AES Dublin 2019
Workshop W15
Friday, March 22, 16:30 — 17:30 (Liffey A)
W15 - Media Preservation and Recovery
Chair:Kelly Pribble, Iron Mountain Entertainment Services - Moonachie, New Jersey, USA
Panelists:
Federica Bressan, Ghent University - Ghent, Belgium
Brad McCoy, Library of Congress - Culpeper, VA, USA
Alex Tomlin, Bonded Services UK - London, UK; Iron Mountain entertainment Services UK - London, UK
Media Recovery Technology is a skill few have mastered but as our cultural heritage in the form of audio rapidly dissembles, the ability to rescue tapes and disc drives proves invaluable. Kelly Pribble is a veteran engineer and archivist that has had extensive work in Nashville TN, London England, New York City and Rio de Janeiro. Kelly leads Media Recovery Technology Program for audio archiving and preservation stalwart Iron Mountain. Alex Tomlin is a veteran audio engineer and archivist based in London, England who specializes in preservation and remediation of media carriers. Dr. Federica Bressan is a post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University, where she has designed and developed software modules to automatize preservation routines and controls for data integrity verification. She has published her work in international peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. She has participated in several international research projects, involving some of the finest sound archives in Europe. Brad McCoy is Senior Studio Engineer in the Audio Preservation Unit at the Library of Congress Packard Campus. Brad has been active in the audio archiving/preservation community for more than 30 years at the Library of Congress. Together, this distinguished group will offer strategies and best practices for preserving and restoring audio.
 | This session is presented in association with the AES Technical Committee on Archiving Restoration and Digital Libraries |