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<div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times" size="5" color="#003333" style="font: 16.0px Times; color: #003333">Quadlist member Allan McConnell retired Sept. 27 from the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#003333" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">He was the head of the Audio and Video Preservation Lab in both Washington, DC and at the new Culpeper, VA facility where the Library's AV collection is still being assembled.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#003333" face="Times" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">You can hear Allan (and other LoC preservationists) talk about the LoC's new National Audio Visual Conservation Center in this NPR story: </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13903577">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13903577</a></p></div><div>Allan was at CBS, Washington during the ACR-225 era. After the Ampex 1021 Intersync Alignment was posted to Quadvideotapegroup.com, Allan recalled "spending many hours on my knees in front of the intersync with that alignment sheet on the floor. Wow! Those were fun days." </div><div><div><br></div><div>We hope he enjoys his retirement.</div><div><br></div><div>While his LoC e-mail address has been discontinued, we hope that Allan will continue his association with the Quad Videotape Group from another address.</div><div><br></div><div>Ted<br><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Ted Langdell</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://www.%20flashscan8.us">flashscan8.us</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">209 East 12th Street</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Marysville, CA 95901</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Main: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>(530) 741-1212</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Cell: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 12px; "> </span>(530) 301-2931</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Secretary for the <a href="http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/">QuadVideotapeGroup.com</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">: </span></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use them, in conjunction with the Library of Congress</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></font></div><div><br></div><div>See some of you at AMIA 2008 in Savannah, GA Nov 12-15. Another informal gathering is being organized.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></body></html>