Part I: Documenting Local Music Communities
Chapter 1: “Preserving Rock and Roll History on the North Coast” by
Andy Leach & Jennie Thomas
Chapter 2: “Establishing a Regional Music Archives at the
University of Illinois” by Rory Grennan, Katherine Nichols, and
Scott W. Schwartz
Chapter 3: “Pushing the Boundaries of Donor Relations to Build the
Houston Folk Music Archive” by Norie Guthrie
Chapter 4: “Building Punk and Heavy Metal Collections at UCLA
Library Special Collections” by Megan Hahn Fraser and Melissa
Haley
Part II: Leveraging Archival Materials
Chapter 5: “Exploring the Houston Folk Music Archive in the
First-Year Classroom” by Andrew A. Klein
Chapter 6: “Mastering the Sonics of Historic Recording Media” by
Jessica Thompson
Chapter 7: “Exploring the Attics of the Counterculture” by Jesse
Jarnow
Part III: Outsider Music Preservation
Chapter 8: “Preserving Underground Hip Hop Tapes in Ethnographic
Context” by Anthony Kwame Harrison
Chapter 9: “Pursuing Preservation in the DIY Music Community” by
Norie Guthrie Scott Carlson
Chapter 10: “Preserving Music Through Reissues” by Jeremy Berg
Chapter 11: “Bootleg Compilations as Fan Preservation” by Scott
Carlson
Appendix 1: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Scan Day Permission and
Donation Form
Appendix 2: Indie Preserves Survey
Norie Guthrie is an archivist and special collections librarian at
Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center at Rice University. While
her job requires her to do a little bit of everything, she
specializes in collecting and processing music materials from the
Houston Folk Music Archive, which she began in 2016. She is also
one-half of the duo behind Indie Preserves, which aims to provide
music preservation tips to the DIY music community.
Scott Carlson is the metadata coordinator at Fondren Library, Rice
University. He received his MLIS from Dominican University in River
Forest, Illinois, and an Archives Certificate in Digital
Stewardship from Simmons College. With Norie Guthrie, he co-founded
Indie Preserves, a website that provides practical preservation
advice to independent music labels and bands.
Each essay is well documented and strongly supported with end notes
and reference sources. . . . Music Preservation and Archiving Today
is oriented towards those working with music, but there are many
aspects of the writings contained therein which would be useful to
archivists working with other media and subject matter. . . [it]
does offer much information that would be useful to archivists who
do not work with music, particularly with respect to collecting,
outreach, preservation, and technology.
*Mid-Atlantic Archivist*
As the digital age continues to engulf us, the question of how best
to archive music and its various histories has never seemed more
pressing, or more thrilling. This collection of essays by some of
today’s leading archivists and scholars is an essential
contribution to an important conversation.
*Jack Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Media Studies and American
Studies, University of Virginia*
This lovely book arrives not a moment too soon. Faced with an ever
expanding body of precious materials and shrinking budgets, music
fans, students, scholars, and archivists alike will reach for this
book again and again. An indispensable resource for those who are
passionate about preserving local music.
*Ellie M. Hisama, Professor of Music, Columbia University*
Guthrie and Carlson have curated a volume as eclectic as the local
music scenes these essays and case studies document. From regional
folk music, to punk and metal, to fan culture and folksonomies,
this book represents the cutting edge of music preservation. The
editors’ trans-disciplinary approach makes this volume essential
reading, not just for music librarians, but for any scholar or fan
of music history. A vital contribution to the discourse of cultural
memory.
*Spencer D. C. Keralis, Executive Director, Digital Frontiers*
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