audio preservation

The 49th annual ARSC Conference will be held May 27-30, 2015 at the Westin
Convention Center Hotel, in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The city offers miles of riverfront trails and a vibrant downtown cultural
district with many attractions including the Andy Warhol Museum, Heinz Hall,
Heinz History Center, August Wilson Center for African American Culture,
ToonSeum, and the Mattress Factory museum of contemporary art.

Where: Conference Centre, British Library

Price: Free, booking essential

A one-day seminar addressing issues in contemporary archiving for record labels, archives, institutions and individuals.

Beginning with a presentation of the British Library’s perspective on cutting-edge audio archiving techniques, delegates will hear from the experts how to best preserve, conserve and transfer sound recordings from physical to digital. The British Library’s pilot digital music deposit project for archiving contemporary releases will be introduced by its creators.