The SABC Media Libraries share on Instagram some of the formats and play back equipment that are part of the collections of the SABC Radio Archives.
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2013 on 27 October inspired the most recent photographs on the photography social media sharing site.
The SABC Media Libraries account on Instagram can be found here: SABCMediaLib on Instagram, with more photos from the archives. It can be located under the hashtag #wdavh2013
Related posts:
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2013 on 27 October #wdavh2013
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October 2012
Blog post by Karen du Toit, Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.
Showing posts with label reel to reel tapes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reel to reel tapes. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
This is real....
First time in my fifteen years in the SABC Radio Archives I have find a brittle reel to reel tape. Our guess is that it has been lying in the sun for some time. Fortunately it is not from or for our collection. This will not happen to our reel to reel tapes, since it is stored in a climate-controlled space, with fire-protection and all necessary measurements in place.
- Retha Buys, Custodian: Springbok Radio
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
The use of Vine in libraries and archives
Vine is a mobile app that is available on iOS and Android.
It records 6 minute videos that can be shared immediately on Twitter, or be embedded in websites.
I was alerted to it through the ANZ 23 Mobile Things course.
It is very easy to use, and very easy to share.
The following Vines are good examples of how we can use it in our library or archive settings:
From the Appleby Library:
As well as this one:
I made one for the Radio Archives as well:
How can we use Vine for the libraries and archives?
Blog post by Karen du Toit, Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.
It records 6 minute videos that can be shared immediately on Twitter, or be embedded in websites.
I was alerted to it through the ANZ 23 Mobile Things course.
It is very easy to use, and very easy to share.
The following Vines are good examples of how we can use it in our library or archive settings:
From the Appleby Library:
As well as this one:
I made one for the Radio Archives as well:
How can we use Vine for the libraries and archives?
Blog post by Karen du Toit, Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Drama students at the SABC Radio Archives
Third year drama students at the University of Pretoria, doing a course in Radio, visited the SABC Radio Archives on Friday.
The tour was organised by their lecturer, Anna-Marie Jansen van Vuuren.
More of the photos of their visit can be seen on the SABC Radio Archives Facebook page.
They were shown the different analogue and digital audio formats which are being archived and handled in the SABC Radio Archives on a daily basis.
Although the audio equipment and the audio formats are not being manufactured or used on a massive scale any more, the archives are still in need of the skills of capable technicians who look after the equipment.
It is also the task of the archivists to look after their collections of different audio formats, and to identify the need of collections becoming obsolete because of the formats disintegrating, such as the mini-discs.
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| Reel-to-reel Studer tape recorder |
The reel-to-reel-tape machine was demonstrated, as well as how the format of reel-to-reel tapes was one of the much safer and robust audio carriers, even than more recently released and recorded audio formats.
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| Reel-to-reel tape from 1979 |
Related post:
UP Students in Radio visiting SABC Radio Archives
Facebook photos:
Drama Students visiting from UP
Blog post by Karen du Toit, Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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