saving college radio: wmuc past, present and future

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SAVING COLLEGE RADIO: WMUC Past, Present and Future Dr. Laura Schnitker, Sound Archivist and Ethnomusicologist Eric Cartier, Digital Reformatting Specialist University of Maryland Libraries Digitization: access and preservation Digital Conversion and Media Reformatting audio digitization pilot project Established workflows and procedures Trained digitization assistants to reformat legacy audio formats Uploaded digitized sound recordings to UMD’s Digital Collections Committed to digitizing entire WMUC Collection Incomplete, incorrect, or nonexistent descriptive metadata Sticky shed syndrome Varying sound levels and recording quality Linking metadata spreadsheets and streaming audio files to Arranging a single collection from multiple sources Large variety of formats Inconsistent levels of record-keeping Conflicting historical Archiving: accession and presentation Created WMUC Collection in the University Archives Accessioned 1800 audio materials and 3 boxes of print materials from campus station Procured additional donations through WMUC Alumni Facebook Group Curated WMUC exhibit in the Maryland Room Gallery at Hornbake Library Challenges

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Page 1: SAVING COLLEGE RADIO: WMUC Past, Present and Future

SAVING COLLEGE RADIO:WMUC

Past, Present and Future

Dr. Laura Schnitker, Sound Archivist and Ethnomusicologist

Eric Cartier, Digital Reformatting Specialist

University of Maryland Libraries

Digitization: access and preservation

• Digital Conversion and Media Reformatting audio digitization pilot project

• Established workflows and procedures• Trained digitization assistants to reformat

legacy audio formats• Uploaded digitized sound recordings to UMD’s Digital Collections• Committed to digitizing entire WMUC Collection

• Incomplete, incorrect, or nonexistent descriptive metadata

• Sticky shed syndrome• Varying sound levels and recording quality• Linking metadata spreadsheets and streaming audio files to create digital objects for UMD’s Digital Collections

• Arranging a single collection from multiple sources

• Large variety of formats• Inconsistent levels of record-keeping• Conflicting historical perspectives

among alumni

Archiving: accession and presentation

• Created WMUC Collection in the University Archives• Accessioned 1800 audio materials and 3 boxes

of print materials from campus station• Procured additional donations through WMUC Alumni Facebook Group• Curated WMUC exhibit in the Maryland Room

Gallery at Hornbake Library

Challenges