[SOA] Register for OhioDIG 7/15 - Audio/Video Digitization - in person, Akron

[Carleton, Janet (she/her)]

Please join the Ohio Digitization Interest Group for our summer in-person road trip meeting at 10 AM on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology in Akron.
Registration: Open until Thursday, July 10, 5pm, or until room capacity is reached. Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEwoeEvHx-KqdpzbbFPmYUqiY9WBaiF5cfrVMLEzOFdsOlhQ/viewform?usp=dialog




Topic: From Tape (and other formats) to Terabyte: Audio/Video Digitization

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.



Includes tours of the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology<https://www.uakron.edu/chp/>, 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).

Speakers:

- Man on a Wire: Digitizing a Long Obsolete Format. Jon Endres, specialist, Media and Technology,  Cummings Center for the History of Psychology<https://www.uakron.edu/chp/>. 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.

- Degralescence: Dealing with the Magnetic Media Crisis. Tim Lanza, lead, Audiovisual Preservation & Digitization; Sarah Hartzell, specialist, Audiovisual Preservation & Digitization; Amy McCory, associate director,  Digitization Technology & Digital Programs Division<https://library.osu.edu/divisions/technology-and-digital-programs>, The Ohio State University Libraries<https://library.osu.edu/>. "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.

-  Working with Unique Audio-Visual Formats in the Collections at ASCPL. Mary Plazo, division manager, Special Collections<https://www.akronlibrary.org/locations/main-library/special-collections>,  Akron-Summit County Public Library<https://www.akronlibrary.org/>. 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 Summit Memory website<https://www.summitmemory.org/>.

Host: Cummings Center for the History of Psychology<https://www.uakron.edu/chp/>,  University of Akron<https://www.uakron.edu/>, Akron

Program Contacts: Nick Pavlik (npavlik at bgsu.edu<mailto:npavlik at bgsu.edu>), Bowling Green State University; Adam Wanter (awanter at midpointelibrary.org<mailto:awanter at midpointelibrary.org>), MidPointe Library System

Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Food: Coffee & snacks will be offered at the start of the meeting. Lunch will be brown bag*.

Cost: 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*)

Draft Agenda

  *   10:00-10:30am: Coffee & snack social
  *   10:30-12:00pm: Presentation & discussion
  *   12:00-12:15pm: Break/rearrange room
  *   12:15-1:00pm-ish: Brown bag lunch*: 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.)
  *   1:10-2:00pm: Optional: Tour of behind the scenes of the Cummings Center
  *   2:00-: Optional: Gallery viewing of both the National Museum of Psychology<https://www.uakron.edu/chp/museum/> and Institute for Human Science and Culture<https://www.uakron.edu/ihsc/> (all in the Cummings Center building)
  *   2:00- : Optional: TBD: Possible additional local repository tours

Site: Cummings Center for the History of Psychology<https://www.uakron.edu/chp/>, 73 South College St, Akron, OH, 44325-4302. Google map<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>.

Parking: Pay parking is available nearby. Parking map & details coming soon!

Lodging: 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 Blu-Tique Hotel<https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/caktx-blu-tique-akron-a-tribute-portfolio-hotel/overview/> (Marriot). It is 0.3 miles away (~7 min walk), but a straight shot up our main street, Market Street. The other is Akron Courtyard by Marriott<https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/cakdt-courtyard-akron-downtown/overview/?scid=f2ae0541-1279-4f24-b197-a979c79310b0>, which is a bit further. It is about 0.6 miles away and also walkable (~15 mins), although very hilly.

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. https://ohiodig.org<https://ohiodig.org/>


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