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<p><span style="color: black;">Please join the Ohio Digitization Interest Group for our

<b>summer in-person road trip meeting </b>at 10 AM on <b>Tuesday, July 15, 2025 </b>

at the <b>Cummings Center for the History of Psychology</b></span><b> </b>in <b>Akron</b><span style="color: black;">.</span></p>

<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Registration:</b> <i>Open until Thursday, July 10, 5pm, or until room capacity is reached. Google Form:

<u><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEwoeEvHx-KqdpzbbFPmYUqiY9WBaiF5cfrVMLEzOFdsOlhQ/viewform?usp=dialog" id="OWA401d28bd-54d1-79d3-4e2c-642812cbe405" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEwoeEvHx-KqdpzbbFPmYUqiY9WBaiF5cfrVMLEzOFdsOlhQ/viewform?usp=dialog" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEwoeEvHx-KqdpzbbFPmYUqiY9WBaiF5cfrVMLEzOFdsOlhQ/viewform?usp=dialog</a></u></i></span></p>

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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Topic: From Tape (and other formats) to Terabyte: Audio/Video Digitization</b></span></p>

<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;">Join us as we take a look at the wide, and often times wild, world of Audio/Video digitization. Presenters will share their experiences and expertise related to digitizing a variety of AV materials, from the

 more common to the truly unique. Presentations will cover best practices when digitizing AV, equipment used, and lessons learned.</span></p>

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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;">Includes tours of the <u><a href="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/" id="OWA47fd588b-b624-0938-e65f-f48c75794d93" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Cummings Center

 for the History of Psychology</a></u>, both behind the scenes and museum galleries, as well as potential for local repository tours (we’re capturing expressions of interest in the registration form).</span></p>

<p><span style="color: black;"><b>Speakers: </b></span></p>

<p><span style="color: black;">– <b><i>Man on a Wire: Digitizing a Long Obsolete Format.</i></b> <b>Jon Endres</b>, specialist, Media and Technology, 

<u><a href="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/" id="OWA6c2f51f1-2a93-3dde-3c06-3a0938fd9418" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Cummings Center for the

 History of Psychology</a></u>. In July 1946, Dr. David P. Boder arrived in Paris to begin collecting what would be the first large-scale interviews with displaced peoples and Holocaust survivors across Europe. He recorded these to the now obsolete media format

 of metal wire. This is how we recovered the recordings.</span></p>

<p><span style="color: black;">– <b><i>Degralescence: Dealing with the Magnetic Media Crisis</i>.</b> <b>Tim Lanza</b>, lead, Audiovisual Preservation & Digitization;

<b>Sarah Hartzell</b>, specialist, Audiovisual Preservation & Digitization; <b>Amy McCory</b>, associate director, 

<u><a href="https://library.osu.edu/divisions/technology-and-digital-programs" id="OWA0737de04-6139-f060-bd63-70c6e4508c7d" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://library.osu.edu/divisions/technology-and-digital-programs" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Digitization

 Technology & Digital Programs Division</a></u>, <u><a href="https://library.osu.edu/" id="OWA77c3e388-26e6-58c6-9368-55daf3263500" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://library.osu.edu/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The

 Ohio State University Libraries</a></u>. “Degralescence” describes the crisis facing the preservation of and access to content held on magnetic media carriers due to the twin threat of the physical degradation of magnetic tape and the growing obsolescence

 of playback equipment, along with parts and techs to keep these decks working. We hope to provide an overview of the issues, along with some solutions and resources.</span></p>

<span style="color: black;">–  Working with Unique Audio-Visual Formats in the Collections at ASCPL.

<b>Mary Plazo</b>, division manager, <u><a href="https://www.akronlibrary.org/locations/main-library/special-collections" id="OWAf223a266-9923-b34a-7b41-e0090eaca8f2" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.akronlibrary.org/locations/main-library/special-collections" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Special

 Collections</a></u>,  <u><a href="https://www.akronlibrary.org/" id="OWAcbfcd4cb-dd4f-70eb-822c-118c15069557" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.akronlibrary.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Akron-Summit

 County Public Library</a></u>. Special Collections works with local vendors on a regular basis to digitally transfer unique AV formats in our collections. One format in particular, a collection of large transcription discs, proved to be one of our most interesting

 experiences finding a vendor and sharing these historic recordings on our <u><a href="https://www.summitmemory.org/" id="OWA7037da53-20c2-22b3-be90-f4c9cbd2aee3" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.summitmemory.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Summit

 Memory website</a></u>. </span></p>

<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><b><i>Host:</i></b> <u><a href="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/" id="OWAf965844a-bec8-68e3-b538-2de0d18daa16" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Cummings

