ARSC NEWSLETTER - Spring 2000 - No.91
General Advertising
Classified Advertising
Out-Going President's Message
In-Coming President's Message
ARSC Bulletin No. 33 (1998-99) Available
Basic Care Workshop is a Big Success
Bill Shurk Says Thanks
IASA Cataloging Rules Now Available
Death of John Steiner, ARSC Conference Speaker
ARSC Membership Statistics
The ELP Laser Tunrtable
Coming Events of Possible Interest to Members
Publication Information
Help ARSC Grow with Matching Grants
Does your employer have a "matching contribution" program? Many do. This
doubles your contribution to ARSC at no cost to you. Ask your employer
and send your employer's form to Peter Shambarger, ARSC Executive
Director along with your contribution.
Volunteer Needed
Assistant Editor, ARSC Journal
The Board of Directors of ARSC has created a new position and seeks
qualified candidates for the position of Assistant Editor of the ARSC
Journal, the premier journal of its kind in the world. The
successful candidate will work directly with the editor of the ARSC
Journal and assume responsibility for publication design and page
layout, following agreed upon guidelines and specifications.
The individual will also be responsible for production coordination,
working primarily with the designated printing company. Familiarity
with computer technology in publication work, including page
design/layout software is a prerequisite and experience in print
production is an asset.
For information or to apply, contact Barry R. Ashpole, Editor, ARSC
Journal at ashpole@telsec.net or by phone at
(416) 362-4804 (during normal business hours), or (416) 486-9669
(evenings or weekends).
78 RPM RECORD SLEEVE RESEARCH
WANTED: Vintage 78 rpm Era Company Record Sleeves for research in progress. For
further information please visit our webpage at:
http://www.bluesworld.com/Wayland.html .
Those wishing to include sleeves, for documentation in this project, are invited to contact:
Terry Tullos Wayland
Conservation Associates
17710 Ranch Road 12
Wimberley, Texas 78676-6008
Telephone/Fax: 512.847.9295
e-mail: archives@wimberley-tx.com
ELECTRICAL TRANSCRIPTIONS ON TAPE OF SAM HERMAN
WANTED: Electrical Transcriptions on tape of Sam Herman on Thesaurus 983 and 1004;
any others? Charles Magnante Quartet on World 3169/3176. Contact:
Stanley Bozynski
8196 Thorntree Ct.
Grosse Ile, MI 48138-1517
ATTENTION 78 AND LP COLLECTORS!
Private record collector needs to dispose of huge and rare 78-RPM/Long-Playing classical record collection. My family and I must sell our home this summer. I would like all of these rare and fine classical recordings to go to a good home.
Contact:
Marc Bernstein
165 Old Forest Hill Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M6C-2G7
Telephone: 416-781-3810 (h), 416-969-7800-Ext. 2278 (w)
e-mail: mbernstein165old@yahoo.com
RESEARCH ON "MIDGE" WILLIAMS
WANTED for research on the career of singer "Midge" Williams, tapes of these NBC
radio shows: Shell Chateau (Al Jolson), Jan. 4, 1936; Studebaker Champions
(Richard Himber), Dec. 7, 1936; Ben Bernie (for American Can), June 9, 1937.
Also, any of the Blue Monday Jamboree CBS 1935 summer series. Contact:
Bob Arnold
6301 Dana St.
Oakland, CA 94609
Telephone: 510-655-6543
NATIONAL AUDIO COMPANY
Manufacturer and Duplicator of Audio Cassettes
Distributor of Quantegy, BASF, Mitsui, Telex, Fidelipac, and accessories
3M RDA T30 - $1.00 closeout sale.
Call 913-661-2475 for catalog.
TOM HAWTHORN'S MILLENNIUM AUCTION
Thanks to everyone who participated in our Millennium Auction. It turned out to be the biggest and best ever. We love our customers! Hawthorn's Antique Audio.
CONTRIBUTE TO ARSC AND SAVE ON TAXES
ARSC TREASURER Steve Ramm reminds members that contributions made in the
form of appreciated securities or mutual funds are fully deductible at
the fair market value on the date of the transfer. This is a way to
exclude taxable gain on your investments and help ARSC at the same time.
For further information call Steve Ramm at 215-545-3290 x130 or email
him at stevenramm@aol.com.
SOMETHING NEW ON THE WEB!
Check out the new Hawthorns Antique Audio website for information on our record auctions, phonographs for sale, supplies, services and a few irreverent editorials: www.vfr.net/hawthorn
Thanks.
FREE ADS!
ARSC Members! Place free personal (not-for-profit) ads in the ARSC
Newsletter. ARSC Members can place one free personal classified ad in
each issue of the Newsletter (on a space available basis). Try it;
you'll like it.
