Come along to learn more about how to preserve sound recordings to explore some possibilites that doing so unlocks and to join in the conversation about the future of this work: https://t.co/mZIfOFYCkI
@JohnMcArts @liamtmaloney @GoldsmithsMusic @kyledevinephd @djhistory@timlawrenceinfo@AndyLinehan Some say it’s PVC, some say 90% PCV/10% PVA, some say 50/50. On top of that, pressing plants often add a percentage of recycled vinyl of unknown origin to their mix, meaning that even they can’t say what their “vinyl” is. 3/3
@JohnMcArts @liamtmaloney @GoldsmithsMusic @kyledevinephd @djhistory@timlawrenceinfo@AndyLinehan That might be centuries away, but you’d need to ask a chemist, and you’d need to be able to tell them what “vinyl” is. Vinyl formulations have evolved over the decades, and are typically trade secrets. 2/3
Our #TapeBoxTuesday is late today due to a problematic tape (which one of our engineers was working with for quite a lot of the day.
Before and after pictured below.
We are happy to report that #UOSH has now cleared over 80,000 recordings! 🎉
This is one of our favourites, which captures the bizarre cow-like vocalisations of a lek of Capuchinbirds, recorded by Andrew Whittaker in Manaus, Brazil, 1996
They look as strange as they sound...
Hey UK #GLAM folk! Last chance to complete our tiny (<5 min) survey) on your audio collections, and help @britishlibrary support the UK audio heritage sector in future. Deadline: Monday 31 Jan.
THANK YOU!
https://t.co/X1jAGUP7gv
Do you work in a UK gallery, library, archive or museum with sound archives in your collections? Could you take 5 mins to fill in this survey? We've done loads in #UOSH & this evaluation will help us make the case to keep going. Thanks! https://t.co/wyFvE0qoHu