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Yes, NPR covered it ~15 years ago: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11851842 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=118518..
by caseysoftware 5y ago
Yes, NPR covered it ~15 years ago:
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11851842 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=118518...
I worked on an earlier version of this project where we actually had to play the albums but we also took high res (300 dpi tifs) of the individual records with the hope that we'd never have to physically touch them again. So I'll claim contributing to this effort. ;)
- rokweom 5y agoAny particular reason they couldn't use one of these laser vinyl turntables?
- dredmorbius 5y ago"It looks like somebody just got hungry and took a bite out of it," says Haber. He has positioned the record on a turntable and fitted the broken piece back into place, like it's a jigsaw puzzle. "If we spun this thing fast, the piece would come flying off, you know, and maybe hit somebody," he says. Paragraph 2 of the link.
- caseysoftware 5y agoIn that particular case, definitely. More generally, it's risk. Every time an archivist touches the media - no matter gloves, a clean environment, the care applied, etc - there's a risk of altering or even damaging it. In our case, the eventual goal was to keep the ever-deteriorating originals in nitrogen-filled vaults. Therefore, if you can avoid having to touch it often (or ever), then you've managed to protect it better, probably longer, and more cheaply.
- dredmorbius 5y agoRight. Static, high-resolution photography (or other imaging) is about the least-invasive, lowest-risk options available.