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SAVING COLLEGE RADIO: WMUC Past, Present and Future

SAVING COLLEGE RADIO: WMUC Past, Present and Future Dr. Laura Schnitker , Sound Archivist and Ethnomusicologist Eric Cartier, Digital Reformatting Specialist University of Maryland Libraries. Archiving: accession and presentation Created WMUC Collection in the University Archives

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SAVING COLLEGE RADIO: WMUC Past, Present and Future

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  1. SAVING COLLEGE RADIO: WMUC Past, Present and Future Dr. Laura Schnitker, Sound Archivist and Ethnomusicologist Eric Cartier, Digital Reformatting Specialist University of Maryland Libraries • Archiving: accession and presentation • Created WMUC Collection in the • University Archives • Accessioned 1800 audio materials and 3 boxes of print materials from campus station • Procured additional donations through • WMUC Alumni Facebook Group • Curated WMUC exhibit in the Maryland Room Gallery at Hornbake Library • Digitization: access and preservation • Digital Conversion and Media Reformatting audio digitization pilot project • Established workflows and procedures • Trained digitization assistants to reformat legacy audio formats • Uploaded digitized sound recordings to • UMD’s Digital Collections • Committed to digitizing entire • WMUC Collection Challenges • Incomplete, incorrect, or nonexistent descriptive metadata • Sticky shed syndrome • Varying sound levels and recording quality • Linking metadata spreadsheets and • streaming audio files to create digital • objects for UMD’s Digital Collections • Arranging a single collection from multiple sources • Large variety of formats • Inconsistent levels of • record-keeping • Conflicting historical perspectives among alumni

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