Following refurbishment and recant into 29 George Square, we aredelighted to announce new opening hours at the School of ScottishStudies Archives at the University of Edinburgh.The Archives will be open to visitors from Tuesday to Friday between10am and 4pm.It is not necessary to … | Continue reading
Hi folks,The British Library are hiring an Audio Engineer responsible for the digitisation and editing of sound recordings held on endangered audio and audiovisual media, enabling access to our vast sound collections by the public, both on-site at events, exhibitions and in our r … | Continue reading
British and Irish Sound Archives (BISA) in partnership with the National Library of Scotland and the School of Scottish Studies Archives, are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2017 conference, to be held on 17-18 November in Edinburgh.The programme has som … | Continue reading
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The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) 48th Annual Conference will be hosted by the Ethnological Museum, Berlin, Germany from 17-21 September 2017.Due to many colleagues being away and returning from summer vacations, the IASA Board decided to exte … | Continue reading
Colleagues,Just a reminder that the early bird reduced conference rate expires tomorrow, 18 August, for the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) 48th Annual Conference in Berlin 17-21 September 2017.To take advantage of the early bird rates, register … | Continue reading
Hi folks,Just a heads-up that we have a vacancy for an Assistant Maintenance Engineer to support our new Unlocking our Sound Heritage
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Head of Sound Archive Technical Services, British Library£39,000 per annumBased at St Pancras, LondonFull Time/PermanentReference: 01332This is a fantastic opportunity to lead the British Library’s Technical Services experts, responsible primarily for the digitisation and preserv … | Continue reading
Audio Cataloguing Co-ordinator, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, British Library£32,000 per annumBased at St Pancras, LondonFull-time fixed-term contract for five yearsReference: 01333Join us as we embark on an exciting five year project, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage. Part of the Br … | Continue reading
Dear Lizzy,Many thanks for offering your paper for BISA 2017. We will review all submissions after 14 July and get back to you after then.Best wishes,Richard. | Continue reading
Dear Will, Richard,I hope you're both well. Please find attached the proposal that we wouldlike to submit for BISA 2017 about the Music in Movement project.Kind regards,Lizzy2017-07-04 19:24 GMT+02:00 Ranft, Richard :> British & Irish Sound Archives conference 2017>> National Lib … | Continue reading
British & Irish Sound Archives conference 2017National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh17-18 NovemberCall for papers - reminderThe annual British & Irish Sound Archives (BISA) conference will take place this year at the National Library of Scotland, and we warmly invite proposals f … | Continue reading
Dear Colleagues,Do you have a new or recent book that focuses on discographic data orchronicles the recording history of a label, genre or performer? If so,we’d like to give you an opportunity to present your publication at the2017 IASA Conference.If you’re attending the conferen … | Continue reading
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Intellectual Property Rights Coordinator, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage£32,000 per annumBased at St Pancras, LondonFull-time fixed-term contract for five yearsReference: 01262DescriptionThis is an opportunity to contribute to an innovative 5 year project, Unlocking Our Sound Herit … | Continue reading
Audio Project Cataloguer, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, British LibraryVacancy Details£26,000 per annumBased at St Pancras, LondonFull-time fixed-term contract for five yearsReference: 01298DescriptionThe British Library is seeking to appoint six Audio Project Cataloguers to join … | Continue reading
Dear all,As researchers sometimes we just don’t have the time or resources to dohigh quality evaluations. The workshop *How to Conduct Low-Cost,High-Quality Evaluations using Technology-Enhanced Survey Methods *with Prof.Eric Jensen
British & Irish Sound Archives conference 2017National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh17-18 NovemberCall for papers - reminderThe annual British & Irish Sound Archives (BISA) conference will take place this year at the National Library of Scotland, and we warmly invite proposals f … | Continue reading
Dear friends,It is a pleasure to announce that the 2017 IASA Conference Registration is now open. Please visit the conference website, review the schedule of events, and register for this auspicious gathering of the sound and audiovisual archival community.Conference website: htt … | Continue reading
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Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, British Library: Lead Metadata Manager vacancy - applications close 28 MayLead Metadata Manager, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, British LibraryApplications close 28 May.Vacancy details at https://britishlibrary.recruitment.northgatearinso.com/birl/pag … | Continue reading
