When you come to the Library for the Performing Arts to watch or listen to a special collections archival item, you're not just pressing play on the computer. Staff in our building are actually playing physical media! This is how it works ⤵️

After a lot of work, it's great to share that #nttw6 video presentations are online!! 💻💫Many thanks to our volunteers Joanna White and @Shockenoar for their contributions! youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Finally got the guts to publish workshop recordings on youtube: youtube.com/playlist?list=… Contains nice insights into audiovisual files (and formats). Many thanks to Cineteca Nacional de Chile for subtitles - and making it happen in the 1st place! More to come.

👩‍🍳 We at Sound & Vision: Research and AV Heritage recently launched our English Language LinkedIn channel full of news related to trends in (audiovisual) heritage. Subscribe if you'd like to follow what's cooking! linkedin.com/showcase/sound…

holy shit they recorded tinnitus

Great to attend the ICA - International Council on Archives webinar today about using the Universal Declaration on Archives (UDA) as a tool for advocacy. The UDA can also be used as an evaluation tool to measure the value and success of your archives and records management work. ica.org/resource/unive…

DAHR's map-based browsing system is now live! Click the link below to explore. All 800+ recording locations in DAHR are geolocated on a map via an ArcGIS Online mapping interface. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/plac… Esri #map #gis #digitalhumanities

"If architects and designers accept the power of sound with more responsibility, we can begin to ask how sound could function as a positive element of architecture, not just the default result of people using a building or “noise.”" Fantastic piece: archpaper.com/2024/06/sound-…

“Collecting Memories: Treasures from the Library of Congress,” opens tonight as the inaugural exhibition in the new David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery. This has been years in the making. We can't wait for you to see it. #LOCTreasures

So happy to hear Noam Chomsky is alive and well but now very sad to hear James Chance has left us. Easily the wildest live performer ever to play an Optimo event, and central to the DNA of of our origin story. Live in '81 - youtube.com/watch?v=wJrtmt…

It’s official: #NoCutsToLibraries! You did it NYC, this victory is yours. Thank you Mayor Eric Adams, Adrienne Adams, and the entire New York City Council for restoring library funding in the FY25 budget. See the full statement: on.nypl.org/4clpcKq

In this thread, a link that will immerse you in the Library of Congress' audio collections in particular, and the hard work of our recorded sound experts! 🎵 There's definitely some high-tech equipment involved...but there's also a plastic hardware store bucket. Read on!

Early bird registration for the 2024 IASA Conference in Valencia is open! For either in-person or online registration, please see the link for all the details: 2024.iasa-web.org/registration #iasa55 #avpres

The ARSC Membership Committee invites you to attend ARSC's first Online Social on Wednesday, July 24 at 7 pm EDT! Read more about the event and register in advance here: arsc.wildapricot.org/event-5795867.

Once you learn about the "collective action problem," you see it everywhere. Democrats - including elected officials - wanted Biden to step down, but no one wanted to be the first one to take a firm stand, so for months, his campaign limped on: a collective action problem. 1/

We're excited to share our program for #nttw8! 📋✨

The BBC sound effects library is now completely free to access. This is news. sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/search?cat=Mac…

📚 The removal of more than 500,000 books from our library is a devastating loss to readers worldwide. Sign the petition and let publishers know you want access restored. 👉️ change.org/p/let-readers-… #LetReadersRead #BannedBooksWeek

Don’t miss out on the chance to grab limited edition ARSC T-shirts this year! Order yours by April 10. 1) Tulsa Time Tee celebrates our 59th Annual Conference: arsc-audio.org/Sys/Store/Prod… 2) Cassette Tee offers goes inside the shell of a Compact Cassette: arsc-audio.org/Sys/Store/Prod…