Preservation of Acetate Disc Sound Recordings at Georgia State University

TL;DRAbstract

When the special Collections Department at Georgia State University (GSU) discovered instantaneous disc sound recordings in acquisitions relating to the GSU Popular Music Collection, the archivists on the staff were unprepared to properly identify and preserve such materials. After searching for relevant literature and technical assistance for several years, the archivists at GSU eventually learned how to properly care for the recordings, developed procedures for producing archival preservation copies, and located a laboratory to handle the re-recording process. The author comments on the need for archivists to become more knowledgeable about sound recording technology and offers recommendations to improve the care of sound recordings in archives.

Chat with Paper

AI Agents for this Paper