Nominate an Individual
Do you know a driven, creative, self-directed, self-funded individual whose independent initiatives are worthy of note? Tell us about them! We are looking for good work and compelling stories. Your nomination will be reviewed in confidence by the selection committee.
The ARSC Award for Independent Initiatives identifies individuals who have promising ideas and proven records of accomplishment, buoys them financially, and leaves them alone to pursue their initiatives at their own pace without the burdens of grant management, financial accounting, or project reporting.
Criteria & Examples
Candidates are assessed on their initiatives' contributions to the field of recorded sound preservation, management, and study. Current initiatives are important, but so is a history of meaningful outcomes and the individual's potential to accomplish even more. Candidates may be:
- Developing technologies to facilitate the safe and effective transfer of audio recordings.
- Conserving primary source materials and research libraries related to sound recording.
- Advancing awareness of our audio heritage and the cultural benefits of preserving it.
- Contributing to audio-related STEM education both in and outside of the classroom.
- Managing websites that materially enhance universal access to historical audio.
- Conducting discographical research and cataloging in support of preservation.
- Documenting the historical outputs and activities of record companies.
- Curating, conserving, and broadly sharing collections of significance.
- Correcting and augmenting historical accounts of sound recording.
- Building systems to play recordings unplayable by existing means.
- Preserving and broadly sharing significant audio recordings.
- Advancing best conservation and preservation practices.
- Mentoring and sharing knowledge and expertise.
- Rescuing audio from damaged carriers.
Awards are not limited to these initiatives; they are provided as examples only.