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This article from the Straits Times is a rare public celebration of an AV conservationist and may be of interest to the wider IASA family.

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/restoring-sights-and-sounds-past-...

Thanks to George Boston for passing it on from the British and Irish Sound Archives (a multi-national IASA branch).

Indiana University announces the release of free, open source media preservation prioritization software created in collaboration with AVPreserve.

MediaSCORE (Media Selection: Condition, Obsolescence, and Risk Evaluation) enables a detailed analysis of degradation and obsolescence risk factors for most analog and physical digital audio and video formats.

MediaRIVERS (Media Research and Instructional Value Evaluation and Ranking System) guides a structured assessment of research and instructional value for media holdings.

While probably not yet arriving at your door, the 44th issue of the IASA Journal is now available electronically for all IASA members via the IASA website. Just login and you will be able to access PDFs of each article as well as a PDF of the entire issue. The physical issues will make their arrival soon!

http://www.iasa-web.org/iasa-journal/iasa-journal-no-44-january-2015

Table of contents listed below:

Over the past few months many of our IASA colleagues have been diligently preparing a new slate of articles that together will constitute the upcoming IASA Journal Issue 44, which will be delivered to your door in the next couple of weeks.

Among many excellent articles, this issue includes a special contribution by last year's conference keynote speaker, Mr. Verne Harris, of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in South Africa.

Following is a preview of the articles that are included in this issue: