Archival Sound Recordings
Archival Sound Recordings is the result of a development project to increase access to the British Library Sound Archive's extensive collections. The British Library holds one of the world’s foremost sound archives with a collection of over 3.5 million audio recordings. These come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound from music, drama and literature, to oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds. You can search and browse information about all the sounds held in the British Library at our online catalogue.
This website delivers a selection of that rich audio heritage in the form of tens of thousands of digitised recordings and their associated documentation.
Project
Academic field
Affiliation
Project link
arts-humanities.net
Principal project staff
Peter Findlay, Michelangelo Staffolani, Eva del Rey, Melanie Bourne, Ellen Hebden, Elisa Pettinelli Barrett, Niall Anderson, Rehanna Kheshgi
Start date
Thursday, January 1, 2004
Completion date
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Source material
Music, spoken word and environmental sounds held in the British Library Sound Archive.
Content was initially evaluated according to: research and teaching interests, technical digitisation requirements, IPR risks, preservation needs and quality of documentation. A consultation was then undertaken with potential users of the collection to be digitised.