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Get This Week's Gazette LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Volume 14, No. 4 A Weekly Newspaper for the Library Staff January 31, 2003 Library Begins National Effort to Save Sound Recordings By GAIL FINEBERG The Librarian, second from alf of the nation’s earliest wax right, introduced cylinder recordings, including National Record- Hone of Mark Twain speaking ing Preservation about his personal experience with the Board mem- phonograph, are lost, broken, or covered bers, from left, with mold. Elizabeth Cohen American radio recordings from the (alternate), David Sanjek (alternate), 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s are at risk. Discs on and José Bowen which historical radio broadcasts were at a Library press recorded have deteriorated; stations and conference on networks discarded many old recordings Jan. 27. years ago. Gone is much of the CBS radio network archive, including a Duke Elling- Photo by Michaela McNichol ton broadcast from the Cotton Club in the 1920s. NBC recordings of clarinetist Artie and play-back machines and engineers to “Our memory is perishing. We must Shaw with singer Billie Holiday are lost. operate them are becoming obsolete. preserve the nation’s cultural heritage,” Although some recordings are rela- Citing these examples of lost or Billington said at the packed Monday tively stable, such as those on 78-rpm endangered sound recordings during a morning briefing called to announce discs, modern-day archivists have diffi - Jan. 27 press briefi ng in the Mary Pick- the fi rst 50 sound recordings named to culty locating and maintaining machines ford Theater, the Librarian argued that a new National Recording Registry. to play the recordings. the nation’s libraries and archives must The registry is a provision of the Even reel-to-reel analog tapes, once act to preserve millions of sound record- National Recording Preservation Act of the archival standard for preserving ings that still exist, but that are already, 2000, which was modeled on the Library’s master recordings, are deteriorating or soon will be, at risk. REGISTRY, Continues on page 5 Journalist Renee Poussaint Encourages Oral Histories Veteran journalist Renee erans and civilians who served honor our nation’s African American Poussaint will discuss the on the home front. veterans and to preserve the memories National Visionary Leadership The National Visionary of those who have served us in war- Project, the organization she Leadership Project is a national time,” said Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, co-founded with Camille Cosby, effort to inspire younger genera- director of the Veterans History Proj- at noon on Monday, Feb. 10, in tions to develop into leaders by ect. “We ask everyone to volunteer a the Mumford Room, LM 619. recording and preserving the little time during this month to record The talk is part of a series oral histories of African Ameri- a veteran’s story or to step up and say, ‘I of programs hosted by the can living elders, including war want my story collected for the Veterans Library of Congress Veterans Renee Poussaint veterans, who played vital roles History Project.’” History Project, which collects in shaping American history. Poussaint’s project has interviewed, and preserves oral histories and docu- “Now, during African American His- among others, Tuskegee Airmen Veter- mentary materials from American vet- tory Month, there is no better time to ans Lee Archer and Percy Sutton. q 2 THE GAZETTE JANUARY 31, 2003 NOTICES The Gazette Kluge Staff Fellow Competition Application Deadline A weekly newspaper for the Library of Congress staff GAIL FINEBERG The deadline for applications for the third Kluge Staff Fellowship is close of business, Editor Feb. 14. Applications should be submitted in hard copy to the Offi ce of Scholarly Programs, MICHAELA McNICHOL LJ 120 (4860). For any questions about the process, please call 7-3302. Visual Information Specialist Contributing Editors: Carla V. Bussey, Moving On and Length of Service; Deborah Durham-Vichr, Calendar; and Stefan Patejak, Getting Around Metrochek Distribution Proofreaders: Sally Craig and Suzy Platt The next distribution of Metrocheks will be 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. PETER BRAESTRUP JAMES W. McCLUNG Founder Founding Publisher 12, in LM 139. This distribution will be for February and March only. (1990 – 1997) (1990 – 1994) The Gazette encourages LC staff to submit articles or photo- graphs of general interest. Submissions will be edited to convey Service in the Uniformed Services, LCR 2012-2 the most necessary information. Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Wednesday, one week prior to publication date. Please include hard copy and fl oppy disk with your submission. 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This LCR, available at www.loc.gov/staff/ogc/lcr/2012-2.html, outlines the various rights The Gazette James Madison Memorial Building, LM 105 and benefi ts of employees who are called to active military duty. Library of Congress The Gazette would like to publish news of employees in military service. Please notify Washington, DC 20540-1620 Editor 707-9194 the editor at 7-9194 or e-mail her at gfi [email protected]. Production 707-0970 e-mail: [email protected] ISSN 1049-8184 Printed on paper that contains recycled paper by the Staff Forum on the National Digital Information Printing Management Section, Offi ce Systems Services Infrastructure and Preservation Program 2-4 p.m., Feb. 24, Gazette Welcomes Letters from Staff The staff is invited to use the Forum pages for lively and Coolidge Auditorium thoughtful debate relevant to Library issues. However, just as other newspaper editors exercise discretion over which letters to publish and how to edit them, so do we. In decid- Laura Campbell, associate librarian for Strategic Initiatives, will deliver a ing whether or how much to publish, we consider content (including misstatements of fact, libel, innuendo, ridicule of presentation about the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation individuals or the institution, personal attacks, and redun- dancy) and length (the limit is 600 words). Program (NDIIPP). Letters must be signed by the author, whose place of work and telephone extension should be included so we Established by Congress in December 2000, this $99.8 million program charges can verify authorship. Letter writers should understand that when they sign their letters and release them to us for the Library to lead a nationwide planning effort for the long-term preservation publication they are relinquishing privacy. If a letter calls for management response, for example an explanation of a of digital content and to capture current digital content at risk of being lost. policy or actions or clarifi cation of fact, we will ask for man- agement response.—Ed. The Library is pursuing this mandate by developing a network of collaborative partnerships with a broad group of committed public and private-sector Gazette at a glance . organizations with relevant digital expertise. The purpose of these partnerships is to develop the key capabilities of the digital 1, 4-10–News preservation network as well as the corresponding digital preservation technical 2–Offi cial Notices architecture. To this end, the Library acts as a strategic catalyst by providing 3–People NDIIPP seed funding to model, test, select, implement, and disseminate best approaches, practices, and projects. 11–Connections All staff are invited to attend this forum. 12–Calendar www.loc.gov/staff/gazette JANUARY 31, 2003 THE GAZETTE 3 PEOPLE Technology Interns Bring Energy and Talent to LC By DEBORAH DURHAM-VICHR Intern Neera Sharma looks at slides in her work for the Interpretive he Library has received an infusion Programs Offi ce during the fall 2002 of energy and talent through the semester. She was responsible for Montgomery College Technology working on a special publication T to provide information to potential Intern Program, a pilot project begun in donors and to raise awareness spring 2001 by a working group convened about LC exhibitions. She is work- by Carolyn Brown, acting director of Area ing toward a degree in graphic Studies. design at Montgomery College. The working group consisted of Sue Hayduchok, chief of the Automation Plan- Photo by Carroll Johnson Photo by Carroll ning and Liaison Offi ce; Julianne Mangin, senior network specialist, Network Devel- Rogers, who worked with coordinator Col- tunity for real-world experience, and we opment and MARC Standards Offi ce; Elea- leen Cahill in the Geography and Maps get fresh energy and skills,” said Brown. nor Yuille, executive assistant, Offi ce of the Division (G&M); and Sara No, who worked “Montgomery College Internship Coordina- Associate Librarian Library Services; and with coordinator Betty Culpepper in the tor Raymond Kimball’s offi ce screens the Lavonda Broadnax, automation operations Humanities and Social Sciences Division. students and they send the best based on coordinator in Area Studies. Neera Sharma interned in the Interpretive our needs. They’ve all been great.
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