We're seeking a freelance Artist in Residence to engage new audiences with Tyne & Wear Archives sound collections. Opportunity open to creative practitioners working in any medium. £8K contract over five months. Apply by 20 March 2024 twmuseums.org.uk/news/tyne-and-…

BISA 2024: Sound Heritage Today full programme out now: bisa-web.org/bisa-2024-soun…
9-10 May at the National Library of Scotland, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
Don't forget to book your tickets!

Registration now open for BISA 2024: Sound Heritage Today, 9 & 10 May in Glasgow!
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Join us at the British Library and play a major part in preserving the nation's sound heritage. We're looking for a knowledgeable Electronics Engineer with experience of analogue and digital audiovisual equipment maintenance.
See more details here - tinyurl.com/2am32wjr

UPDATE 20/11/23: The British Library is continuing to experience a major technology outage, as a result of a cyber-attack. The outage is affecting our website, online systems and services, as well as some onsite services including our Reading Rooms and public wifi.

We’re continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting our website, online systems and services, and some onsite services too. We anticipate restoring many services in the next few weeks, but some disruption may persist.

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Audiovisual heritage provides us with a
window to the world.
For #AudiovisualHeritageDay , explore worldwide celebration events, and share your own here:
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Doctoral Open Day: Maps, Art, Science and Music. Spaces remain available.
Fri 17 Nov 2023, 10:00-18:00 t.ly/pwiuw

Talking 2 Tone tonight with Pauline Black OBE DL and Daniel Rachel - author of a thrilling new history of the record label & its bands. On your radio 715pm R4 BBC Front Row bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Looking forward to moderating this panel on the history and future of disc records with Nick Bergh, Patrick Feaster, Rich Martin (ARCHEOPHONE RECORDS) & John Levin UCSB Library. Join us in person or online Nov. 2: library.ucsb.edu/events-exhibit…

New blog post: Akyaaba Addai-Sebo on founding UK Black History Month. blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-visi…

Gennels, alleys and Project Alleycat... blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-visi…

The deadline for submission of applications is 17.00 GMT on Friday 15 December 2023

We would like to thank the Sound Archive's Adam Tovell and Karl Jenkins for leading an Audio Preservation Workshop from 11 to 13 October, at the School.
This event was jointly supported by Endangered Archives Programme and the EAP South Asia Regional Hub at School of Cultural Texts and Records, JU

Remember it well...

This week's recording of the week comes from Dr. Maya Parmar, Research Fellow for Remaking Britain, Queen Mary University of London: 'South Asian History and Medical Practices in Britain' blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-visi…

October 12th, 1955 Chrysler introduced hi-fi record players mounted under the dashboard in their 1956 models. 7' vinyl discs spun at 16 2/3 RPM. In advertising copy, Chrysler touted that the discs would never skip, not even during sharp turns or while crossing railroad tracks.

The UoW Annual Black Music Research Symposium. Friday 20 October at the British Library - free event. bl.uk/events/uow-ann…

Thanks again to Paul and Steve Hanley for allowing these shows to be archived permanently with the British Library. Fascinating stuff.

Dress to impress at our British Library #steampunk Late event this Friday! There will be opportunities to browse Night Market stalls, pose for a portrait by Geof Banyard & have an authentic Victorian wetplate photograph taken by Gregg McNeill blogs.bl.uk/digital-schola… BritishLibraryEvents