that our archive of animal sounds is now fully digitized. The
process, which began 5 years ago under NSF support, was completed last
week. The result is 495 CDs containing 27,916 recordings of 1,416
species (the largest component being birds: 23,883 recordings of 957
species). In addition to digitizing the Borror Lab's original
collection, we have digitized approximately 4,000 new acquisitions
during the process.
Digitizing new acquisitions will of course continue. In the
meantime, we have made arrangements with the Ohio Library and
Information Network (OhioLink) to make down-sampled versions of all
recordings available for auditioning over the internet. This process
has been started and will be completed, in stages, over the next year.
Progress will be reported on the Borror Lab web site.
Sincerely,
Jill Soha
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Dr. Jill Soha, Curator
Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics (<a href="http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu";
rel="nofollow">http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu</a>)
The Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity
1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212 (614) 292-2176
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