 Center for the History of Psychology</a></u>,  <u><a href="https://www.uakron.edu/" id="OWA1fb882b0-2b8b-2f4b-2c99-bebaa49bffa4" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.uakron.edu/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">University

 of Akron</a></u>, Akron</span></p>

<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><b><i>Program Contacts:</i> </b>

Nick Pavlik (<a href="mailto:npavlik@bgsu.edu" id="OWA44d6071d-0371-5013-e720-59a98abbf23f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">npavlik@bgsu.edu</a>), Bowling Green State University; Adam Wanter (<a href="mailto:awanter@midpointelibrary.org" id="OWA4044416b-5bb2-6bf4-c07c-c6cc9134c41d" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">awanter@midpointelibrary.org</a>),

 MidPointe Library System</span></p>

<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><b><i>Date:</i> </b>Tuesday, July 15, 2025<br>

<b><i>Food:</i></b><i> </i>Coffee & snacks will be offered at the start of the meeting. Lunch will be

<i>brown bag</i><b><i>*</i>.</b></span></p>

<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><b><i>Cost:</i> </b>There is no fee for attending, but we will be accepting donations for the refreshment kitty. Thank you to the institutions who host us, our volunteer speakers, and program committee! (*Only

 pay parking will be available to attendees*)</span></p>

<p><span style="color: black;"><b>Draft Agenda</b></span></p>

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10:00-10:30am: Coffee & snack social</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in;">

10:30-12:00pm: Presentation & discussion</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in;">

12:00-12:15pm: Break/rearrange room</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in;">

12:15-1:00pm-ish: Brown bag lunch<b>*</b>: Round Robin & announcements. (At the OhioDIG Round Robin all attendees have the chance to share what they are working on and to ask questions of the group.)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in;">

1:10-2:00pm: Optional: Tour of behind the scenes of the Cummings Center</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in;">

2:00-: Optional: Gallery viewing of both the <u><a href="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/museum/" id="OWA61bb5176-4610-af7e-93bb-f9cbe568183a" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/museum/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black;">National

 Museum of Psychology</a></u> and <u><a href="https://www.uakron.edu/ihsc/" id="OWA476c82a3-70ed-6b8e-59d7-c4989d34f814" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.uakron.edu/ihsc/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black;">Institute for Human Science

 and Culture</a></u> (all in the Cummings Center building)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; margin: 0in;">

2:00- : Optional: TBD: Possible additional local repository tours</li></ul>

<p><span style="color: black;"><b><i>Site:</i></b> <u><a href="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/" id="OWAef9bc494-125b-8627-9615-00a34eb6091d" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.uakron.edu/chp/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Cummings Center

for the History of Psychology</a>, 73 South College St, Akron, OH, 44325-4302.

<u><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cummings+Center+for+the+History+of+Psychology/@41.080596,-81.510737,16z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x883129d7292f4171:0x66cfc19de2ce2ba9!8m2!3d41.0805957!4d-81.5107372!16s%2Fg%2F1ym82qzyt?hl=en-US&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" id="OWAc28e7041-3801-1c1f-a3d6-5a0177a3a9cb" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cummings+Center+for+the+History+of+Psychology/@41.080596,-81.510737,16z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x883129d7292f4171:0x66cfc19de2ce2ba9!8m2!3d41.0805957!4d-81.5107372!16s%2Fg%2F1ym82qzyt?hl=en-US&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Google

 map</a></u>. </span></p>

<p><span style="color: black;"><b><i>Parking:</i></b> Pay parking is available nearby. Parking map & details coming soon!</span></p>

<p><span style="color: black;"><b><i>Lodging: </i></b>These hotels offer UA discount rates if you mention you are visiting The University of Akron for an event. The closest one that is within walking distance, is

<u><a href="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/caktx-blu-tique-akron-a-tribute-portfolio-hotel/overview/" id="OWA1fc50fea-1c2f-d63b-f073-79c1916f91b7" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/caktx-blu-tique-akron-a-tribute-portfolio-hotel/overview/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Blu-Tique

 Hotel</a></u> (Marriot). It is 0.3 miles away (~7 min walk), but a straight shot up our main street, Market Street. The other is

<u><a href="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cakdt-courtyard-akron-downtown/overview/?scid=f2ae0541-1279-4f24-b197-a979c79310b0" id="OWA28559e6c-e9cd-75e1-0b20-1865247402bb" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cakdt-courtyard-akron-downtown/overview/?scid=f2ae0541-1279-4f24-b197-a979c79310b0" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Akron

 Courtyard by Marriott</a></u>, which is a bit further. It is about 0.6 miles away and also walkable (~15 mins), although very hilly.</span></p>

<span style="color: black;">About OhioDIG: The Ohio Digitization Interest Group is an informal discussion group open to all with an interest in cultural heritage digitization, description, access, and digital preservation.

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