CALL FOR PAPERS
The BISA committee invites proposals for presentations on the theme of research and innovation in sound archives to be presented at BISA 2025: Sound Heritage Research & Innovation in Manchester. Please send a description or abstract of the presentation you propose, in no more than 300 words, to british.irish.sound.archive@gmail.com by Friday 14th February at 5pm.
BISA 2025: Sound Heritage Research & Innovation
15th and 16th May 2025, Manchester.
British and Irish Sound Archives (BISA) invites colleagues who work with or hold sound collections to join us for two days of presentations, practical sessions and collaborative discussions. We welcome proposals on any aspect of research and innovation in the sound heritage field. This could involve engineers reporting on experimentation with analogue equipment or digital technology, researchers presenting on new academic findings, or sound archive practitioners sharing work which opens up new avenues for others to pursue research.
We know that previous delegates have expressed an interest in the following aspects of sound archive work and research: digitisation, digital preservation, cataloguing (software, backlogs, standards), access methods/playback, rights/DP, fundraising (core/project-based), advocacy, audience-building and Artificial Intelligence.
The conference will be based at Manchester Central Library and will feature:
- Tours of the library, sound archive and North West Film Archive
- Practical sessions on equipment and oral history
- Presentations on the wide theme of research and innovation
- BISA Annual General Meeting
With best wishes and on behalf of the organising committee.