Dear Jonathan,Back in September 2012.I contacted the following companies.http://www.preservationequipment.com/http://www.conservation-resources.co.uk/http://www.conservation-by-design.com/home.aspx?pagename=homeI'm sure there are many other companies who might supply.The order di … | Continue reading
Jonathan,I contacted three companies in the UK (tender process) and I had threesizes made to house 3", 5" and 7" sound reels.I will look through my correspondence and get back to you.RegardsDanOn 23/05/2017 14:35, Draper, Jonathan wrote:> Can anyone please suggest suppliers of bo … | Continue reading
Can anyone please suggest suppliers of boxes for 5 inch reels of 1/4 inch tape. I'm struggling to find anyone outside of USA. Many thanks in advance. Jonathan | Continue reading
Dear BISA colleagues,Last year during the IASA Conference at the Library of Congress, some ofyou had a chance to attend our tutorial and join a discussion about ourInternational Bibliography of Discographies project:https://www.iasa-web.org/international-bibliography-discographie … | Continue reading
British & Irish Sound Archives conference 2017National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh17-18 NovemberCall for papersThe annual British & Irish Sound Archives (BISA) conference will take place this year at the National Library of Scotland, and we warmly invite proposals for papers o … | Continue reading
Dear BISA members,we would like to draw your attention to the new JPICH Digital Heritage Call for Proposals. It seems to be suitable for a joint international project also for audio heritage.We, as a representatives of the Czech Republic memory institutions, would be pleased to h … | Continue reading
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These are fantastic opportunities to be part of a team in our exciting five-year project, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage. The project is part of the British Library’s wider Save Our Sounds programme, and will digitally preserve almost half a million sound recordings, establish a ne … | Continue reading
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Dear allYou are warmly invited to the 2017 British & Irish Sound Archives (BISA) annual conference, on 17 & 18 November in Edinburgh. For over 10 years BISA has been meeting to discuss the challenges and wonders of archiving sound recordings, and we’d love to see you join us. Arc … | Continue reading
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DPC 'Getting Started with Digital Preservation' Workshop in Manchester on 3rd May - Registration closing in 7 daysThe Digital Preservation Coalition is delighted to invite you to join them at a workshop which will equip collection managers, archivists, librarians and conservators … | Continue reading
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Sources and Archives in Screen Sound StudiesDates: 1-2 June 2017, University of Huddersfield UKDeadline: 20 March 2017Website: https://screensoundsources.wordpress.comAs research on screen sound and music continues to expand, its questions, methodologies, and objects of study hav … | Continue reading
Dear Sound Archives people, This may job be of interest to people with a background in psychoacoustics. Please feel free to forward to anyone who may be interested. Apologies for cross-posting. Best wishes, Mark Plumbley----Research Fellow in Perceptual Audio Evaluationhttp://job … | Continue reading
Sources and Archives in Screen Sound StudiesDates: 1-2 June 2017, University of Huddersfield UKProposal deadline: 20 March 2017Website: https://screensoundsources.wordpress.com/As research on screen sound and music continues to expand, the questions, methodologies, and objects of … | Continue reading
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Dear friends and colleagues,The International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) announces that its 2017 annual conference will be hosted 17 through 22 September by the Ethnological Museum, Berlin, Germany.IASA invites everyone engaged in or curious about the di … | Continue reading
Dear Will, Jonathan, Richard, Clifford, Peter et al.,Just a quick note to say 'thank you' for a great conference in the UlsterFolk & Transport Museum. I came away buzzing with ideas and plans - if Iimplement a fraction of them I will be happy! 'Great to feel so energisedby all th … | Continue reading
Dear colleagues,Please find information on this new book about tourism and heritagemanagement of the historic city: "Attracting visitors to ancientneighbourhoods. Creation and management of the tourist-historic city ofPlymouth, UK" (InPlanning, 2016). The book can be downloaded f … | Continue reading
Dear colleagues,Please find information on this new book about tourism and heritagemanagement of the historic city: "Attracting visitors to ancientneighbourhoods. Creation and management of the tourist-historic city ofPlymouth, UK" (InPlanning, 2016). The book can be downloaded f … | Continue reading
Hi all,Apologies if you have already completed the survey that Alex and I are conducting of the UK-based academic workforce in International/Global Political Economy, but if by any chance you haven't managed to share your (anonymised) thoughts with us we’d be grateful if you woul … | Continue reading