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Sound Savings: Preserving Audio Collections
Links to Symposium Sponsors LC Preservation Directorate at the Library of Congress Library of COngress Preservation and Conservation Studies at the University of Texas at Austin School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin Association of Research Libraries OCLC Digital Preservation Cooperative Vidipax

Thursday, July 24

8:15-9:00 - Registration and *Coffee

9:00-9:15 - Welcome - Dean Andrew Dillon (School of Information, UT Austin)

9:15-9:30 - Welcome and Housekeeping - Mark Roosa, Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa

9:30-10:15 - Opening Remarks - Dr. James Lastra (University of Chicago)

Session I: Environmental Overview

10:15-11:00 - Where are We Today? What are the Key Issues? - Sam Brylawski (Library of Congress)

11:00-11:30 - Coffee break and opening of display of sound carriers and associated machines

Session II: Assessing Preservation Needs

11:30-12:15 - Media Types and Problems - Sarah Stauderman (Smithsonian Archives)

12:15-1:45 - Lunch (On your own)

1:45- 2:30 - Surveying Audio Collections - Hannah Frost (Stanford University)

Session III: Setting Priorities and Taking Action

2:30 - 3:15 - Risk Reduction Through Preventive Care, Handling and Storage - Alan Lewis (National Archives and Records Administration)

3:15 - 3:45 - Break

3:45 - 4:15 - Reporting Session: Save Our Sounds Project - Dr. Michael Taft (Library of Congress)

4:15 - 5:00 - HRC Conservation Labs Open House (optional)

5:00 - 7:00 - **Reception (Campus Club )

*Coffee and breaks sponsored by Metal Edge, Inc.
**Reception sponsored by Vidipax.


Preservation and Conservation Studies
The Center for the Cultural Record
School of Information
The University of Texas at Austin

1 University Station, D7000
Austin, TX 78712-0390
phone: 512.471.8287
fax:: 512.471.8285

For more information contact:
Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa, e.cunnk@mail.utexas.edu
or
Ann Seago, aseago@mail.utexas.edu