Sound preservationist. Send not to know for whom the archival hard drive spins; it spins for thee.
Joined March 2009
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Me on the BBC World Service, talking about why sound recordings matter. #saveoursounds
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Wedding trumpets in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. You can hear them on BBC Radio 3 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001zvd….
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Come along to learn more about how to preserve sound recordings to explore some possibilites that doing so unlocks and to join in the conversation about the future of this work: eventbrite.co.uk/e/unlocking…
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Call for Hosts for 2022 IASA Preservation Training Programme shar.es/af5cq6
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Our #TapeBoxTuesday is late today due to a problematic tape (which one of our engineers was working with for quite a lot of the day.
Before and after pictured below.
ALT Two square photos of the same shown with a diagonal split for before and after. Before shows a tape reel with lots of loose tape in various colours curled around the inside of the reel. In the second image the tape is tidy and packed as normal.
There will always be one too few recordings of bagpipes in the world #InternationalBagpipeDay
In this clip from 1969, Giōrgos Savoidakēs plays a 'Sousta' courtship dance from Crete on the askomandoura bagpipes.
#InternationalBagpipeDay #UOSH
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We are happy to report that #UOSH has now cleared over 80,000 recordings! 🎉
This is one of our favourites, which captures the bizarre cow-like vocalisations of a lek of Capuchinbirds, recorded by Andrew Whittaker in Manaus, Brazil, 1996
They look as strange as they sound...
Hey UK #GLAM folk! Last chance to complete our tiny (<5 min) survey) on your audio collections, and help @britishlibrary support the UK audio heritage sector in future. Deadline: Monday 31 Jan.
THANK YOU!
surveymonkey.com/r/UOSHpub
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Do you work in a UK gallery, library, archive or museum with sound archives in your collections? Could you take 5 mins to fill in this survey? We've done loads in #UOSH & this evaluation will help us make the case to keep going. Thanks! surveymonkey.com/r/UOSHpub?s…
Do you work in a UK GLAM institution with collections of sound recordings? The British Library would love to know how things are with you. Please complete our <5 min multiple choice survey surveymonkey.com/r/UOSHpub Thank you!
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Calling all UK GLAM institutions with sound collections! Please take 5 mins to complete this important survey. !
Do you work in a UK GLAM institution with collections of sound recordings? The British Library would love to know how things are with you. Please complete our <5 min multiple choice survey surveymonkey.com/r/UOSHpub Thank you!
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We are hiring for an Audio QC Engineer on a short-term contract: britishlibrary.recruitment.z…
The closing date for applications is the 24th of January 2022 and more info can be found at the link above.
Do you work in a UK GLAM institution with collections of sound recordings? The British Library would love to know how things are with you. Please complete our <5 min multiple choice survey surveymonkey.com/r/UOSHpub Thank you!
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🎄 Let's open the festive period with a Christmas song from the region of Imereti in Georgia: Nabakeuri Alilo, performed by the talented Maspindzeli Choir
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Announcing two new FREE training events taking place next week on Zoom!
An introduction to understanding & preserving sound collections (16/11/21) tinyurl.com/y95x454b
An introduction to rights clearance for archived sound recordings (18/11/21) tinyurl.com/5nkmsw8v
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Ooo eee, find out What’s Up With DAT this Wednesday, Nov. 3, at the next @arscaudio webinar. A Discussion on Digital Audio Tape at 11am Pacific. Free and open to the public! Register here: bit.ly/3DxKYc7
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Enter our free giveaway! Retweet or reply with an image or story about your favourite piece of audio heritage and win a big poster all about preserving your sound collections! These are a good resource which galleries, museums, libraries and archives may find particularly useful!
📣UOSH GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!!📣
It's #AudioVisualHeritageDay! to celebrate we’re giving away 10 UOSH posters!
To enter just reply or retweet with a pic of your favourite bit of audio heritage. Tape boxes, sound equipment, audio media – anything goes!
Winners announced on Friday!
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📣UOSH GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!!📣
It's #AudioVisualHeritageDay! to celebrate we’re giving away 10 UOSH posters!
To enter just reply or retweet with a pic of your favourite bit of audio heritage. Tape boxes, sound equipment, audio media – anything goes!
Winners announced on Friday!
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Today's #TapeBoxTuesday is bought to you all the way from Italy care of Ferrania brand magnetic tape. Check out the meticulous, tiny notes on the back! #UnlockingOurSoundHeritage #SaveOurSounds #SalvaINostriSuoni #Ferrania
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We are recruiting x4 Data Protection & Rights Clearance Officers to help us continue clearing sound recordings on Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, running until the end of November 2022.
Full details can be found here: britishlibrary.recruitment.z… #UKjobs #ArchiveJobs
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We are hiring for a Preservation Audio Engineer - fixed term until the end of October 2022.
All the details available here: britishlibrary.recruitment.z…
Applications close on the 24th of October 2021.
#UKJobs #ArchiveJobs
ALT A close-up picture of the light grey metal heads and pinch roller of a Studer A807 tape machine.