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Dear All, I have found this discussion strand most illuminating. Apart from one correspondent, nobody mentioned the importance of managed digital storage of sound and video recordings, something which includes migration but also things like error checking, which are essential to the long term health of these large digital files. We are fortunate to have good international guidelines, available from the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archivists at: http://www.iasa-web.org/special_publications.asp <http://www.iasa-web.org/special_publications.asp> . The document you need is IASA-TC04 2nd Edition, the first publication on the list. It will open your eyes, if you have not read it, to the real needs of sound and video recordings with regards to preservation in particular. Hence my suggestion that a large organisation like the British Library might be a better place to deal with such needs in the long term. David Lee ________________________________ From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shawcross Kath Sent: 24 March 2010 12:21 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FW: Oral history archives Ms Kathleen Shawcross Borough Archivist & Local Studies Manager London Borough of Sutton, Central Library, St Nicholas Way, SUTTON, Surrey SM1 1EA Tel: +44 (020 8770 4745), FAX: (020 8770 4777) web site: www.sutton.gov.uk Local Studies & Archives Centre Opening Hours Tue, Wed & Fri 10-6pm Thur 10-8pm Sat 9-5pm; Sun 2-5pm Closed Mondays Printing this email? Please think environmentally and only print when essential! ________________________________ From: Local Studies Library [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 24 March 2010 11:22 To: Shawcross Kath Subject: RE: Oral history archives Kath, I have successfully used Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ to transfer (a very few!) casette tapes to MP3 files. It took me a while to learn how to use it, but eventually had success. Regards, Arthur Holden Customer Services Supervisor Bromley Local Studies Library 2nd Floor, Central Library High Street Bromley BR1 1EX Tel: 020 8461 7170 [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shawcross Kath [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 24 March 2010 09:53 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FW: Oral history archives Forwarding Steven's reply. I expect many of us have tapes from way back - we certainly do - very few transcribed and not all identified. And yes there WAY down the list of "things to do". However the technology is out there to transfer it to computers - I'll try and dig out the info unless someone else can find it quicker than me. Perhaps a job for a volunteer who is technically minded? Kath Ms Kathleen Shawcross Borough Archivist & Local Studies Manager London Borough of Sutton, Central Library, St Nicholas Way, SUTTON, Surrey SM1 1EA Tel: +44 (020 8770 4745), FAX: (020 8770 4777) web site: www.sutton.gov.uk Local Studies & Archives Centre Opening Hours Tue, Wed & Fri 10-6pm Thur 10-8pm Sat 9-5pm; Sun 2-5pm Closed Mondays Printing this email? Please think environmentally and only print when essential! ________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 24 March 2010 09:22 To: Shawcross Kath Subject: Re: Oral history archives Dear Kath Ours are on tape cassettes. They certainly need converting! However the usual cost, time and copyright barriers get in the way of doing this. Not sure exactly how we would convert from tape either. It's "on the list", but quite far down! Regards Steven Davies Archivist / Archifydd Flintshire Record Office / Archifdy Sir y Fflint Tel./Ffôn: (01244) 532414 Shawcross Kath <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: "Archivists, conservators and records managers." <[log in to unmask]> 24/03/2010 08:01 Please respond to Shawcross Kath <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject Oral history archives Hi I've got a question for those of you who have taken in oral history archives - specifically the recordings. What format are they being saved on? The Oral History Society recommends external hard drives. But these will have to be replaced/data migrated from time to time. Any suggestions? Thoughts? Please reply to whole list. 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