- Understand the role of collection surveys in prioritizing audio materials for preservation
- Define properties of analog sound and outline how it is converted to digital audio
- Describe components required for digitizing audio from different audio carriers
- Review copyright laws pertaining to sound recordings
- Discuss metadata requirements for digitized audio
Target Audience:
Library and technical staff new to digital audio
Prerequisites:
None
Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements:
None
It is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.
Technical Requirements:
Live Online System Requirements
Session Duration:
This course consists of two 2-hour sessions.
Instructor: Bill Walker - walker@amigos.org
Continuing Education Credit:
Contact Hours: 4
IACET CEUs: 0.4
The Imaging and Preservation Service is funded in part by a grant from the Division of Preservation and Access of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
April 23
- 24, 2014
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM CDT
Online Classroom
United States
United States
| Non-member | $370.00 |
| Amigos Member | $295.00 |
| Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 4 Learning Passport Hours | $0.00 |
| Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 4 Learning Passport Hours | $0.00 |
| Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 10% Discount | $265.50 |
| Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 10% Discount | $265.50 |
| Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 15% Discount | $250.75 |
| Amigos Member Learning Passport Holder - 15% Discount | $250.75 |
