[rfu-automation] Fwd: [Stubblefield] Radio Notes, Getting Record Service

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

Hi all,

The forwarded mail (below), and the attached documents, may be useful  
in any work to build up the WRFU music library. I think this falls  
most directly under the Automation group, and I hope building our  
library might be one of the projects taken on by the group in the  
coming months (along with improving our process for dealing with PSAs).

Two issues we're going to have to grapple with as we build our library:
* Physical space for CDs and other media - this is already a concern,  
given the large number of CDs received from WEFT. We're temporarily  
storing many in the ramp area, but this isn't a long-term solution.
* An effective cataloguing system, so that volunteers can readily  
identify what we have available. This could be linked to a  
digitization process, where CDs are made available on our  
fileserver(s) - it may be useful to work with our tech group on a long- 
term solution here, so we limit the risk of losing our entire library  
if a hard drive fails (something that happened to me some years ago).

Andrew

Begin forwarded message:

> From: cwtiii at comcast.net
> Date: August 27, 2008 5:53:19 AM CDT
> To: "Stubblefield" <stubblefield at lists.prometheusradio.org>
> Subject: Re: [Stubblefield] Radio Notes, Getting Record Service
> Reply-To: Stubblefield <stubblefield at lists.prometheusradio.org>
>
> Hi,
> Along with Bobby Powers I led an NFCB workshop this Spring on  
> "Getting Record
> Service for your Station".
>
> I have attached two documents to this email:
> 1. The outline we worked from which does include hints on who to  
> contact
> 2. An internal WTJU guideline to my volunteer music directors on how  
> our particular
> music gathering works: how music should be handled once it has  
> arrived and etc.
>
> A few caveats: WTJU has been receiving recordings since 1957 so we  
> have an
> advantage over many of you whose stations are much younger. It is in  
> the interest of a
> music servicer that their music be heard! So it's your job to  
> convince them of your
> audience.
>
> The main caveat is that even we have seen a reduction in the number  
> of recordings sent
> to the station. This has many reasons but primary amongst them is  
> that the music
> companies have determined that most younger audiences want music  
> digitally and not
> as a hardcopy.
>
> Though there is nothing inherently wrong with that there are a quite  
> a few "gotchas"
> waiting in the wings of the corporate music world. Number one is the  
> use of "proprietary"
> media delivery systems such as MPE http://plaympe.com/v3/
> MPE is one of MANY delivery systems including the well-known  
> versions from Apple
> itunes.
>
> If you're trying to build a library of music using a proprietary  
> media delivery system is a
> road to failure because many of these delivery systems will go out  
> of business at some
> point in history (some, sooner than later). It is best to utilize  
> downloads that allow you to
> save it as a wave file or something that is likely to prevail. You  
> can burn the downloads to
> CD but will you? I hope the attached documents will help.
>
> Chuck
> (WTJU-FM)
>
>
>
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