Primary Sources, Primary Sounds: The Radio Preservation Task Force of the Library of Congress
Josh Shepperd (Catholic University) | May 18, 2015
Sound history is cultural history. And a giant part of our history has yet to be preserved, researched, or taught in our classrooms. Our omissions are disproportionately distributed among the local and the liminal, the pastoral and the public, and marginalized and minority experiences. Sound trails continue where paper trails end, and we have an opportunity to provide new insight into the cultural history of the U.S. thanks to recent innovations in sound preservation technology. The Radio Preservation Task Force (RPTF) of the National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB) of the Library of Congress (LOC) is a growing 125-faculty member and 275-archive Digital Humanities initiative working to broaden the historical record by unearthing, mapping, and making available materials that that chronicle experiences neglected in existing historical accounts, such as minority, political, orientation, social advocacy, and educational groups. Perspectives and events that have remained unaddressed by the primary document record will receive new recognition by focusing preservation on the conversational and community building character of noncommercial and local radio history.
<more at http://flowtv.org/2015/05/primary-sources-primary-sounds/; related link http://flowtv.org/archives/volume-21/special-issue-radio-preservation-task-force/ (Special Issue: Radio Preservation Task force)>
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