Nigel Bewley Email & Phone Number

Have you got a collection of legacy analogue audio? (Wax cylinders, discs, wires, tapes, cassettes, "funny and obscure formats" etc). Is your collection big or small? The chances are I will have dealt with the format and a collection of a similar size and know how to proceed to have the items digitised, archived and accessible.I can also advise on methodology, business plans and funding applications.I can write a report on a collection, formulate a conservation strategy and advise on suitable storage.Also, I am an accomplished photographer and work to professional standards. This includes photo restoration.I can make location audio recordings, to a professional standard, for podcasts etc.

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  Head Sound Engineer, Sound Archive

  The British Library

  Sep 1989 - May 2014

  Day to day management of the sound archiving team, digitising legacy analogue audio to the highest technical and artistic standards, advising on audio archiving procedures and methodology, teaching and mentoring sound archivists with all levels of experience and giving talks and presentations on many aspects of the history of sound recording.