Yes, you want the voice. So along w typed transcriptions, I have saved the cassette tapes and I do keep a couple of “shoebox” cassette recorders on hand so they can be played, if desired. Andrea
> On Mar 2, 2022, at 1:34 PM, Susan Whitman <swhit...@beth-israel.org> wrote: > > > It is better I agree to have it in print. Media changes so often. > > The issue I see is that you lose the person’s voice. My one customer who had > asked for his aunts’ recording said it was just very nice to hear them again. > I surely want to be able to preserve that. I think we have found a way with > this VLC converter. It may be slow going but I think it’s worth it. For > now, it seems we have found a way, but I think we need to be vigilant about > these “backups” we keep. > Thank you. > > Susan Whitman, MLS > Hyman Judah Schachtel Library > Congregation Beth Israel > 5600 N. Braeswood Blvd. > Houston, TX 77096 > O: 713-820-6410 > swhit...@beth-israel.org > > > From: Andrea Rapp <anrapp2...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 5:55 AM > To: Susan Whitman <swhit...@beth-israel.org> > Cc: Aileen Grossberg <aido...@aol.com>; hasafran@lists.osu.edu > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [ha-Safran] [EXTERNAL] Obsolete media in synagogue > libraries > > Years ago I had all our oral history interviews transcribed. This is the one > medium to guarantee that they are always accessible. No problem getting > volunteers to transcribe these historically interesting accounts. They are in > our temple archives and part of our OPAC. > Andrea Rapp, Wise Temple, Cincinnati > > On Mar 1, 2022, at 4:13 PM, Susan Whitman via Hasafran > <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > > > We have a situation here where oral histories were stored on tapes (audio > only) and I was having a hard time finding a way to get one to a congregant > who wanted hear his aunts’ interviews. It turned out that we did have these > on hard drives, but even these were difficult to access. Our IT person was > able to find an online converter program that worked, but that’s only > temporary until even that file won’t be able to be read. My view is that > it’s worth going through a collection and saving what might be crucial > history and converting it to a usable format, if possible. If these are > not personal or archival then fine. But I’d take a look before I let someone > toss a box of tapes. > > Susan Whitman, MLS > Hyman Judah Schachtel Library > Congregation Beth Israel > 5600 N. Braeswood Blvd. > Houston, TX 77096 > O: 713-820-6410 > swhit...@beth-israel.org > > > From: Hasafran <hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu> On Behalf Of Aileen Grossberg > via Hasafran > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 11:30 PM > To: hasafran@lists.osu.edu > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] [ha-Safran] Obsolete media in synagogue libraries > > I've been at my current job for about 9 years. I've not yet had anyone borrow > a VHS tape or even ask about them. The other day the synagogue's executive > director just took them all including the furniture case that they were > stored in and tossed the entire thing. > > I think that's basically the future for these collections even if there is > good-or even-rare material. Most people don't have the equipment and are more > likely to stream than insert a piece of plastic or cartridge into a machine. > > We can't save everything and unless our libraries are archives and have > unlimited space, de-accessing is the way to go. > > On the other hand, other media such as books have longer lives since there is > nothing between the user and the medium. This same ED wants to get rid of > all the "old" books- mostly religious reference books. So far I've been able > to keep her hands off those. > > Aileen Grossberg > Jacobs Library > Oheb Shalom Congregation > South Orange, NJ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrea Rapp via Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > To: Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > Sent: Mon, Feb 28, 2022 12:59 pm > Subject: [ha-Safran] Obsolete media in synagogue libraries > > Have you all tossed your VHS collections? I’ve kept ours because we still > have equipment to play them. But really, is it past time to toss them? Any > criteria for keeping some? People don’t even use DVDs or CDs anymore. In our > large (22k items) collection we have lots of both. 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