[ARSCLIST] 5,000 cylinder recordings now online

[David Seubert <seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Special Collections Dept. at the University of California, Santa 
Barbara is making a new online digital collection available featuring 
the library's collection of cylinder recordings from the mid 1890s to 
the mid 1920s. The site is available at http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/.

During a two-year project funded in part by the Institute of Museum and 
Library Services (IMLS) library staff have cataloged and digitized over 
5,000 of the cylinder recordings in the library's collection. The 
searchable site features downloadable audio files as well as streaming 
versions of the recordings. Streaming and downloadable mp3 files have 
been de-noised with CEDAR and are licensed for under a Creative Commons 
license while a raw wave file is also available for the more adventurous 
and is freely distributable. The site also has a growing collection of 
"streaming radio" programs on various topics and a "featured cylinder" 
section, showcasing some of the most interesting items in the collection.

The collection includes nearly all types of recordings made around the 
turn of the 20th century including popular song, vaudeville, minstrelsy, 
comedic monologues, classical and operatic, solo instrumental 
recordings, bands, foreign and ethnic recordings, and speeches. More 
cylinders will continue to be added to the collection as they are 
acquired, cataloged and digitized.

Please enjoy, pass the word along, and let me know if you have any 
comments or suggestions.

David

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David Seubert, Curator
Performing Arts Collection
Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010
Tel: 805-893-5444 Fax: 805-893-5749
seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/pa/