This paper describes the National Library’s project to make web delivery of its sound collections possible. The paper outlines the key infrastructure components required for routine web delivery of streamed sound files and XML encoded transcripts and summaries from a very large collection, and the standards adopted and/or adapted to facilitate delivery. It also describes the content conversion strategies required to convert analogue recordings to digital format, and to convert printed summaries and transcripts to encoded documents. The paper will conclude with a demonstration of the Library’s online sound delivery system, and a brief view of the multiple discovery pathways to these remarkable resources.
Source: National Library of Australia
See Also: 10,000th Piece of Music Digitised at NLA
A recent major milestone for the National Library is the digitising and adding to our Music Collection of the 10,000th piece of music. This 10,000th addition will be music to the ears of cricket and music fans alike - Keep Your Tail Up Kangaroo is a cricket song relating to Sir Donald Bradman and the 1932 Ashes series and includes Bradman jokes on the back cover.
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