The Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) posts the following message.
--- 2013 ARSC CONFERENCE: KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI --- The 47th annual ARSC Conference will be held May 15-18, 2013 at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza. The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) will host the conference. The hotel, in the heart of Kansas City, overlooks Country Club Plaza, a premier shopping and entertainment district. The Marr Sound Archives, located at the Miller Nichols Library at UMKC, is not far from the conference venue. Local attractions include: the American Jazz Museum, Arabia Steamboat Museum, Hallmark Visitors Center, Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, Kansas City Zoo, Jesse James Farm and Museum, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. A block of rooms has been reserved for ARSC conference attendees at the special rate of $129 for a standard room, single or double occupancy. Our contracted dates at the Marriott are May 14-18. Group rates will be honored three days before and after these dates, pending availability. Rooms must be reserved by April 23, though you are strongly encouraged to make your reservations as early as possible. All rooms are held on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve a room, follow the reservation instructions at the bottom of this page: http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/hotel.html Register early and save! Full conference registration postmarked by April 23 is $160 for ARSC members, $185 for non-members, $75 for student members, and $85 for non-member students. Single-day registration is also available. For online registration: http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/register/index.php Further details about the conference are here: http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/index.html For general information about the conference, or sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities, contact Brenda Nelson-Strauss, Conference Manager, at [email protected] or 812-855-7530. CONFERENCE PROGRAM ARSC is dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. Reflecting this broad mission, the upcoming conference offers talks and sessions that will appeal to both collectors and professionals. Scheduled presentations include: -- The National Recording Preservation Plan: Numerous talks about the recently published Library of Congress Plan. Speakers: Patrick Loughney, Brenda Nelson-Strauss, Tim Brooks, Bob Heiber, Carl Haber, Sam Brylawski, and others. -- Technical Committee Session: Gimme Your Gigabytes: Digital Storage Options for Small Audio Archives -- Chuck Haddix: Early Bird: The Life, Career, and Recordings of Charlie Parker in Kansas City -- Jim O'Neal: 12th Street and Vine: Kansas City Blues -- Rainer Lotz: American Jazz Bands in the Weimar Republic: Shaping Style in the Diaspora and Unnoticed at Home -- Gary Galo: Lauritz Melchior: A 40th Anniversary Tribute -- Ralph Pugh: Audio Files on the "Voices of the Holocaust" Website -- Roberta Freund Schwartz: Sweet Home Chicago: Recording Blues in the Windy City in the 1930s -- Michael Biel: From Laughter to Tragedy 50 Years Ago: The Two Most Unusual Christmas Record Seasons -- Michael Katzman: Louis Katzman: His Musical Life From Vaudeville to BMI -- Cary Ginell: Billy Eckstine: The Rise and Fall of the Fabulous Mr. B. -- Seth Winner: Remembering David Hamilton: 1935-2013 On Friday evening, you are invited to attend the Technical Committee's Open Meeting with question-and-answer session. Later that night, don't forget to participate in the "Collectors' Roundtable." The preliminary conference schedule (subject to change) can be viewed at: http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/index.html PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP On May 15, the Education and Training Committee hosts "Discovery Access Methods for Sound Recording Collections." This day-long workshop brings together professionals from a variety of backgrounds to discuss how audio resources can be found -- and made findable -- in libraries, archives, digital collections, and discographies. Once again, ARSC is offering its pre-conference workshop in a live-streaming online version for those who are unable to attend the conference in person. An archived version will be made available to all workshop registrants for a limited time. The workshop is approved for five Archival Recertification Credits through the Academy of Certified Archivists. A separate registration fee applies for the workshop. Pre-registration is required. For more information, see: http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/pdf/Workshop%20Flyer%20v2.pdf or contact Karen Fishman, [email protected], 202-707-5856, or Aaron Bittel, [email protected], 310-825-1695. NEWCOMER ORIENTATION and MENTORING PROGRAM If this is your first time attending an ARSC conference -- welcome! To introduce you to the conference and other members, we encourage you to participate in the Mentoring Program. During the Newcomers Orientation, first-time attendees will be paired with Mentors, typically long-time ARSC members. Mentors will answer your questions about ARSC and the conference, and introduce you to others with similar interests and goals. Veteran ARSC members who plan to attend the conference are urged to become a Mentor and participate in this rewarding program. MILLER NICHOLS LIBRARY: RECEPTION and TOUR The Miller Nichols Library, on the UMKC campus, is hosting a reception for conference attendees on Thursday evening, May 16. Tours of the Marr Sound Archives, Special Collections, and the Music/Media Library will be offered. The library's robotic retrieval system will be on display. The Miller Nichols Library is a short walk from the conference hotel. AWARDS BANQUET The conference will conclude on Saturday evening, May 18, with the annual Awards Banquet in the hotel's Seville Ballroom. Winners of the 2012 and 2013 ARSC Awards will be honored. The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals -- everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound. _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
