arsclist Cylinder Digitization Pilot Project

[David Seubert <seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sixty of the wax cylinder recordings in the UCSB Library Special 
Collections Department from 1896-1920 were digitized as a pilot project by 
Noah Pollaczek, an intern from Oberlin College. The webpage describing the 
project with links to the streaming and downloadable audio files is at: 
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/pa/cylinders.html

Additionally, these cylinders have all been cataloged in our online 
catalog, Pegasus: http://pegasus.library.ucsb.edu:82/ALEPH Links from the 
catalog records to the audio files have been included in all of the catalog 
records.

I had originally intended to post samples of our test files for audio 
compression to the ARSClist a couple of weeks ago. Instead, we have made 
these test files a part of the project web page and they can be found under 
"Technical Details." We ended up using mp3 compression for both streaming 
and downloadable audio formats. We found it to be superior to other 
compression codecs with similar file sizes, many of which could not handle 
the noise in the original source without introducing significant artifacts.

When funding becomes available, we intend to transfer and digitze the 
remainder of our collection. Since this is a pilot project, your feedback 
and suggestions are appreciated.

David
David Seubert, Curator
Performing Arts Collection
Davidson Library Special Collections
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA  93106
(805) 893-5444 Fax (805) 893-5749
mailto:seubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/pa/

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