We get a lot of things a lot of times. That gives the things ARC treasures a better chance of surviving. We also try to place them in a few different locations. The Notre Dame fire brings it all home; how important… read more >>
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Grubby Dub Surfaces
Everyone knows that ARC has the BEST interns in the American League, and today’s All-Star is Arlo, who, while inspecting classical LPs for surface worthiness, discovered some booklets stuffed inappropriately in inappropriate sleeves. Who could have have thought to place these very… read more >>
What is This?
I HATE it when people send me ‘cute’ videos. But ARCpal Be Bop passed this along, and so now I must inflict you with it. It’s like when an intern said, “Oh Prince, my grandfather likes him…” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdSHeKfZG7c&feature=player_embedded] It’s not easy being… read more >>
Size (speed, amplitude) matters
How to permanently preserve audio materials is a major concern of archives around the world. Us included. After all, isn’t that why we’re here? But ARC does not migrate, i.e; make a copy of an audio object in another medium, ideally more… read more >>