Contact:
Ricki Kushner
Telephone: 202.707.0164 or 202.671.3434
Fax: 202.707.8464
e-mail: fkus@loc.gov
16-inch RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS UP FOR AUCTION
A nice selection coming up on a special auction which will be sent out this Spring by request only. Also, an ALL EDISON auction is coming this Fall. For a free copy of either call Tom Hawthorn at (916) 773-4727
or send an e-mail request to hawthorn@garlic.com
SCHUBERT DISCOGRAPHY
Schubert's Great C Major Symphony, D.944, A Discography. 218 pages. 172 recordings. Three indexes. Forward by Dr. José A. Bowen. Just published.
Regularly $30; special price to ARSC members $25 postpaid with check. Contact:
Jerome F. Weber
1613 Sunset Ave.
Utica, NY 13502-5437.
FAT TUESDAY & ALL THAT JAZZ
SEARCHING for video, kinescope, anything visual re: 'Fat Tuesday & All That Jazz.' Had a TV appearance many years ago, featuring Bill Russell. Contact:
Lawrence Cohn
P.O. Box 1231
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
LOOKING FOR BALKAN RECORDS
IN SEARCH of records from Balkan Records of Berwyn/Chicago, IL. I especially
want a copy of number 501. Contact:
Mike Stosich
4813 Wallbank Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Telephone: 630-969-9137
e-mail: EsotericTT@aol.com
JAZZ ART COLLECTION AUCTION
13 pieces. Closes December 30, 2000. Serious collectors may request
descriptions and color photographs by sending $10 SASE or IRCs. Contact:
Bill Bacin
Box 394
Ingram, TX 78025
The 34th ARSC Annual Conference at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
was truly outstanding: excellent programs, great food, wonderful music, superb
arrangements, scintillating conversation, and the best company possible. Special
events included a pre-conference workshop on the basic care and management of
sound recordings; ARSC's most successful Silent Auction ever; pig pickin' in the
Wilson Library; tours of the Southern Folklife Collection; and Mike Casey and his
Cucanandy Band. Congratulations and sincere thanks to Steve Weiss and Tim Pyatt,
Co-Chairs of the Local Arrangements Committee, and to Mike Biel, Program Chair,
for making the conference such a success!
It has truly been an honor to serve as President of ARSC for the past two years.
I have had the pleasure of working with a strong and dedicated Executive
Committee and with two Boards of Directors who have worked diligently on behalf
of this organization. Together we have made good progress in strengthening
ARSC's organizational structure, raising the general awareness of the need to
increase ARSC's fiscal foundation and reaching out to the archival and collecting
communities through the excellent work of our committees. I would like to offer
my thanks and appreciation to everyone who has contributed so very much to ARSC,
and to pass along my best wishes and congratulations to Mark Tolleson, into whose
capable hands I turn over my position as president.
Suzanne Stover
Eastman School of Music
26 Gibbs Street
Rochester, New York 14604
Telephone: (716) 274-1049
Fax: (716) 274-1089
e-mail: ssto@mail.rochester.edu
I have the honor of assuming the Presidency of ARSC at an auspicious moment in
the history of our organization weve increased our rolls through a successful
membership drive; we are on firmer financial ground than in times past; and we
recently received, for the first time in many years, grant funds. Hearty thanks
for these achievements are in order to the hard-working members of the Board and
Executive Committees with whom Ive collaborated closely for the last three
years. I offer a special thank you to my predecessor, Suzanne Stover, whose
dedication and firm-but-gentle leadership style assured that I would be taking
the helm of a robust organization one that is well positioned to respond to
coming challenges and opportunities, such as (in no particular order):
The Internet
Finance
Membership
Copyright
The Digital Age
Identity
During my term, I would like to focus on ARSC's identity in my view this is the
central issue from which all others flow. Working from a clearly articulated
mission and in service of a well-defined constituency, we must program all
aspects of the organization as an artistic director might program a season for a
performing organization. That is, we must make sure that all of our endeavors
(the ARSC Journal, ARSC Newsletter, website, and conference programs, to name a
few) present a clear and cohesive identity to our audience. There is groundwork
to be laid and work to be done. I look forward to serving.
Please send me your comments, thoughts, and suggestions regarding ARSC. Watch
this space for messages on the other subjects listed above.
Mark Tolleson, ARSC President
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
521 W. 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
Telephone: (212) 870-1644
Fax: 714-8522
e-mail: arscprez00@hotmail.com
The ARSC Bulletin No. 33 covering 1998-1999 now is available to all ARSC members
from the Executive Director. It contains all reports and related information
presented by members of the ARSC Board of Directors and committee chairs at the
spring and fall Board of Directors and Executive Committee meetings, plus the
minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting. If you missed the annual meeting or
would like to stay informed about the various activities and committees of ARSC,
you will find the ARSC Bulletin a useful publication. To keep down publication
costs, a copy of the Bulletin is sent each year only to those who request one.
