2001 July/August, Vol 49 Number 7/8

CONTENT

Introduction
Elizabeth Cohen   587

PAPERS

MPEG-7 and MPEG-7 Audio-An Overview
Adam T. Lindsay and Jürgen Herre   589

ENGINEERING REPORTS

Improving Access to Digital Video Archives through Informedia Technology
Michael G. Christel, Howard D. Wactlar, and Alexander G. Hauptmann   595

In Search of a Mapping from Parameter Space to Perceptual Space
Chris Weare and Theodore Calhoun Tanner, Jr.   601

From Single-Carrier Sound Archive to BWF Online Archive-A New Optimized Workstation Concept
Siegbert Herla, Jörg Houpert, and Frank Lott   606

COMMUNICATIONS

Preserving the Facts for the Future: Principles and Practices for the Transfer of Analog Audio Documents into the Digital Domain
Dietrich Schüller   618

Why Archive Audio Metadata?
Steven Lyman   622

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Saving America's Aural Legacy
Peggy A. Bulger   626

Audio Archiving for 100 Years and Longer: Once We Decide What to Save, How Should We Do It?
H. M. Gladney   628

STANDARDS AND INFORMATION DOCUMENTS

AES-3id-2001 (Revision of AES-3id-1995) AES information document for digital audio engineering - Transmission of AES3 formatted data by unbalanced coaxial cable   638

AES Standards Committee News   657
New York meetings; digital interfaces; room modeling; microphones

Standards and Standards Committee Projects Related to Digital Libraries   663

FEATURES

Preserving Our Musical Heritage: A Musician's Outreach to Audio Engineers
Mickey Hart   667

The Jack Mullin/Bill Palmer Tape Restoration Project
Richard L. Hess   671

Forward into the Past-Protecting Our Musical Heritage: An Architecture Guide for the Music Community
James Fleming   675

111th Convention Preview, New York   680

Calendar   682

Exhibitors   684

Exhibit Previews   688

Updates and Corrections to the 2000/2001 International Sections Directory   710

Education News   716

112th Convention, Munich, Call for Papers   720

AES 21st International Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, Call for Papers   721

AES 22nd International Conference, Espoo, Finland, Call for Papers   722

DEPARTMENTS

News of the Sections   711

Sound Track   717

Upcoming Meetings   717

Available Literature   718

Membership Information   723

Advertiser Internet Directory   726

Sections Contacts Directory   730

AES Conventions and Conferences   736

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Supplementary Material

• Introduction by Elizabeth Cohen to Journal issue devoted to archiving, restoration, and digital libraries (PDF file).
• Bulger, Letter to the Editor (PDF file)
• Gladney, Letter to the Editor (PDF file)
• Preserving Our Musical Heritage: A Musician's Outreach to Audio Engineers, by Mickey Hart (PDF file)
• Page 596, Fig. 1, Christel et al (PDF file)
• The Jack Mullin/Bill Palmer Tape Restoration Project, by Richard L. Hess (PDF file)
• Forward into the Past - Protecting Our Musical Heritage: An Architecture Guide for the Music Community, by James Fleming (PDF file)
• List of Internet resources on archiving, restoration, and digital libraries.