WC: We can look at value of preserving in a few different ways: production value, research value, and business value. What's the value of preserving this audio? Ripping CDs using the four robots results in about eight times more reformatted audio in the same amount of time. If all goes well, we can digitize about 24 episodes of All Things Considered in one day. In comparison, about 17 episodes housed on CDs can be reformatted, or ripped, in one hour. In comparison to our CDs, our tapes also require more inspection, special care and handling. SC: For those who are not familiar with analog media, it's worth noting that a one-hour episode of Weekend All Things Considered will take one hour to play back for digitization that is, we reformat it in real time. The CDs contain program material from that aired between 19, and was previously transferred from tapes. There are also more than 60,000 hours of CD-Rs to reformat. WC: We are digitizing broadcast reels with content from shows that aired between 19: about 18,000 hours of NPR's flagship programs including All Things Considered and Morning Edition as well as Congressional hearings and special programming. How many reels are you working with? How many hours of audio is that? Our goal is to make that content digitally accessible for the long-term. These historic recordings are at risk of being lost because of a few factors: physical degradation, technical obsolescence, and the ever-narrowing window of opportunity to preserve them in a more stable format. Will Chase: NPR's vast audio archive includes 120,000 hours of broadcasts stored on physical media that date back to NPR's first broadcast in 1971. It's open to the public through partnerships with the Library of Congress and the University of Maryland. The archive is used by current NPR staffers to enrich and inform today's stories heard on air and online, as well as academic researchers, educators and external producers. Susie Cummings: We have been saving our stories since the very beginning! NPR established an archive in 1972 to provide for the preservation of all NPR programs. Walk me through the digitization project. NPR Extra talked to RAD Audio Reformatting Project Lead Will Chase and Digitization Specialist Susie Cummings who are working to save this important history for the future. In 2015, RAD embarked on a new project to digitize and preserve NPR's physical audio archive. ![]() RAD staff is embedded in NPR's newsroom – they literally sit in and amongst the reporters and news desks. Members of the NPR Research, Archives & Data Strategy team (RAD) are product owners, taxonomists, researchers, archivists, trainers and developers. NPR Research, Archives & Data Strategy team (RAD) Digitization Specialist Susie Cummings working in the audio reformatting lab.
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