Oral history workshop, Sunday 3rd April 11am -5pm

Last few places remaining for hands-on oral history training with SarahLowryLearn how to: interview people; use an audio recorder; record with a phone;work with oral history materials; advanced recording techniques; contributeto a community archive of Stave Hill marking 30 Years … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

FW: Preserving audio history with the National Recording Registry

bias fwd from nra - apols x postingIain| Iain E.F. Flett | iainflett@hotmail.com |Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:43:43 -0500From: pakurilecz@GMAIL.COMSubject: Preserving audio history with the National Recording RegistryTo: ARCHIVES-NRA@JISCMAIL.AC.UKThis past week the Library of Cong … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

2016 Annual IASA Conference - Call for Presentations Deadline Extended!

Dear friends,Due to the fairly short time until our conference , the original deadline for submitting proposals was relatively early. We thank all those who made the extra effort to submit their proposals on time and we will weigh that timeliness accordingly when considering prop … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

Voices of Volunteering School Resources

In March 2014 Royal Voluntary Service embarked on an exciting adventure, Voices of Volunteering: 75 Years of Citizenship, an oral history project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. It took place over two years collected just over 110 oral histories with the help of... | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

DPC Announces 'Getting Started with Digital Preservation' roadshow series for 2016, registration opens for London event

The DPC is pleased to announce the schedule for its 'Getting Started with Digital Preservation' roadshow series for 2016, with registration now open for the first event in London.About 'Getting Started....'This day long introduction assumes no prior knowledge except a willingness … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

Women in Recorded Sound - gauging interest

[Please excuse cross-posting. The following message is being distributed on ARSC-List, MLA-L, IASA-List, and SAA Recorded Sound Roundtable List. Please feel free to forward to relevant lists.]Hello Women in Recorded Sound,We'd like to start a collective of women in the field of r … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

IASA 2016 Annual Conference -- Call for Presentations - Deadline Approaching!

Call for Presentations - Deadline Approaching!You have exactly two weeks left in which to submit proposals for papers, panels, posters, workshops and tutorials for the 47th Annual IASA Conference hosted by and held at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA — 25 through 29 … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

Job vacancy: British Library Preservation Audio Engineer

Dear all,The British Library has a vacancy for a part-time (2 days/week) Preservation Audio Engineer to work on audio transfer from endangered media at our site at St Pancras.For further details and to apply, please visit http://bit.ly/1RA2Ju0Many thanks,Adam TovellProduction Coo … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

India - Check up! 2.8 lakh land records go missing in Telangana

*Hyderabad:* During computerisation of land records in the newly launchedwebsite http://mabhoomi.telangana.gov.in, officials from the ChiefCommissionerate of Land Administration have realised that land records ofnearly 2.8 lakh survey numbers are missing. The CCLA has been asking … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

Invitation to tender: Unlocking the UK’s Sound Heritage Audio Conservation Plan (deadline extended)

**apologies for cross-posting**The British Library is looking for a consultant to research and write a Conservation Plan for its “Unlocking the UK’s Sound Heritage” project.Please see the invitation to tender: www.bl.bravosolution.co.uk. (Under “Opportunities and notices” click o … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago

February 25th: Stephen Gill Hallsworth public lecture. All welcome!

BISA members may be interested in the following public lecture at the University of ManchesterALL WELCOMEThe Political Economy Institute and Global Political Economy research cluster at The University of Manchester are very pleased to announce the following public lecture:Stephen … | Continue reading


@jiscmail.ac.uk | 8 years ago