""The State of Recorded Sound Preservation in the United States: A National
Legacy at Risk in the Digital Age"
(http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub148/pub148.pdf) indicates that there
are no degree programs for professional audio archivists, audio
preservation and archives management.  There is also a need for continuing
education in this area.

A quote from page 6:
"Audio archivists and curators need a blend of theoretical, managerial,
and technical skills. Directors of archives will require training
in organizational theory and behavior, contracting and project
management, facilities planning, cost analysis, and budgeting."

I thought this might be of interest to this list."

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The link doesn't seem to work when you click it, but if you copy and paste, it 
does. Just wanted to point that out so others can read the article, too.

I started where you mentioned, on page 6, and I found something that peaked 
my interest:

"• A generation of specialists with experience in making transfers
from legacy media is disappearing."

This brings up two questions: One, if people were trained to do this before, 
how were they? And two, why isn't there any real training for audio archiving 
to begin with if there are people who already know how to do it?

There is no reason why the training shouldn't be available. If there is no 
concrete degree in audio archiving, at least a few seminars or the like can be 
provided to fill in the education gaps. This way people can at least tackle this 
field.


Greg Zervas