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NEWS and EVENTS
Congratulations to ARSC Service Award Winners, 2013:
Allan Sutton, Mainspring Press: ARSC Lifetime Achievement Award
Steven Lasker: ARSC Distinguished Service Award
Peter Shambarger: Distinguished Service to ARSC Award
ARSC Welcomes and Thanks New Board Members!
Patrick Feaster, as First Vice-president/ President-elect, will take office as President in May 2014 following the term of current president Tim Brooks. Our new Program Chair for the next two years is Cary Ginell. Wendy Sistrunk is Secretary, and Sandy Rodriquez and Will Chase will serve as Members-at-Large, all also for two-year posts. Many thanks go to Steve Ramm for agreeing to serve as Treasurer for an 11th term!
ARSC also welcomes to the Publications Committee, Ted Sheldon as ARSC Publisher and "Uncle Dave" Lewis as Advertising Editor. Also, we're delighted to have past-Executive Director, Peter Shambarger filling the long vacant Chapters Chair position.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter of ARSC presents Laura Schnitker and Eric Cartier, "Saving Campus Radio: Presenting and Preserving WAMU and WMUC" on Monday, June 17 at 7pm at George Washington University, Phillips Hall, Room B-120 (Basement).
Announcing NEW Echoes of History! podcasts produced by Anthony Wellman! Two new historic audio podcasts produced by Anthony Wellman feature one of the earliest exercise phonographs and the sounds of a busy Indianapolis street corner in the 1930s. Listen to these two additions to this ARSC sponsored collection.
New Audiovisual Citation Guidelines have been published by the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC). The guidelines cover a very broad range of sound and moving image media types. Read more...
Inside the National Recording Registry wins the Peabody Award! This series of short radio documentaries about recordings added to the National Recording Registry were produced by Ben Manilla Productions/ Media Mechanics with support from the Library of Congress. Don't miss the segment on Phonautograms featuring interviews with ARSC members who helped reveal the recordings! Listen here...
The Library of Congress has released the National Recording Preservation Plan [PDF]. This comprehensive plan makes recommendations for improvements in the preservation and access of our national sound heritage by addressing specific areas such as infrastructure, education, collaboration, and copyright. Read more about it in the New York Times and NPR.