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Re: How the Internet Archive digitizes 78rpm records

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Post by textfiles »

textfiles wrote: post #18
prometheus76 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know why I didn't think to check into this sooner, but I inherited my grandfather's record collection that is >5,000 records, and I just couldn't bear donating it to some random thrift store, and I knew that selling them would just mean someone picking through the collection and leaving the dregs. This is a solution that I've been looking for. I do listen to some of the records, and I enjoy it, but I don't ha…

Hi, Jason Scott at Internet Archive. Let's talk. Jason@textfiles.com

Update: We're talkiing

Re: How the Internet Archive digitizes 78rpm records

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Post by syoc »

johnklos wrote: post #15

It's amazing to see how much care and work is put in to efforts like these by people who clearly care about what they're doing. If corporate America had their way, those records would have had DRM, there'd have been half a dozen different formats, and they'd have stopped working after twenty years. A silly example, but looking at how records are preserved today, then imagining how media of today might be preserved fo…

This made me remember what happened with what.cd. Never had an account myself, but I feel like we truly have failed to a common, lasting, platform for storing arbitrary data.

bittorrent was ahead of it's time, the tech is IMO really cool. It is just too bad that it does not really make anyone rich and thus cannot be accepted.

Re: How the Internet Archive digitizes 78rpm records

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Post by toomuchtodo »

jandrese wrote: post #20
aidenn0 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm on the opposite side; I think it's an amazing example of private actin for a public service.

I'm annoyed that it is necessary though, as the official institution who is tasked with preserving recorded works is failing to do their job.

I would encourage you to contact the LoC to express your dismay and your desire to see them improve:

https://www.loc.gov/contact/

You will want to address your correspondence to Carla Hayden, the current Librarian of the LoC.

Re: How the Internet Archive digitizes 78rpm records

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Post by Denvercoder9 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #23
jandrese wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm annoyed that it is necessary though, as the official institution who is tasked with preserving recorded works is failing to do their job.

I would encourage you to contact the LoC to express your dismay and your desire to see them improve: https://www.loc.gov/contact/ You will want to address your correspondence to Carla Hayden, the current Librarian of the LoC.

I expect it's better to contact your member of Congress to request a budget increase for the LoC. According to Wikipedia, the LoC has only a $6-$8 million/year budget for digitization.

Re: How the Internet Archive digitizes 78rpm records

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Post by meatsock »

marcodiego wrote: post #26

4 styluses... Why not a laser reader[0]? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_turntable

laser readers are worse than using a needle because you can't rely on the laser to push dust & detritus out of the way nor to ignore smaller faults that would not even register using a stylus, so the recording ends up requiring more noise reduction and attention than using bog standard low price styli.

previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14964384

Re: How the Internet Archive digitizes 78rpm records

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Post by toomuchtodo »

Denvercoder9 wrote: post #25
toomuchtodo wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would encourage you to contact the LoC to express your dismay and your desire to see them improve: https://www.loc.gov/contact/ You will want to address your correspondence to Carla Hayden, the current Librarian of the LoC.

I expect it's better to contact your member of Congress to request a budget increase for the LoC. According to Wikipedia, the LoC has only a $6-$8 million/year budget for digitization.

That is also a necessary effort, and I appreciate you pointing it out. My apologies for not enumerating in my above comment.

Re: How the Internet Archive digitizes 78rpm records

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Post by whanamura »

prometheus76 wrote: post #14
betamaxthetape wrote: post #4

It's worth noting that the Internet Archive are always on the lookout for more records to digitize, so if you (or someone you know) has a collection and wants to see them go to a good home where they'll be preserved, you can donate them [1] to the Internet Archive (they also take 33/45rpm records, books, CDs, etc...). (I'm not affiliated with the Internet Archive) [1] https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360017…

I don't know why I didn't think to check into this sooner, but I inherited my grandfather's record collection that is >5,000 records, and I just couldn't bear donating it to some random thrift store, and I knew that selling them would just mean someone picking through the collection and leaving the dregs. This is a solution that I've been looking for. I do listen to some of the records, and I enjoy it, but I don't ha…

We'd love to work with you on a donation! Here's how to get the process started. https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360017876312-How-...
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