The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) 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. » Learn more about ARSC.
THE ARSC COMMUNITY
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ARSC 52nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 9-12, 2018 | Baltimore, Maryland
Get Ready for ARSC 2018
The 52nd annual ARSC conference will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, May 9-12, 2018 at the Radisson Baltimore Downtown-Inner Harbor, situated near the city's historic seaport.
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections invites proposals for presentations and posters. For more information you can view or download our Call for Proposals and Posters. Submission deadline is January 2, 2018.
Is this your first Conference? Worried about getting to Baltimore? No fear ARSC is now also accepting applications for Travel Grants to be awarded for the 52nd Annual Conference. For more information you can view or download our Call for Travel Grants. Deadline for applications is December 15, 2017.
NEWS and EVENTS
The Collections Directory project led by ARSC and the Radio Preservation Task Force continues to accept collection submissions. If you have not already submitted information about your radio and radio-related collections to the project, please use the Google Form created for that purpose or contact William Vanden Dries. To view the current listing of collections in the directory, please visit arsc-audio2.org.
The The ARSC Spring Newsletter is here! Check it out for a preview of ARSC's 51st Annual Conference to be held May 10-13, 2017, reports from ARSC grant recipients, and more!
The 2017 ARSC Awards for Excellence Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research! ARSC Awards are given to authors of books, articles or recording liner notes to recognize those publishing the very best work today in recorded sound research. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes the contributions of these individuals and aims to encourage others to emulate their high standards and to promote readership of their work.
Introducing ARSCLIB: The ARSC Library and Archives Electronic Discussion List! ARSCLIB has been created to be a forum for discussing issues of concern to individuals who are responsible for caring for recorded sound collections within institutions. The discussions are expected to have a narrower professional focus than the main ARSCLIST, discussing issues such as collection policies, deaccessioning, cleaning, digitization, metadata, etc. To subscribe to ARSCLIB and/or ARSCLIST, go to www.arsc-audio.org/listservs.html.