Some members already have received their copy, either because they already are on
the special mailing list or because copies were available at the 2000 Annual
Conference in Chapel Hill, NC. If you would like to receive a FREE copy of the
ARSC Bulletin, simply contact Peter Shambarger, ARSC Executive Director. Your name
will be added to the regular Bulletin mailing list.
Peter Shambarger
P.O. Box 543
Annapolis, MD 21404-0543
e-mail: peters@umd5.umd.edu
On May 31, at the ARSC Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Education
and Training Committee sponsored a pre-conference workshop entitled: "Basic Care
and Management of Sound Recordings." It proved very successful, drawing an
overflow group of 34 participants, and others whom we had to turn away. The
Education and Training Committee hopes to be able to give these workshops on an
annual basis, in various cities where the ARSC annual conferences are held.
Many thanks for the "uplifting" card of get well encouragement. I really missed
attending the meeting and rubbing elbows with all my friends. The heart attack
was a mild one but serious nonetheless. Clot busting drugs were administered
immediately and I have had one stent inserted with another one anticipated soon.
While on medical leave I have been slowly sorting out records in my personal
collection. Could one have expected less? Once again thanks to a real good
bunch of folks.
Bill Schurk
ARSC Member
The International Association for Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) has
published a new volume to make the cataloging of sound and audiovisual materials
easier and more systematic. The citation is:
The IASA cataloguing rules : a manual for the description of sound recordings and
related audiovisual media. Compiled and edited by the IASA Editorial Group,
convened by Mary Miliano. Stockholm/Baden-Baden: IASA, 1999. 268 pp. ISBN
87-7507-252-1
The IASA Cataloguing Rules provide guidance in describing a wide range of content
(e.g., popular and classical music, interviews, oral histories, recordings of
traditional societies, radio programmes, advertisements, wildlife recordings).
They present solutions for the description of unpublished and broadcast
recordings, as well as published recordings, from the earliest carriers to the
latest digital formats. An Introduction outlines the history of recorded sound
and highlights types of information important for cataloguing sound recordings.
Appendices include full cataloguing examples, a glossary, and a list of terms for
describing the physical condition of sound recordings. The primary emphasis of
this work is on sound recordings, but where moving image formats embody works
which are a natural extension from the recorded sound medium (e.g. music videos
and interactive CD-ROMs) these also are addressed.
Analytic and host item cataloguing, multilevel description, and documenting
copyright information are featured. The IASA Cataloguing Rules are compatible
with AACR2 and the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
standards, and complement existing audiovisual cataloguing standards including
the ARSC Rules for Archival Cataloging of Sound Recordings. All rules are
referenced to corresponding rules in other published cataloguing standards.
The IASA Cataloguing Rules were compiled and edited by an Editorial Group drawn
chiefly from the IASA Cataloguing and Documentation Committee. IASA
(International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives) is an international
non-governmental association maintaining operational relations with UNESCO, and
was founded in 1969. IASA supports the professional exchange of information and
fosters international cooperation between audiovisual archives in all fields,
especially in the areas of acquisition and exchange, documentation, access,
copyright, conservation and preservation.
The IASA Cataloguing Rules are available both online and in printed book format.
In printed book form: The IASA Cataloguing Rules are available as a bound, hard
copy publication; priced at 37 Euros or US$40 (including postage and packaging for
surface mail delivery worldwide). Send your name, complete mailing address,
email address, fax number, number of copies wanted, and whether you will be
paying in Euros or US$ to:
Magdalena Csve
Vice-Chair, IASA,
Hungarian Radio, Documentation
Brdy Sndr u.5-7
H-1800 Budapest, HUNGARY
Fax: 36 1 328 8310
e-mail: csevema@uzem.radio.hu
An invoice will be sent with your order.
To access the publication online: Go to the IASA Website at
http://www.llgc.org.uk/iasa .
The IASA Cataloging Rules are found on the primary menu.
Further information about IASA membership and activities is available from:
Albrecht Hfner
Secretary-General, IASA
Sdwestrundfunk, Documentation and Archives Dept.
D-76522 Baden-Baden, GERMANY
Telephone: +49 7221 929 3487
Fax: +49 7221 929 2094
e-mail: albrecht.haefner@swr-online.de
Or visit the iasa website at http://www.llgc.org.uk/iasa/ .
John Steiner, an internationally known historian of early jazz recordings, died
Saturday at age 91. Steiner is know well by ARSC members who attended the
Madison conference for his prsentation there. For years, Steiner recorded jazz
artists, and in the late 1940s, he bought thousands of 78-rpm records and master
recordings of the Paramount label, which had been produced in Ozaukee County, WI.
