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>Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:40:02 -0700
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Judi Franz <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7242 the fate of those tapes once you've gone digital

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We have kept our cassette masters and our tape duplicating machines 
for those students who want something tangible in hand. They have 
asked for CDs, but we just don't have the capability to mass-produce 
CDs at this point, so we don't do it. It's on the web or on a tape.

We do back up all of our digitized material in QuickTime format on 
CDs as well. We even have gone backwards at times, making a cassette 
master from something we received in digital format from a publisher, 
because a student wanted a cassette copy.

Judi
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Judi Franz, Director
Humanities Instructional Resource Center
University of California, Irvine
269 Humanities Hall  ZOT: 3775
(949) 824-6344 / (949) 824-4500 direct
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/hirc

>--- Forwarded Message from Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> ---
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>>Subject: the fate of those tapes once you've gone digital
>>From: Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]>
>>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:33:36 -0400
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>Hi everyone,
>
>Like everyone else, we've gone digital as much as possible with our
>instructional audio materials. (We do have some audio cassettes left in
>some of the languages where the departments haven't decided to purchase
>licenses for digital distribution).
>
>In our case, digital distribution means that we provide access to the
>materials via password-protected, Web-based course management system
>sites. Our streaming server is set up to distribute the media but not
>download it, so students and faculty don't actually get copies of the
>media files, just access. This is troubling to some people who want to
>actually get their hands on something tangible like a cassette or a CD.
>
>So my question is - what you have you all done about this? Do you make CD
>copies of the digital files? Have you kept audiocassette copies around for
>those determined few who for one reason or another don't want to use the
>digital media? Have you said - sorry folks, it's only on the Web and
>tossed your tape libraries?
>
>Enquiring minds want to know...
>
>Samantha
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>Foreign Language Technology Services
>Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
>Box 90198 - 223A Perkins Library
>Duke University
>Durham, NC 27708
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