According to a statement from the Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing, it has renewed its longstanding partnership with Iron Mountain, "marking the 15th anniversary of the organizations’ collaboration focused on advancing best practices for the preservation, protection and management of the recording industry’s creative assets."
A press release reads: "The partnership milestone comes during another significant anniversary for Iron Mountain, which is celebrating 75 years of helping organizations around the world safeguard and manage their valuable information. Together, the two anniversaries underscore a shared commitment to protecting creative legacies and ensuring that important recorded works remain preserved and accessible for generations to come. As an official P&E Wing Sustaining Partner, Iron Mountain’s Media and Archival Services division will continue to provide expertise and support for the Wing’s ongoing educational and professional initiatives. The Media and Archival Services team also serves as a member of the P&E Wing Manufacturer Council, working alongside leaders from across the professional audio community to address issues affecting today’s recording industry."
Central to the 15-year relationship has been a shared commitment to raising awareness about the importance of properly preserving recorded assets and ensuring that valuable creative works remain accessible for future generations," they continue. "As recording and production technologies continue to evolve, and as the industry manages increasingly complex collections of physical and digital assets, preservation, metadata, accessibility, and long-term asset management have become increasingly important considerations for creators and rights holders. The Media and Archival Services division remains at the forefront of these efforts, offering archival and preservation solutions designed for the unique requirements of media and entertainment collections. Its capabilities include specialized media recovery and preservation technologies, digital repository solutions, and systems designed to help organizations better identify, manage and access the contents of their archives."
"For over a decade, Iron Mountain Media and Archival Services has been an invaluable partner to the Producers & Engineers Wing, and reaching this milestone during Iron Mountain’s 75th anniversary makes this year particularly meaningful," stated Maureen Droney, vice president of the Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing. "Our organizations share a deep commitment to protecting the work and legacies of music creators. While the ways we create, store and access recorded music continue to change, the responsibility to preserve those recordings does not. We are proud of what we have accomplished together over the past 15 years and look forward to continuing our work to educate the recording community and help ensure that today’s creative work remains accessible for generations to come."
"For 15 years, Iron Mountain has been proud to work with the Producers & Engineers Wing in a shared commitment and purpose to help raise awareness and advance best practices around the preservation and management of recorded music," said Meg Travis, Iron Mountain Head of Strategic Partnerships. "As we celebrate 75 years of protecting what matters most to our customers, this milestone is a meaningful reminder that preservation is about more than protecting the past – it’s about ensuring today’s creative work can be discovered, accessed and enjoyed for generations to come. We look forward to continuing our work together as we help address the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of the recording industry."
Droney added, “Just as important, this partnership has helped keep preservation and archiving an ongoing part of the industry conversation, reminding creators and recording professionals that protecting their work is an essential part of the creative process. The decisions we make today about how we preserve and manage these assets will ultimately determine what remains available to artists, historians and audiences decades from now.”
For more information about the Producers & Engineers Wing and its year-round initiatives, visit https://www.recordingacademy.com/producers-engineers-wing.
