Kelly: Hall of Fame’s digital archive focusing on audio collections
From Matt Kelly at BaseballHall.org on January 21, 2016:
Fourteen-thousand hours.
That’s the estimate of how much original recorded media resides in the Library Archive at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. But while the shelves in the Archive represent the largest collection of recorded baseball history anywhere in the world, many of the stories and information held within have remained largely undiscovered.
The Museum’s audio collection – featuring interviews, oral histories, game broadcasts and more – consists of many different types of media including reel-to-reel tapes, cassettes and microcassettes, 45 rpm vinyl records and even aluminum records. These pieces are preserved in climate-controlled conditions in Cooperstown, but if no one is able to hear what’s on them, their full historical value remains untapped.
As technology evolves, these forms of media run the risk of being left behind. Each passing year makes it more essential to preserve these recordings to ensure they can be enjoyed by future generations.
Read the full article here: http://baseballhall.org/discover/preserving-tapes-from-hall-of-fame-collection
Originally published: January 25, 2016. Last Updated: January 25, 2016.