Cornell University. The Curator there is Dr. Greg Budney,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] The MLNS archives nature sound recordings,
especially bird sound recordings, from all over the world. I don't
know if they'll be sufficiently interested in your recordings that
they'll be able to devote resources for archiving, but they may well.
If they do, it'll be a good way to achieve permanent, replicated
storage of your sounds, as well as web-based access to them. The MLNS
also has a lot of experience at restoring old, decaying tapes.
Dave Mellinger
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>From: Leslie McPherson [<a href="[EMAIL"
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>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:24 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Subject: Bird Sound Audio Archiving
>
> I'm after some advice on a rather delicate subject and am hoping
>some of you out there with more experience than I can offer some workable
>suggestions or views.
> I run a small archive of bird songs/calls dealing mostly with New
>Zealand and Antarctic species, but more importantly these days species from
>Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia as well. Sounds from other regions are
>also included as well. Most of the field recordings (some 250 hours now) are
>on open reel tape, with a few on cassette tape and few on DAT tapes. As these
>tapes age there is noticeable deterioration in the audio quality in some
>instances. My dilemma in the main is to decide what would be the best method
>of preserving the entire archive for future generations to use. I've looked
>at DAT recording and have been advised that while this is capable of
>extremely good audio quality, it is a poor tool from an archivist's point of
>view. The two main contenders appear to be minidisc, with the attenuation
>problems that can occur with that medium, or compact disc, in either data disc
>format that will run only on computer or the system that commercial CDs use
>that will run on most domestic CD players. Whatever system is eventually
>chosen will be bought in slowly, as I'm a one man band a present and as such
>do not qualify for funding from the traditional sources who deal with groups
>or organisations. My thinking at the present time is to go the CD way and
>produce two or three copies of each disc for reasons of safety. Comments
>welcome please. Reply to either the group or to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Les McPherson
>P O Box 21083
>Edgeware
>Christchurch
>New Zealand
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