General Resources

ARSCLIST Archives - Archive of posts to the Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Listserv.

Audio Archives - Great list of audio archives from MATRIX.

Audio Engineering Society, Standards Committe (AESSC) - The Audio Engineering Society (AES), now in its fifth decade, is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. This is the link to the Society's Standards Committee page, but it can also be used to access the Society's homepage.

Audio Preservation and Restoration - This is a great list of resources compiled by John R. Gibbs at the University of Washington Music Library. Topics range from preservation and restoration of various media to disaster plans to metadata.

Audio Preservation and Restoration Directory - This directory includes Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) members who offer services for audio preservation and restoration, as well as ARSC members and non-members who offer equipment and supplies for audio preservation and restoration. Each entry includes headings from the following list to indicate the goods and services offered. All entries are indexed by location and type of goods and services. For media restoration and preservation companies, see also the A/V Companies section of this webliography.

Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive, Resource Guide - This list of audio archiving resources was compiled by Belfer Audio Labratory and Archive, a part of the Syracuse University Library.

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) - The goal of CLIR is to maintain and improve access to information, however recorded and preserved, through projects, programs and publications.

D-Lib Magazine - D-Lib Magazine is a solely electronic publication with a primary focus on digital library research and development, including but not limited to new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues.

The Digital Audiovisual Archiving blog (DAVA) - Updated weekly, this blog features news and announcements on topics related to the digital transformation and preservation of audiovisual materials. The blog will also list upcoming conferences and workshops pertinent to archives and digital libraries, as well as links to metadata resource sites and other digital archiving resources.

Digital Document Quarterly (DDQ) - This online publication deals with technical policy and the quality of digital documents.

MATRIX - The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University. Contains links to their digital projects which include Historical Voices/National Gallery of the Spoken Word.

NorthEast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) - The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is the largest nonprofit, regional conservation center in the United States. Its mission is to improve the preservation programs of libraries, archives, museums, and other historical and cultural organizations; to provide the highest quality services to institutions that cannot afford in-house conservation facilities or that require specialized expertise; and to provide leadership to the preservation field.

Recorded Sound Reference Center - This Library of Congress research center provides access to the commercial and archival audio holdings of the Library of Congress. The collection dates from 1926 when Victor Records donated over 400 discs to the Library's Music Division to supplement its print and manuscript holdings. In the custody of the Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division since 1978, the collection has grown to include over 2 million items encompassing audio formats from cylinders to CDs.

Spoken Word Archive Group - This working group will address points of common interest in the creation and dissemination of spoken-word digital audio archives. The final result will be a white paper describing the current-state-of-the-art in the field and providing a series of recommendations with respect to those areas in which future research should be concentrated to ensure progress. The working group was established through the cooperation of the European Union Network of Excellence for Digital Libraries (DELOS) and the United States National Science Foundation. 2002

Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Links Page - This list of resources compiled by Stanford's Archive of Recorded Sound, groups resources by collections, archiving associations, recording industry sites, and topics.

Restoration Tips and Notes - Frequently updated notes dealing with specific audio-related topics. Written by Richard L. Hess of Vignettes Media.

Restoration Resource Finder - This page, also from Richard L. Hess of Vignettes Media, lists restoration resources grouped by applicable format and by company name and location. For media restoration and preservation companies, see also the A/V Companies section of this webliography.

Transom: A Showcase & Workshop for New Public Radio - Transom.org is an experiment in channeling new work and voices to public radio through the Internet, for discussing that work, and encouraging more.

UNESCO's Audiovisual Archives Page - This page is a great reasource for current news on audiovisual projects around the world.