Subject: Re: Obsolete Media Laboratory setup From: Cynthia Arbiture <musprosvc@gdinet.com> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 11:33:09 -0600 Message-Id: <A309547A-0D7C-442C-AA13-994F622E7C8C@gdinet.com>
Good discussion. This topic of Obsolete Media may be a good subject for
a workshop at a future WCLH Annual meeting.
Thank you,
Cindy Arbiture
Concord Historical Society
www.concordwihistory.org
> On Feb 7, 2022, at 8:44 AM, russhanson
<russhanson@grantsburgtelcom.net> wrote:
>
> On 2022-02-04 16:39, Don Rose, MCHS wrote:
>> Hello all.
>> Russ has started something very important here. As he alludes, there
>> are services 'out there' but they typically charge high prices for
>> conversion work. I don't see his email address here, but I'm hoping
>> he's part of the uwec listserve and will see this, or that someone
>> forwards it in his direction. (thanks!)
>> I'm a board member and technology advisor for the McHenry County
>> Historical Society and Museum in Union, Illinois, (between Rockford
>> and Chicago), about 5.5 hours south of Russ in Cushing.
>> At our museum, I've just started setting up a small audio conversion
>> lab because our director found a number of oral history cassettes
and
>> some 1/4" reel-to-reel audio tapes in a drawer he hadn't looked in
for
>> a number of years. I'm well versed with most types of technology and
>> will be glad to provide guidance and help at no cost (up to a point).
>> I'm a retired IT professional from the school library market. We were
>> early Apple and Windows developers, so I have Apple ][ and Macintosh
>> computers as well as some PCs, ranging back in age some 40 years. I
>> also have various audio and video cameras and decks. I'm also
becoming
>> active in the southern Wisconsin local history community from a few
>> aspects.
>> At this point, because of our distance apart, I'm not sure how we
>> might best work together, Russ, but I'm also interested in hearing
>> from others with similar interests, knowledge and available
equipment.
>> -Don
>> On 2/4/22 2:40 PM, sara m steele wrote:
>>> Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society Museum
>
> Yes, working together will make our effort better. Here at the
Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society we have two new free
acquistions for our Obsolete Media Laboratory in the past week, an
8mm/super8 projector that works and the promise of a working
reel-to-reel tape recorder/player!
> I think we already have an 8mm film splicing unit in the museum in our
photo display. I think audio tape splicing and film splicing tape is on
our to-order list.
> Thanks for all the advice!
>
> Russ Hanson Obsolete Media Specialist SELHS
>