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Saving America’s Endangered Recordings:
NEDCC’s Conservation Ethic for the Preservation of Significant Audio Media

Julie Martin
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Published Online: 2017-12-06 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pdtc-2017-0018

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Abstract:

Audio recordings may be the most endangered of Americas collections, due to rapidly deteriorating media material, the scarcity of equipment for playback, and the diminishing numbers of professionals who have the skills for repairing legacy equipment and reformatting audio using traditional analog methods. The evidence for the size of the problem may be found in a variety of studies prompted by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 (H.R.4846). The resulting National Recording Preservation Plan by the Library of Congress and the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) was released in 2012.

Keywords: preservation of audio media; preservation of audio sound recordings; IRENE systemtreating collections; collections care

Editor’s note: PDT&C has as one of its goals disseminating information about preserving cultural heritage, and notifying its readers about services available to achieve this end. NEDCC, a non-profit organization, is an important resource for the preservation of audio media. It was the first independent conservation laboratory in the United States to specialize exclusively in treating collections made of paper or parchment, such as works of art, photographs, books, maps, and manuscripts. The Center also offers digital imaging services, as well as training, consultations, and disaster advice for collections.

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  • The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan. Council on Library and Information Research Publication, no. 156. Washington, D.C.: CLIR and the Library of Congress, 2012. See http://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-recording-preservation-plan/publications-and-reports/documents/NRPPLANCLIRpdfpub156.pdf (accessed October 5, 2017).Google Scholar

  • Lyons, Bertram, Rebecca Chandler, and Chris Lacinak. “AV Preserve; Quantifying the Need: A Survey of Existing Sound Recordings in Collections in the United States.” See http://www.avpreserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/QuantifyingTheNeed.pdf (accessed August 30, 2017).Google Scholar

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Published Online: 2017-12-06

Citation Information: Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 149–150, ISSN (Online) 2195-2965, ISSN (Print) 2195-2957, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pdtc-2017-0018.

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