Overview

Here are the stories of how music archives are preserving independent music and saving a part of our cultural heritage. Music Preservation and Archiving Today moves beyond the how-to and assembles the work currently being done to preserve music and scenes via essays, case studies, and overviews of work by academic archives as well as communitydriven preservation projects.

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Author:   Norie Guthrie ,  Scott Carlson
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9781538102930

ISBN 10:   1538102935
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   15 May 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Documenting Local Music Communities Chapter 1: Preserving Rock and Roll History on the North Coast by Andy Leach & Jennie Thomas Chapter 2: Establishing a Regional Music Archives at the University of Illinois by Rory Grennan, Katherine Nichols, and Scott W. Schwartz Chapter 3: Pushing the Boundaries of Donor Relations to Build the Houston Folk Music Archive by Norie Guthrie Chapter 4: Building Punk and Heavy Metal Collections at UCLA Library Special Collections by Megan Hahn Fraser and Melissa Haley Part II: Leveraging Archival Materials Chapter 5: Exploring the Houston Folk Music Archive in the First-Year Classroom by Andrew A. Klein Chapter 6: Mastering the Sonics of Historic Recording Media by Jessica Thompson Chapter 7: Exploring the Attics of the Counterculture by Jesse Jarnow Part III: Outsider Music Preservation Chapter 8: Preserving Underground Hip Hop Tapes in Ethnographic Context by Anthony Kwame Harrison Chapter 9: Pursuing Preservation in the DIY Music Community by Norie Guthrie Scott Carlson Chapter 10: Preserving Music Through Reissues by Jeremy Berg Chapter 11: Bootleg Compilations as Fan Preservation by Scott Carlson Appendix 1: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Scan Day Permission and Donation Form Appendix 2: Indie Preserves Survey

Reviews

As the digital age continues to engulf us, the question of how best to archive music and its various histories has never seemed more pressing, or more thrilling. This collection of essays by some of today's leading archivists and scholars is an essential contribution to an important conversation. -- Jack Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Media Studies and American Studies, University of Virginia

Each essay is well documented and strongly supported with end notes and reference sources. . . . Music Preservation and Archiving Today is oriented towards those working with music, but there are many aspects of the writings contained therein which would be useful to archivists working with other media and subject matter. . . [it] does offer much information that would be useful to archivists who do not work with music, particularly with respect to collecting, outreach, preservation, and technology. * Mid-Atlantic Archivist * I could not put down this great collection of engaging case studies and thoughtful essays. What makes this volume especially useful is its universality. While the title may imply that the book is intended for use by specialists in music archiving and preservation, it will also be valuable for archivists and special collections librarians engaged in a wide variety of fields, as well as musicologists, cultural anthropologists, and fans of music in general . . . Bravo! * Archival Issues * As the digital age continues to engulf us, the question of how best to archive music and its various histories has never seemed more pressing, or more thrilling. This collection of essays by some of today's leading archivists and scholars is an essential contribution to an important conversation. -- Jack Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Media Studies and American Studies, University of Virginia This lovely book arrives not a moment too soon. Faced with an ever expanding body of precious materials and shrinking budgets, music fans, students, scholars, and archivists alike will reach for this book again and again. An indispensable resource for those who are passionate about preserving local music. -- Ellie M. Hisama, Professor of Music, Columbia University Guthrie and Carlson have curated a volume as eclectic as the local music scenes these essays and case studies document. From regional folk music, to punk and metal, to fan culture and folksonomies, this book represents the cutting edge of music preservation. The editors' trans-disciplinary approach makes this volume essential reading, not just for music librarians, but for any scholar or fan of music history. A vital contribution to the discourse of cultural memory. -- Spencer D. C. Keralis, Executive Director, Digital Frontiers

Author Information

Norie Guthrie is an archivist and special collections librarian at Fondren Library's Woodson Research Center at Rice University. While her job requires her to do a little bit of everything, she specializes in collecting and processing music materials from the Houston Folk Music Archive, which she began in 2016. She is also one-half of the duo behind Indie Preserves, which aims to provide music preservation tips to the DIY music community. Scott Carlson is the metadata coordinator at Fondren Library, Rice University. He received his MLIS from Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and an Archives Certificate in Digital Stewardship from Simmons College. With Norie Guthrie, he co-founded Indie Preserves, a website that provides practical preservation advice to independent music labels and bands.

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