Information Systems Webliography: Recorded Sound Cataloging Tools by Jonathan Horrocks

 

| Dictionaries | Discographies | Government Sites | Institutions | Professional Associations | Standards | Technologies |

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• Dictionaries
  • Music dictionary
    by Grove Music Online
    This website offers articles about major composers, musicians, and music concepts for Opera, Classical, and Jazz genres.

 

• Discographies
  • General Discographies for 78 RPM records
    from the 78 RPM Homepage
    This site offers various discographical resources.

   

• Government Sites
  • LC Recorded Sound Reference Center
    by the Library of Congress
    This site offers various resources for sound recording researchers
  • LC Preservation Practices
    This page offers LC preservation practices.

   

• Institutions with prominent Recorded Sound projects
  • British Sound Archive
    from the British Library
    This site explains the preservation and archival practices of a major European national library.
  • Recorded Sound Practices
    from Stanford University
    This site offers reliable information about the treatment of recorded sound collections.
  • Edison cylinders
    from Syracuse University
    This project began after the acquisition of Edison's personal collection.
  • Film and Television Archive
    from University of California, Los Angeles
    Film is a more sensitive medium than tape, but archival techniques for film are benefitial to recorded sound media.
  • Victor Discography Project
    from University of California, Santa Barbara
    This project is one of the most comprehensive ever done on the Victor label.
  • Historic recordings collection
    from Yale University
    One of the most renowned academic collections of sound recordings.

   

• Professional Associations
  • Recorded Sound Association
    Association of Recorded Sound Collections
    This association gathers together people and organizations concerned with the recognition and preservation of recordings.

 

• Standards
  • Standards organization
    Audio Engineering Society
    This organization focuses on technology in audio engineering.

 

• Technologies
  • Audio/Visual Database support
    for MAVIS Database
    In addition to offering technical support, this site explains the philosophy behind MAVIS, the database preferred by archives around the world.
  • Recording technologies
    Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
    This association creates technology standards for the recording industry.
  • Laser groove reading systems
    Sound Reproduction R & D
    This page explains how contour imaging is used to preserve discs and cylinders.
  
  

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  ©Jonathan Horrocks 2004
  Created for CLSC IS Webliography