Audio Preservation Resources

ONLINE PRESERVATION TRAINING

NEDCC offers training programs focused on an array of preservation topics. Below is a list of topics related to audio preservation. Visit the Current Training Programs page for descriptions and registration dates.

• Fundamentals of AV Preservation
• Metadata for Audio Collections Webinar
• Salvaging Damaged Books, Paper, and AV Collections Webinar
• Storing Audiovisual Collections Webinar
• Writing Grants for Audio Preservation and Reformatting Webinar - Free Webinar

PRESERVATION RESOURCES

NEDCC Webpages

Cleaning Lacquer Discs HTML
History of the IRENE Project at NEDCC HTML 

Preservation Leaflets

Storage and Handling
4.6 Packing and Shipping Audio Media HTML PDF

Reformatting
6.5 Digital Preservation HTML
6.6 Preservation and Selection for Digitization HTML
6.7 Outsourcing and Vendor Relations HTML

Textbooks

Fundamentals of AV Preservation HTML
Preservation 101 Online Textbook - Session 6: Media Collections

VIDEOS ►

Preserving a Legacy: Digitizing Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's Broken Recordings, NEDCC In this interview, Professors Ricardo Escallón of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and John Krivit of Emerson College share their journey in preserving Gaitán’s message, ensuring his legacy endures for future generations. Disc Cleaning with a Keith Monks Machine, NEDCC Learn how NEDCC cleans discs when necessary to improve transfer quality, using a Keith Monks Machine. Preserving the Legacy of Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow, Tulane University Using a grant from the GRAMMY Museum, Tulane University has digitized the recordings of radio pioneer Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow, New Orleans’ first Black DJ. Some were digitized at NEDCC. Thermal Treatment for Audiotapes with Sticky Shed, NEDCC Learn more about "sticky shed " in certain types of audiotapes, and how NEDCC handles the preservation of these at-risk recordings.

REFORMATTING STORIES

Visit the NEDCC Stories page for all Audio Preservation stories.

	2024 Preserving Community Voice: HBCU Radio Preservation Project at Elizabeth City State University
	2022 Frogs and Jazz: A Story on Recording Speeds
	2020 Putting the Band Back Together! Using Cutting-edge Technology to Recover Sounds from the Past
	2019 The Radio Haiti Archive Recordings: A Technical Audio Preservation Challenge - The Worst of the Worst
	A Day in the Life of An NEDCC Audio Preservation Engineer - 100% Attended Transfers for Unique Audio Recordings
	2016 Hidden Gems: The IRENE Technology Helps Preserve a Lost Native Alaskan Dialect
	2015 WWII Veteran's Recording Recovered with the IRENE Technology
	2014 1951 Radio Transcription – Boston Bookmobile Driver Interview A Hefty Challenge for IRENE: Working with Delaminating Lacquer Discs A Visit from Edison Cracked and Damaged: The Mystery Cylinder IRENE Tested on Aluminum Discs Lacquer Disc Recording of the CBS Symphony Orchestra Long-Silent Voices of Poets Recovered with IRENE New Hope for Damaged Media Wax Cylinders from Middlebury College