tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post7642208754823949139..comments2024-03-19T16:26:45.863-04:00Comments on Digitization 101: Workshop: Digitizing Audio Collections, Oct. 22 - 24, 2008Jill Hurst-Wahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355882159165026398noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post-86759579125883203702008-10-17T23:33:00.000-04:002008-10-17T23:33:00.000-04:00The only similar workshop I've heard of recently i...The only similar workshop I've heard of recently is here:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar" REL="nofollow">A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media</A><BR/><BR/>Asking around, nobody here had seen any others advertised lately.<BR/><BR/>The lack of organized training opportunities for audio preservation has been a real challenge. Several organizations and individuals have been working on changing this, so there may be some new developments coming down the pipe.<BR/><BR/>On the whole, it seems a little easier to find workshops for planning audio digitization projects (understanding the formats, technologies, signal vs. material degradation, etc.) than to find actual hands-on audio digitization training. Most people still learn those skills in a sort of informal craftsman/apprenticeship system.<BR/><BR/>Some other training opportunities are listed on the <A HREF="http://www.arsc-audio.org/etresources.html" REL="nofollow">ARSC Education and Training Page</A> and , if you're in Europe, through <A HREF="http://www.tape-online.net/courses.html" REL="nofollow">TAPE (Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe).</A><BR/><BR/>Yet another way they're ahead of us...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post-30380078193856864172008-10-14T11:23:00.000-04:002008-10-14T11:23:00.000-04:00This has been canceled. Not sure if the July one i...This has been canceled. Not sure if the July one is still happening. Any ideas about something like that offered by someone else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com