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FW: Dictabelt opinions, please



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-- KVB]

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> From:         Bunker, Kevin
> Sent:         Saturday, July 07, 2001 4:04 PM
> To:   'listserv@listserv.muohio.edu'
> Subject:      Dictabelt opinions, please
>
> Happy Monday, all!
>
> While fetching a legislative file (from processed collections <grin>)
> today, I ran across a couple of Dictabelts in the group of records, dated
> 1966. These were in their original open-topped paper sleeves and with the
> a folded note written on yellow lined foolscap tucked inside one of the
> Dictabelt loops.
>
> Upon asking the reference archivist what our experience with these
> recordings has been, she said we might have a Dictabelt player somewhere,
> but have never thought to use it for an attempted playback. The greater
> question then arose -- and I hope some of you out there have more
> experience than we -- what is the shelflife of a Dictabelt recording? What
> are the preservation concerns for the product? Are audio transcriptions
> even possible?
>
> After reading last week's discussion re wire recordings, I must guess that
> Dictabelt recordings might still be salvageable and thereby preserved in
> another audio form.
>
> Please make any replies you might have to the entire list.
>
> Many thanks, as always, for your adept and kind assistance. Now I'll go
> probe to see if we actually do have a playback machine in artifacts
> storage...
>
> Kevin V. ("What? I can't heeeearrr you!") Bunker
> Student Assistant
> CA State Archives
> Student Assistant
> California State Archives
>

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