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Press coverage of PARADISEC

“Tongues live in digital library” by Dorothy Illing, Australian Higher Education Supplement, October 15 2003, p.27. Also published online in Australian IT News, October 20 2003

“Archivists unite to preserve heritage”, Isabelle Genoux interview with Linda Barwick, broadcast 1/10/2003, Pacific Beat (ABC Radio, broadcast throughout the Pacific) http://www.abc.net.au/ra/pacbeat/stories/s957338.htm

“Archivists fight to preserve heritage”, Isabelle Genoux feature on PARADISEC broadcast 9/10/2003, Pacific Beat Forum (ABC Radio)

“Sydney leads effort to save endangered languages”. University of Sydney News, 23 April 2004, p4.

“New technology, new collaborations”, by Louise Maral, University of Sydney Uninews (International Edition) Volume 35 No. 18, October 17, 2003, p.7.

Sam Davies interviews Linda Barwick, broadcast 28/9/2003, Arts Alive (ABC Radio)

Nick Thieberger interviewed on Radio Australia's 'Chat room', 20 Feb 2004 (ABC Radio)

"Precious Recordings safe at ANU" On Campus, June 2004, ANU

“The Role of Standards in Creating Community” Kathi Martin from Thirteenth International World Wide Web Conference, New York, 2004.

“Pacific Digital Archive set up” in APSIG Newsletter Alia Asia Pacific Special Interest Group No.56, November 2004, 2.

Article on return of Andrew McIntyre's tapes as CD copies in Vanuatu Independent No. 153, 29 October 2006. Image clipping

"Institute of PNG Studies Gets Music Recordings." National Weekender 27 April, 2007
http://www.thenational.com.pg/042707/w3.htm or as pdf

"PNG Archival Music on Disc." Gavamani Sivarai April, 2007 jpg (212 KB)

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