# Music proceedings archive officer

Main goal: Build up and maintain a music proceedings archive for NIME, including recordings of performances.

Officers:

* Federico Visi
* Ico Bukvic
* Niccolo Granieri
* Christopher Walker

## Background

NIME has never had a proper handling of the artistic contributions. Usually the music proceedings has been a program booklet with information about pieces, composers and performers.

Most performances at NIME have been recorded, but they have only occasionally been made available, such as from [NIME 2011](https://vimeo.com/channels/nime2011/videos). There are two main reasons for the lack of availability:

1. Time and human resources for editing recorded content after the conference
2. Legal issues, related to privacy (of audience members) and copyright issues (pieces and performers)

For NIME 2019 a separate music proceedings booklet was made, with extended music abstracts. These extended abstracts and their bibliograpnic information are available in the [Music page of the NIME website](https://www.nime.org/music/).

In 2019, the Steering Committee has endorsed building up a proper NIME music proceedings archive using the [COMPEL](http://ico.bukvic.net/main/compel/) platform.

### NIME 2019 Music Proceedings Template and Instructions

The following template and instructions were sent to the accepted Music submissions in 2019.

> We would like to offer you the opportunity of publishing your Music\
> proposal as an extended abstract, which will be included in the Music\
> Proceedings of NIME’19.
>
> This is an experimental initiative that will be presented this year for\
> the first time in NIME history. We believe practice work is an integral\
> part of NIME, and we see this as a first step towards a better and more\
> consistent way of documenting the pieces presented at the conference every\
> year.
>
> Having your proposal made freely available as an extended abstract in the\
> Music Proceedings will give other scholars and practitioners a useful\
> resource for their research, making it easier for them to retrieve your\
> work and cite it in their publications.
>
> If the NIME community responds well to this proposal and we receive enough\
> extended abstracts, each work will be assigned unique DOI and will be made\
> freely available online through the NIME website.
>
> Please download the Music Proceedings extended abstract template using\
> this link:
>
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/exn7asi6vfeumdi/NIME19\\_Music\\_Proceedings\\_Template.docx.zip?dl=0>
>
> The length of your abstract should be maximum 4 pages, and should include\
> the following sections (as shown in the template):\
> Project Description\
> Technical Notes\
> Program Notes\
> Media Link(s)\
> Acknowledgements (optional)\
> References (optional)
>
> We encourage you to add bibliographic references, particularly if there\
> are published papers describing your NIME more in detail.\
> If the anonymous reviewers made remarks that can be addressed in your\
> extended abstract (e.g. they pointed out previous relevant work) we\
> encourage you to take their comments into consideration.
>
> Please edit your extended abstract using the Music Proceedings extended\
> abstract template and upload it on your submission page as an editable file\
> by April 10th. The file will go through a short internal review and you may\
> be asked to do some minor amendments if needed. Do not hesitate to contact\
> us should you have any question.
>
> This is a first, small step towards making practice work even more\
> important for NIME research, and we are very excited about it. We hope you\
> will accept this proposal with enthusiasm and we look forward to receiving\
> your extended abstract.

## Template

In 2019 and 2020 we used an adapted version of the ACM Extended Abstract template:

* [LaTeX](https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-master-template/pnrfvrrdbfwt)
* [Word](https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submission_template.docx)

## Some issues to consider

* Need to consider both medium and longterm archiving.
* Need to have dialogue with the [Paper Archive](https://nime.gitbook.io/conference-cookbok/officers/paper_proceedings) and [Paper Template](https://nime.gitbook.io/conference-cookbok/officers/paper_template) officers.

## Relevant resources

* [COMPEL](http://ico.bukvic.net/main/compel/)