ARSC Celebrates World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Sound Recordings from ARSC's 50th, 51st, and 52nd Annual Conferences to be Made Public
October 27, 2023
In celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on October 27, 2024, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections has made video recordings of all presentations from the following annual conferences publicly available:
52nd Annual ARSC Conference (Baltimore, Maryland on May 9-12, 2018)
51st Annual ARSC Conference (San Antonio, Texas on May 10-13, 2017)
50th Annual ARSC Conference (Bloomington, Indiana on May 11-14, 2016)
49th Annual ARSC Conference (Pittsburgh, PA on May 27-30, 2015)
All presentations are available on ARSC's Aviary Site.
All presentations are indexed in ARSC's Media and Publications (AMP!) Database.
In addition, ARSC's UCLA Student Chapter will celebrate World Day for Audiovisual Heritage by participating in Basement Tapes Day on Oct. 28, 2023, 1-3 PM, at the L.A. Archives Bazaar at Doheny Memorial Library on the University of Southern California campus. The chapter will host an audiotape workshop to train volunteers who will work at the Basement Tapes Day event on Oct. 28, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Sound Recordings from ARSC's 48th Annual Conference Now Public
October 27, 2019
In celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on October 27, 2019, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections has made sound recordings and selected slide presentations from its 48th annual conference publicly available.
Browse ARSC conference sound recordings and presentations here.
Search ARSC conference sound recordings and presentations here.
Highlights include . . .
- Out of the Country: Doc Watson's Earliest Recordings & the Creation of a Folk Musician, by Gary Boye
- Emergent Traditions: Considering Alan Lomax's 1938 Michigan Song Collecting Trip in the Light of a New Day, by Guha Shankar, Todd Harvey, Nicole Saylor, Maggie Kruesi
- What Do I Do With My Stuff: Perspective of Archival Dispersal, by Mike Gray, moderator; Steve Smolian (appraiser), David Seubert (archivist), John Lambert (collector), John Huggard (attorney)
- The Blue Sky Boys, by Dick Spottswood
- The Caffe Lena History Project: From Archives to Zip Files, by Jocelyn Arem & Jessica Thompson
- Emancipation Proclamation: From Minstrel Coon Songs to Negro Spirituals, by Bill Doggett
- The Blue Amberol at 100, by David Giovannoni, Richard Martin & Meagan Hennessey
- Liberace: Entertainer at the Piano, by Dennis Rooney
Sound Recordings from ARSC's 45th, 46th, and 47th Annual Conferences Now Public
October 27, 2018
In celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on October 27, 2018, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections has made sound recordings and selected slide presentations from its 45th, 46th, and 47th annual conferences publicly available.
Browse ARSC conference sound recordings and presentations here.
Search ARSC conference sound recordings and presentations here.
Highlights include . . .
ARSC 45th Annual Conference in 2011 (Los Angeles, CA)
- Recording of Ethnic Music in Los Angeles, by Chris Strachwitz with Mark and Dan Guerrero
- The Starday Story: Lefty Frizzell, Bluegrass, and the King Connection, by Nate Gibson
- Phonogram Images on Paper, 1250-1950, by Patrick Feaster
- Modern Records: A Conversation with Recording Pioneer Joe Bihari, by Joe Bihari and John Broven
- Voices of the Mississippi Blues, by William Ferris
ARSC 46th Annual Conference in 2012 (Rochester, NY)
- Sound Recordings and Copyright Workshop, featuring Brandon Butler, David Hansen, David Levine, Ray Ricker, and Peter Hirtle
- My Black Mama: The Influence and Significance of Son House Records, by Daniel Beaumont
- Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1928-1950: A Recorded Legacy, by Dennis D. Rooney
- Uncle Sam and Aunt Beeb: American Roots Music on the BBC, by Roberta Freund Schwartz
- Archiving and Preserving the Endangered Archives of the Twentieth-Century Iranian Performing Arts, by Jane Lewisohn
ARSC 47th Annual Conference in 2013 (Kansas City, MO)
- Early Bird: The Life, Career, and Recordings of Charlie Parker in Kansas City, by Chuck Haddix
- Billy Eckstine: The Rise and Fall of the Fabulous Mr. B, by Cary Ginell
- Audio Files on the 'Voices of the Holocaust' Website, by Ralph Pugh
- American Jazz Bands in the Weimar Republic: Shaping Style in the Diaspora and Unnoticed at Home, by Dr. Rainer Lotz
- Please Mind the Gap: Civil Rights Collections Then and Now in the American Folklife Center, by Guha Shankar
Text from: ‘Safeguarding Endangered Archives: A Shared Vision’ A CCAAA Declaration
October 27, 2015
See pdf signed by ARSC President, Patrick Feaster.
The Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) is a global network of eight international nongovernmental organizations dealing with all aspects of audiovisual archiving on a professional level. Working together, they aim to promote and encourage the recognition of audiovisual images and collections as a vital part of the world’s cultural and documentary heritage, and the importance of safeguarding them for future generations. United in this cause, CCAAA member organizations exercise a significant voice in the preservation and accessibility of the international audiovisual heritage.
Aware that much of the world’s audiovisual archives remain on decaying carriers and require urgent intervention if they are to survive into the current millennium;
Acknowledging that many experts believe there may be only a decade left to achieve this;
Recognizing that many worldwide audiovisual archives and archival collections are under threat from climatic issues, storage conditions, war and conflict, neglect, and often simply lack of expertise, resources, and, critically, lack of funding;
Stressing the need for more commitment by the international community on the preservation of archives and collections at risk;
On the occasion of the 2015 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, on the theme of “Archives at Risk – Protecting the World’s Identities”, the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) adopts a new Declaration regarding the Safeguarding of Endangered Archives.
By this Declaration,
• The CCAAA commits to the development, support, and promotion of programs and projects aimed at the preservation of and access to endangered archives and collections;
• The CCAAA commits to making its “Archives@Risk” initiative (archivesatrisk.com) a core focus for its collaborative efforts;
• The CCAAA urges others to join it in taking action now to preserve and make accessible to the public our endangered audiovisual heritage.
As a first objective under this new Declaration, the CCAAA will support the first Archives@Risk conference in Dublin, Ireland in 2016.
On this 27th of October 2015, the Tenth World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, signatories to this Declaration include each of the eight CCAAA member organizations: ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections), AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists), IASA (International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives), ICA (International Council on Archives), FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives), FIAT (International Federation of Television Archives), SEAPAVAA (Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association), and FOCAL International (Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International).
