{"id":205,"date":"2016-11-21T16:48:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2020-04-28T09:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T09:30:07","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-FINAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1415\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-compressed-pics-1-1415x2000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-compressed-pics-1-1415x2000.jpg 1415w, https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-compressed-pics-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-compressed-pics-1-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-compressed-pics-1-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-compressed-pics-1-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-compressed-pics-1-676x956.jpg 676w, https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-compressed-pics-1.jpg 1754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1415px) 100vw, 1415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Scotland&#8217;s Sounds Principles and Priorities PDF  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The Scotland\u2019s Sounds network includes a range of people from museums, libraries, archives and private collections who want to work together to preserve and share Scotland\u2019s recorded sounds.<\/p>\n<p>These sounds recordings may be analogue or digital, and the recordings\u2019 content could be music, radio broadcasts, oral history, sound art or environmental sounds.<\/p>\n<p>Regular stakeholder meetings are coordinated across Scotland by the National Library of Scotland in order to strengthen ties between organisations caring for sound collections and share responsibility for their sustainable access for the benefit of the public. The network also aims to proactively increase engagement with Scotland&#8217;s sound heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The strategic vision for the Scotland\u2019s Sounds network states:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To <strong>engage a network<\/strong> of organisations and individuals who have a <strong>shared<\/strong> interest in<strong> preserving and protecting<\/strong> Scotland&#8217;s audio heritage. <strong>Together<\/strong> we will share <strong>knowledge<\/strong> about sound archives and aim to <strong>raise the profile<\/strong> of our rich and varied sound collections held across the <strong>communities<\/strong> of Scotland. &#8216;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Key Principles and Priorities<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the next 5 years to 2025, we will focus on the following key principles and priorities in order to achieve our vision:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Principle 1:<\/strong> Sound Recordings are invaluable and fragile. They need to be preserved and protected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Principle 2:<\/strong> Sound is an engaging format. We must make our sounds accessible and available as widely as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Principle 3:<\/strong> Our communities and collections will benefit by collaborating across a distributed collection network.<\/p>\n<p>We will focus on the following priorities:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 Preserve<br \/>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 Connect<br \/>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 Collect<br \/>\u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fund<\/p>\n<p>Read more in the <a href=\"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/PP-FINAL.pdf\">Scotland&#8217;s Sounds Principles and Priorities (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you hold a sound collection, or represent those who do? Do you want to help us preserve and make use of our sound collections? We\u2019d love to welcome you to our network \u2013 to join sign up via our <a href=\"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/news-page\/contact\/\">mailing list.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scotland\u2019s Sounds network includes a range of people from museums, libraries, archives and private collections who want to work together to preserve and share Scotland\u2019s recorded sounds. These sounds recordings may be analogue or digital, and the recordings\u2019 content could be music, radio broadcasts, oral history, sound art or environmental sounds. Regular stakeholder meetings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/about-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotlands-sounds.nls.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}