11 Oct 17 - 03:16 PM (#3881601) Subject: Boston Public Library LPs going online From: Stilly River Sage They own 200,000 of them, and are apparently digitizing them. http://www.wbur.org/artery/2017/10/11/boston-library-vinyl-records The Boston Public Library has thousands of vinyl records — about 200,000, to be exact. Read the rest of the story and find samples at the link. |
11 Oct 17 - 03:19 PM (#3881604) Subject: RE: Boston Public Library LPs going online From: Stilly River Sage They may not all technically be "LPs" but it was the only thing that would fit in the title that made sense. :) |
11 Oct 17 - 03:20 PM (#3881606) Subject: RE: Boston Public Library LPs going online From: Bonnie Shaljean Thanks so much for this! I went to college in Boston, and the Bipple [B.P.L.] was my go-to haven for anything that ailed or worried me - which was pretty much everything, in those angst-y Younger Days. I'm delighted to know of this archive. |
11 Oct 17 - 05:28 PM (#3881635) Subject: RE: Boston Public Library LPs going online From: Thomas Stern it would be a great benefit to music listeners to have everything available online, BUT: have they resolved copyright issues? will access be limited to BPL cardholder's ?? Thomas. |
11 Oct 17 - 05:30 PM (#3881636) Subject: RE: Boston Public Library LPs going online From: Stilly River Sage They're working with the Internet Archive (AKA "Wayback Machine") so they have probably figured out how this sharing is going to work. |
11 Oct 17 - 06:05 PM (#3881640) Subject: RE: Boston Public Library LPs going online From: Nick We visited the Boston library a few years ago. What a wonderful place. One of my favourite memories of going to Boston. And the cafe was great value. |
19 Feb 18 - 06:36 PM (#3906784) Subject: RE: Boston Public Library LPs going online From: keberoxu also true of me: an alumna of a Boston institution of higher learning who often frequented BPL for its collection. It's an enormous place in Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay. And years ago it was popular with the homeless/street people, wonder if that is still the case. |
19 Feb 18 - 10:40 PM (#3906820) Subject: RE: Boston Public Library LPs going online From: Gurney That is a lovely idea. I only wonder if whoever made the decision has any idea of the tedious labour digitizing would cost! About 45mins for every LP. More if you turn them into CDs. I only hope that there gadgets to help, but I don't know any way of speeding up the cleaning, playing, and turning over and repeating process for side B. If there are gadgets, I'd like to hire one! |
21 Feb 18 - 02:44 PM (#3907012) Subject: RE: Boston Public Library LPs going online From: GUEST,CJB Bringing hidden dusty sound archives back into the pubic domain where they belong is a noble ideal. Sadly the Library of Congress keeps a lot out of the public domain. And its also a pity that the British Library Sound Archive doesn't do likewise. Even in the folk collection at the BL there are archives of recordings of say traditional performers that only members of recognised academia are allowed to access. Some of the collectors contribute to threads here. Why should such media be restricted access to academics only? |