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Handling and physical preservation of historical sound carriers: conditions and procedures of long-term physical preservation focused on phonograph cylinders and shellac discs
Allen, Anthony ; Mejzr, Martin ; Novotná, Helena ; Šír, Filip
The presented methodology focuses on selected aspects of the preservation of historical sound carriers. Text aims on reflecting the physical conditions, basic assumptions and procedures related to the handling and care of phonograph cylinders and shellac discs. The methodology provides a brief historical excursion on technical parameters with a more details about material composition of these types of sound carriers. Furthermore, it discusses the approaches to storage conditions both on the scale of entire collections and individual sound carriers. Concerning this topic it deals with the possibilities of carrier assessment and appraisal of degradations and damages. Finally, the text is devoted to elementary methods of handling and care of both types of historical sound carriers.
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Virtual National Phonoteque
Horová, Iva ; Malinová, Iva ; Allen, Anthony
This year, the National Library of Technology of the Czech Republic became the new administrator of the Virtual National Phonoteque (VNP). This unique database is the aggregator of audio documents stored in Czech institutions. The portal collects metadata across different types of institutions: libraries, archives, museums, commercial publishers, Czech Radio, Czech Television and even private collectors, making them all accessible in one location. Visitors to the portal can use it to locate metadata records for the item of interest, thereafter finding themselves with several options: to visit the owner of the audio to listen to it there or borrow it, to buy it in the publisher’s e-shop, or to view and listen digitised version directly. The portal currently contains about one and a half million metadata records and pools data from 24 suppliers. Thanks to our established collaborations we are now undertaking more projects and working towards taking the next steps. In cooperation with Supraphon we are working on a new service for NLT visitors, who will have exclusive direct access to the Supraphon Digital Archive, allowing them to listen music via headphones and on mobile devices from within our library. Our immediate targets for next two years are to involve and cooperate with more suppliers to enrich the VNP´s content, and to develop a new version of the portal to meet all the criteria of a modern, secure database.
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