Re: arsclist record archive (data, sound or both?)

[Premise Checker <checker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How do you figure 4 TB? Since a GB is now around one dollar, we're talking
about $4K, not quite pocket change but neither a fortune. Wait ten years
and it will be a tenth as much. Keyboarding and programming are the big
expenses.

Frank

On 2002-12-11, stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx opined [message unchanged below]:

> As I understand it, most of the "archives" mentioned in this thread are
> essentially on-line catalogs of library holdings (I could be wrong)...and
> as such they will only contain non-commercial recordings and alternate
> takes, especially unissued ones, if these are among the library holdings.
> 
> My long-term solution, of course, is the creation of a sort of ultimate
> data archive...a database covering every known sound recording (or
> even every known 78rpm [+/-] sound recording) with as much
> information as is known on each. I think this is what the creators of
> AVRL had in mind.
> 
> However, a simpler and easier temporary project might be an
> "archive of archives"...that is, a listing of all digital, particularly
> internet-accessible, archives concerning either 78rpm or all
> sound recordings held or compiled by different individuals or
> institutions, along with URL's and information on the accessiblity
> (private or public? cost? hardware/software requirements? etc.)
> of these archives. This could then be rewritten in HTML and
> posted to, or linked to, discographic sites. This way we (and,
> for some on the list, our clients) would know where to find any
> information we might seek (assuming it is web-accessible).
> 
> There are still problems, of course...two of these are the various
> formats used to create the archival files and the accuracy of the
> data therein. I am hoping to see the first taken up by ARSC (in
> fact, have suggested this as a program subject to Sam B. for the
> next ARSC), since it is an area where standardization would help;
> the second simply requires proofreading and correction (if
> possible).
> 
> In any case, we now have the technology to create a practical
> archive of information and make it available. It might, in fact, be
> feasible to archive digital versions of the actual sound of the
> recordings (I figure around 4TB of storage would be needed).
> Who is going to do it, and how, remains to be seen...
> Steven C. Barr
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <sergei01@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: arsclist record archive
> 
> 
> > Does it also catalog non-commercial recordings such as air checks,
> > transcriptions, alternate takes?
> see above...
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