Re: [ARSCLIST] 5,000 cylinder recordings now online

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David:

You guys are doing what I wish other large repositories of audio not chained
by copyright restrictions would do -- putting it out there in an
easily-accessible/easily-usable way. THANKS! Kudos.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Seubert" <seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:43 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] 5,000 cylinder recordings now online


> 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
>
> -- 
> 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/