Australasian Sound Recordings Association
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Upcoming 2011 ASRA Conference - "Raising the Standards"
"Raising
the Standards" at the National Library in Canberra
from 23rd to 25th November, 2011
ASRA, IAML(Aus) & PASIG Joint Conference 2011
2011 Conference - Register Now!
- This will be a joint conference with the Australian
branch of IAML (International Association
of Musical Librarians) and PASSIG (Performing Arts Special
Interest Group of Museums Australia).
- Be sure to renew your membership, to get a registration fee discount and your free copy of the ASA Journal publication.
"Raising the Standards" Conference - Call for Papers
Do you have high standards? Do you set a standard, or follow one? Have you ever been let down by something sub-standard? With so many standards to choose from, which do you follow? Maybe you love Jazz Standards! Have you noticed standards slipping? Do you want to raise the standard? Or are you exploring new territory, where no standards have yet been set?
If you are involved in sound, oral history, recorded performance or music collections standards do matter. Whether you are a collector, researcher, cataloguer, librarian, conservator, preservation specialist, technician, producer, composer, artist, musician, or listener; if you have a story to tell about standards, we’d like to hear it at the 2011 ASRA conference
How to submit a proposal... If you are interested in presenting a paper, please contact us with a brief outline of your proposal via email at:
2010 ASRA 'Award For Excellence' Recipient/s
Murray Littlejohn - For outstanding achievement in the recording, description, preservation and dissemination of recordings of frog calls.
Michelle Rayner - For outstanding contribution to oral history and social history broadcasting.
Conference 2010 - Another Success
The 2010 Conference "Outside the Circle" was held in Melbourne on September 1st to 3rd, at the State Library of Victoria. Many thanks to the State Library of Victoria for the use of their magnificent facilities. The Melbourne team led by Maryanne Doyle presented a very attractive program ranging from Acoustic communication in frogs through Messiaen in Australia to aspects of popular electronic music in the 1980s and its impact on the popular music scene in the 2000s. These were surrounded by presentations about the audio collections at State Library of Victoria and papers on oral history interviewing.
ASRA Membership
Yearly ASRA membership includes a subscription to the Australasian Sound Archive Journal . If you would like to become a member of ASRA and reserve your copy of Australasian Sound Archive, please fill out the Membership Form.
Keep up to date with Association news and events by reading the President's Newsletter.
Australasian Sound Archive Journal
ASRA membership includes a yearly subscription to the "Australasian Sound Archive".
If you would like to become a member of ASRA and reserve your copy of the
Australasian Sound Archive journal, please fill out our Membership Form and join today.
The annual journal features papers by fellow professionals in the sound and archival industries and often includes papers delivered at the ASRA annual conference.
ASA Journal Submissions
ASRA appreciates submissions made for inclusion within the ASA journal. All contributions are reviewed before publication. Not all submissions are published. Submissions must conform to Journal Submission Guidelines.