The following message has been posted by the Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC). If you have any questions, please click on one of the links below. --- 2008 ARSC CONFERENCE: PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA --- The 42nd annual ARSC Conference will be held in Palo Alto, California, March 26-29, 2008. Stanford University will host the event, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. The conference hotel is the Creekside Inn, located one mile from the Stanford campus and two miles from downtown Palo Alto. During the conference, single, double, and triple rooms are specially priced at $130 per night. To receive the discounted rate, rooms must be reserved by March 9, 2008. Reservations can be made at 800-492-7335 or res at creekside-inn.com. Please refer to group code "ARSC," when booking. For more information about the hotel, situated on three-and-a-half beautifully landscaped acres, visit: http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/hotel.html or http://www.creekside-inn.com/index.php The conference will offer a vast array of appealing presentations. Some samples of sessions in the works (and, therefore, subject to change) are: -- Archival issues and new tools for collection assessment. Reporting repositories include the Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University, Columbia University, Yale University, the New York Public Library, the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, and the University of North Texas Music Library. -- "A Primer on Analog Playback" presented by the Technical Committee. -- A panel discussion by Ampex pioneers, about the history of magnetic sound recording technology in the Silicon Valley. -- "Preservation, Access, and Copyright," including a talk by the author of the congressionally-mandated "Study on the Current State of Recorded Sound Preservation." -- Numerous talks focusing on classical, jazz, and popular artists and repertoire. -- Ethnographic and ethnomusicological recordings. -- An examination of the beginnings of and reactions to recorded sound in the 19th century, including a recreation of an 1878 tinfoil phonograph exhibition. During this session, ARSC's new First Sounds Committee will speak about its initiative "to make humanity's early audio legacy accessible to all people, for all time." ARSC's Education and Training Committee will present "Don't Stop the Music: A Workshop on Grant Funding for Audio Preservation," on March 26, 2008, at Stanford University's Campbell Recital Hall. Archivists, librarians, and collection managers -- anyone who works with or manages archival sound recordings -- will gain information about identifying grant-making institutions, meeting intake requirements, and exploring possible partnerships with other institutions. The workshop will feature speakers from The GRAMMY Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution. Make plans to join your friends and colleagues in Palo Alto. More details about the 2008 ARSC Conference can be found at: http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/ Anna-Maria Manuel ARSC Outreach Committee Chair