He reissued many of them and kept others, accumulating about 30,000 jazz, blues
and other recordings at his home in Bay View, WI. Most of the record collection,
along with memorabilia, artifacts and documents, has been donated to the
University of Chicago Jazz Archives. (Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
on June 6, 2000. Abridged and adapted by the Editor.)
As of May 24, 2000, our current membership statistics total 1116 members. This
includes members who have paid their 2000 dues, honorary members, and exchange
members. The number can be broken down as:
Individual Members: 851
Institutional members: 248
Honorary and Exchange Members: 17
It also should be pointed up for the record that several of the individual
members work in archival institutions, yet pay for their own memberships, thus
they are listed as individuals. If you have not yet paid your 2000 dues, now is
a good time to do so. Contact Peter Shambarger, ARSC Executive Director, for
information on current dues and methods of payment
At this time, ARSC enjoys the strong support of 61 Sustaining Members and 5 Donor
members for 2000. This is 5 more Sustaining than all of last year, but one less
Donor than in 1999. Without their help, it would have been difficult to maintain
our programs and undertake new activities.
A new product, the ELP Laser Turntable was demonstrated at the 2000 ARSC
conference in Chapel Hill, NC. The ELP Laser Turntable uses five laser beams to
play records. Two of them read the audio signals from the right and left
channels. Two more keep the beams in their respective channels, and one final
beam controls the distance from the record. This is part of the reason the Laser
Turntable is successful at playing broken, cracked, records up to 1/4 quarter of
an inch (5-6mm). The Laser Turntable eliminates most noise from scratches
because it doesnt read information at right angles to the groove.
Records are engraved from the shoulder to bottom of the groove. When the Laser
reads a record, it uses the upper portion of the groove. The laser beam can be
adjusted up and down the top 10 microns to find the least wear and best signal.
Also, the incident area of the laser beam is only a fourth of the contact area of
a high end stereo needle and is twenty-six times smaller than that of a monaural
needle.
Currently two models of the Laser Turntable are available: The LT-1LA steps
through its 30 rpm to 50 rpm range at 0.1 rpm increments. The LT-XA adds the
range of 60 rpm to 90rpm at increments of 0.2 rpm. For more information on the
ELP Laser Turntable, visit the ELP website at http://www.elpj.com/demo.html .
Here is a listing of events to help ARSC members plan for participation.
2000:
Aug. 6-11 IAML Annual Conference =
Edinburgh, Scotland
Aug. 13-16 IFLA General Conference -
Jerusalem, Israel
Sep. 22-25 AES 109th Convention - Los
Angeles, CA
Nov. 13-18 AMIA Annual Conference - Los Angeles, CA
Nov. TBA ANSI/PIMA Joint Technical Commission - Los Angeles, CA
2001:
Jan. 12-17 ALA Midwinter Meeting - Washington, D.C.
Feb. 21-25 MLA Annual Conference - New York, NY
June 14-20 ALA Annual Conference - San Francisco, CA
July 8-14 IAML Annual Conference - Périgueux, France
Aug. 16-25 IFLA 67th Council and Conference - Boston, MA
Sep. 23-26 ARSC/IASA Annual Conference - London, Great Britain
2002:
Feb. 16-21 MLA Annual Conference - Las Vegas, NV
Note:
AES = Audio Engineering Society
ALA = American Library Association
AMIA = Association of Moving Image Archivists
IAML = International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and
Documentation Centers
IASA = International Association of Sound and Audio-Visual Archives
IFLA = International Federal of Library Associations
ISO = International Standards Organization
MLA = Music Library Association
The ARSC Newsletter is published quarterly in February, June, September,
and November.
All submissions, including advertising, must be typed and clearly worded.
Electronic e-mail submissions are strongly encouraged to this address:
Ted Sheldon, Editor
UMKC, Miller Nichols Library
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
e-mail: sheldont@umkc.edu
Fax: 816.333.5584
Telephone: 816.235.1531
To arrange advertising in all ARSC publications contact:
Ricki Kushner, Advertising Manager
4857B S. 28th St.
Arlington, VA 22206
Telephone: 202.707.0164 (w); 202.671.3434
Fax: 202.707.8464
e-mail: fkus@loc.gov
Claims or other notification of issues not received must be sent to:
Executive Director, ARSC
P.O. Box 543
Annapolis, MD 21404-0543
e-mail: peters@umd5.umd.edu
Web site: www.arsc-audio.org for back issues of the ARSC Newsletter and further information about ARSC.
Submission Deadlines
Issue
No. 92 (Summer 2000) Advertising: August 15, 2000
Editorial: August 20, 2000
No. 93 (Fall 2000) Advertising: November 1, 2000
Editorial: November 7, 2000
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