https://mymodernmet.com/internet-archive-digitizing-vinyl/
"Looking to the past can help foster greater appreciation for a variety
of subjects, including music. And as it happens, vinyl records are
experiencing a resurgence of appreciation among music lovers today. The
large black disks are being recognized both for their sound quality and
their value as art objects. While more and more people are flocking to
pick up new records, the Internet Archive is actually digging up old
ones to preserve the sound recordings for the very first time.
Like a paper library, the Internet Archive is working to provide
“Universal Access to All Knowledge” through its platform. It has been
archiving the Internet itself since 1996, as well as ephemeral mediums
like books and television. Now, the non-profit digital library is
striving to include LPs in its collection. To do so, the Internet
Archive has teamed up with the Boston Public Library earlier this year
to digitize more than 100,000 audio recordings from the Boston Library’s
sound collection. Within this assemblage are recordings in formats like
wax cylinders, 78 RPMs, and LPs—although, at the moment, the project is
focusing on the LPs."
Via
mudhooks@pluspora.com.
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http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
