UoLMidlandSounds

Over the next couple of months we're travelling the length & breadth of the East Midlands giving talks & running drop-in events. To see if we're going to be near you for a cup of tea & natter, have a look at our itinerary on our latest blog, 'On the Road': eastmidsoha.home.blog/2024/02/23/on-…

Registration has now opened for 'BISA 2024: Sound Heritage Today' in Glasgow on 9 and 10 May. For registration details, click on the link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/bisa-2024-so…

A short video showing how we edit 1/4" magnetic tape has been added to our Audio Archiving playlist. Razor blade and sticky tape needed - youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Learn about some of the different ways in which wildlife sounds have been recorded in our current @britishlibrary exhibition Animals: Art, Science and Sound. This parabolic reflector of ours is a definite fav bl.uk/events/animals

Keep an eye on your pinch rollers 👁 🧐

Professor Jo Story @historyleic pays tribute to the archaeologist and honorary graduate Professor Rosemary Cramp for the BBC's Last Word (from 16m). Find out more about her links to the University and city of Leicester: le.ac.uk/about/history/… bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

We have an exciting programme planned for the Festival of Oral History 2023. For more details and to book visit: eventbrite.co.uk/e/festival-of-…

To coincide with #IWD, the #ListeningDesk’s first playlist is ‘Women in Work’, a compilation of interviews exploring the careers of women from the Midlands between the 1900s-1940s. Join the UOSH team @uniofleicester SBB Building today (12-1pm) for a demo of the new playlist 👍

Today’s burning question… just what is the big red horn thing in the Sir Bob Burgess Building?! 🤔 All shall be revealed in an hour... 👀 @uniofleicester @britishlibrary @HeritageFundUK @EmilyPeasgood

You can still sign up to attend BISA's 2022 conference online this Friday. 'Giving Voice: Using Archive Recordings to Tell Stories of Lived Experience'. Full details: bisa-web.org/bisas-conferen…

A fascinating selection of talks at EMOHA's Festival of Oral History at the end of the month - and it's free! Details here: eastmidsoha.home.blog/2022/10/18/emo…

A feast of oral history. Spread the word. Please RT. @UoLDWL @UoLPressOffice @UoLEnglish @MidlandSounds @hypirohrg @HyPIRUoL @NCanagarajah @BBCLeicester @UniOfLeics_EDI @LeicesterSocSci @uniofleicslli @LeicesterMigra1

COMING SOON! SAVE THE DATE! The East Midlands Oral History Archive's Winter Festival of Oral History will be held on Wednesday 30 November 2022 at the University of Leicester. More details to follow soon... #OralHistory @OralHistorySoc @uniofleicester @HyPIRUoL @leicesterlibrar

The Library of Congress says it worked with curators and Capitol Police to make Lizzo playing James Madison’s flute happen safely last night. This is Lizzo practicing at the library on Monday. The 1813 flute was gifted to Madison and later saved by Dolley Madison. Photo from LOC.

Looking forward to @heritageopenday tomorrow! Bring your old recordings to the Uni of Leics library & we will do our best to play them for you. Lots & lots of local history too! Full details: heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event…

Job alert! Archive Assistant, National Life Stories, Part time: 3 days per week. Initial 1 year contract. Details - ohs.org.uk/uncategorised/…

We are have two exciting opportunities to join the Archives West Midlands board. In the six years since our foundation we have supported members with digital preservation, accreditation, through COVID-19 & on inclusivity. Want to make a difference? Join us!

Let's start the week with a precautionary tale: this is why we should never have put even small sticky labels on our CD-Rs back in the day. Unreadable. Fortunately, we have the master recordings and will return to them. Yikes!

always sad to see irretrievable discs. the last few bands on this side of the disc will track OK but the first 4 are unplayable due to the lacquer's natural shrinking and cracking.

All set up at @thinktankmuseum next to their one-off 1927 Lanchester petrol electric hybrid car! Come on down today to see it come to life in #AR and #VR