{"id":774,"date":"2014-11-04T16:16:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T21:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/?p=774"},"modified":"2019-02-01T13:06:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:06:55","slug":"marvin-duchow-music-librarys-audiovisual-archives-celebrate-world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/marvin-duchow-music-librarys-audiovisual-archives-celebrate-world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvin Duchow Music Library\u2019s Audiovisual Archives Celebrate World Day for Audiovisual Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0celebration of UNESCO\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1wGIph4\">World Day for Audiovisual Heritage<\/a>, the Marvin Duchow Music Library\u2019s Audiovisual Archives opened its doors on Monday, October 27, inviting visitors to learn more about its collections and services, as well as its ongoing preservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, special guests Ga\u00e9tan Pilon and Meggie Savard from the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/103ClCH\">Mus\u00e9e des Ondes Emile Berliner<\/a> provided a wealth of information regarding the museum\u2019s preservation and conservation efforts, while regaling us with stories of Montreal\u2019s unique audio heritage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_780\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/files\/2014\/10\/Musee-des-Ondes-Berliner-World-Day-for-Audiovisual-Heritage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-780\" class=\"wp-image-780 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/files\/2014\/10\/Musee-des-Ondes-Berliner-World-Day-for-Audiovisual-Heritage-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Musee des Ondes Emile Berliner Berliner World Day for Audiovisual Heritage\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/files\/2014\/10\/Musee-des-Ondes-Berliner-World-Day-for-Audiovisual-Heritage-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/files\/2014\/10\/Musee-des-Ondes-Berliner-World-Day-for-Audiovisual-Heritage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/files\/2014\/10\/Musee-des-Ondes-Berliner-World-Day-for-Audiovisual-Heritage-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/files\/2014\/10\/Musee-des-Ondes-Berliner-World-Day-for-Audiovisual-Heritage.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ga\u00e9tan Pilon, President, and Meggie Savard, Development Director, from the Mus\u00e9e des Ondres Emile Berliner<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As the preservation of unique performances on obsolete formats is of global concern, the McGill Audiovisual Archives plays a vital role in providing continued access to its unique collection for current and future students, teachers and scholars. In order to shed some light on the precariousness of some of these audiovisual formats, visitors were invited to view a display showcasing a sample of audio and video objects of interest.<\/p>\n<p>Here, we see a few items showing various degrees of deterioration: the long-term effects of fingerprints on a shellac 78 disc, the delamination of an aluminum-based lacquered transcription disc, as well as a CD showing signs of \u201cbronzing\u201d, a form of CD rot.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-774 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/marvin-duchow-music-librarys-audiovisual-archives-celebrate-world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage\/fingerprints-on-78\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/files\/2014\/10\/Fingerprints-on-78-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-779\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-779'>\n\t\t\t\tLong-term effects of fingerprints on a shellac 78 RPM recording\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/marvin-duchow-music-librarys-audiovisual-archives-celebrate-world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage\/delaminating-78-disc\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/files\/2014\/10\/Delaminating-78-disc-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-778\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-778'>\n\t\t\t\tThe delamination of an aluminum-based lacquered transcription disc\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/marvin-duchow-music-librarys-audiovisual-archives-celebrate-world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage\/cd-bronzing\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/files\/2014\/10\/CD-bronzing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-781\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-781'>\n\t\t\t\tCD on the left hand side of image showing signs of &#8220;bronzing&#8221;, a form of CD rot.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Unstable formats, deteriorating materials, scarcity of playback equipment and parts in addition to qualified repair technicians are but some of the challenges audiovisual archivists are faced with when it comes to preserving content stored on the multitude of formats typically found in their care.<\/p>\n<p>The open door event in celebration of the World Day for Audiovisual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touringthepast.com.au\/\">Touring The Past<\/a> provided us an opportunity to share with our peers, students and faculty the importance of these preservation initiatives as we continue our efforts to ensure the accessibility of our audiovisual collections for generations to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0celebration of UNESCO\u2019s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the Marvin Duchow Music Library\u2019s Audiovisual Archives opened its doors on Monday, October 27, inviting visitors to learn more about its collections and services, as well as its ongoing preservation efforts. In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/marvin-duchow-music-librarys-audiovisual-archives-celebrate-world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[81,98,69,93,92],"class_list":["post-774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","tag-audiovisual-archives","tag-cd-rot","tag-marvin-duchow-music-library","tag-musee-des-ondes-emile-berliner","tag-world-day-for-audiovisual-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/music-flipside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}