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

[Nipper <nipper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

Fantastik site!  But I'm having a problem getting the audio option to show
up on the page after clicking on a specific title.  The few times a play bar
has appeared, under the record date, it hasn't worked.  The featured
cylinder play bars and live streams seem to be working fine but the
searchable audio options aren't showing up.  Any ideas?

Martin Fisher

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Seubert" <seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 1:43 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/