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ARSC 58th Annual Conference 2024
ARSC's 58th Annual Conference and Workshop is a wrap! Please stay tuned for announcement of the availability of the conference recordings on ARSC's Aviary site!
ARSC's 59th Annual Conference 2025
ARSC's 59th Annual Conference and Workshop will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 14-17, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Tulsa Downtown! Please save the dates!
NEWS and EVENTS
ARSC's Membership Committee will host its next Online Social Event, September 15, 2024 at 2 PM Eastern. The event is open to all but registration is required. Read more...
ARSC launches Time Collected: An ARSC Podcast Read more...
ARSC announces finalists for ARSC Awards for Excellence for 2024! Read more...
ARSC inaugurates ARSC Journal Best Article and Best Review of the Year Awards Program by recognizing Lawrence Schulman and Richard Masters for the contributions to the ARSC Journal! Read more...
The Spring 2024 issue of the ARSC Newsletter is here! Read up on the coming ARSC Annual Conference and Workshop in St. Paul and more! Read more...
ARSC Journal (Fall 2023) is here and includes six original articles and a special CD celebrating "Firsts in Recorded Sound." Look for it in your mailbox and read and listen online in Aviary! Read more...
NEDCC and WYSO 91.3 FM announce major radio preservation project for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Read more and sign up for email updates.
ARSC to celebrate World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, October 27, 2023. Read more...
ARSC signs position statement on agenda item before WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. Read more...
ARSC announces recipients of the ARSC Award for Independent Initiatives, recognizing individuals who are advancing the field of recorded sound on their own time and their own dime. Read more...
Recordings of ARSC's Continuing Education Webinars are available to the public on ARSC's Aviary Site.
ARSC announces winners of 2022 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Read more...
ARSC announces award for Distinguished Service to ARSC. Congratulations to ARSC member Mike Casey on his outstanding contributions to ARSC over an extended period. Read more...
ARSC signs on to statement in support of education on World Intellectual Property Day, April 26, 2022. Read more...
ARSC Opposes Racism and Police Brutality. The ARSC Board issued a statement opposing racism and police brutality and committing to initiatives to improve its operations. Read more...
Introducing ARSCLIB: The ARSC Library and Archives Electronic Discussion List! ARSCLIB has been created to be a forum for discussing issues of concern to individuals who are responsible for caring for recorded sound collections within institutions. The discussions are expected to have a narrower professional focus than the main ARSCLIST, discussing issues such as collection policies, deaccessioning, cleaning, digitization, metadata, etc. To subscribe to ARSCLIB and/or ARSCLIST, go to www.arsc-audio.org/listservs.html.