Assessment and Prioritization:
Recent and Current Research and Development Projects

Part Two - Prioritization
The Field Audio
Collection Evaluation Tool

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Michael Casey
Indiana University

The Field Audio Collection Evaluation Tool (FACET) is a point-based tool for ranking the level of deterioration that collections exhibit and the amount of risk they carry. It assesses the characteristics of, preservation problems with, and modes of deterioration of various formats. This tool helps collection managers construct a prioritized list of collections by the level of risk they represent, enabling informed selection for preservation. This presentation will discuss the logic and planning behind the tool. Mike Casey will also walk through the tool to demonstrate its functionality and features.

 

Michael Casey
Mike Casey has training and experience as both an audio engineer and a sound archivist and is currently the Associate Director for Recording Services at the Archives of Traditional Music (ATM) at Indiana University. He manages all access/preservation transfer and restoration work for the ATM's 110,000 audio recordings dating from the 1890's to the present. From 1987 to 1993 he headed the Southern Folklife Collection in the Manuscripts Department at the University of North Carolina as the Department's Sound and Image Librarian. In 1993 he "ran away to join the circus," touring in the US and Canada with Cucanandy, a band that performed traditional Irish music and dance and used archival resources in developing repertoire. Now back in the world of archives, he is working on the ATM's collaboration with Harvard University's Archive of World Music to develop a sustainable, long-term, system for preserving audio in the digital domain. This initiative, funded by NEH as a research and development project, is titled Sound Directions: Digital Preservation and Access for Global Audio Heritage. Mike is also currently Co-chair of the ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections) Technical Committee.