Natural sound archives: past, present and future
Recordings of wild animals were first made in the Palearctic in 1900, in the Nearctic in 1929, in Antarctica in 1934, in Asia in 1937, and in the Neotropics in the 1940s. However, systematic collecting did not begin until the 1950s. Collections of animal sound recordings serve many uses in education...
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2004
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652004000200041 https://doaj.org/article/f6fbfb70bfa34635aee68ac7275537f7 |
| Summary: | Recordings of wild animals were first made in the Palearctic in 1900, in the Nearctic in 1929, in Antarctica in 1934, in Asia in 1937, and in the Neotropics in the 1940s. However, systematic collecting did not begin until the 1950s. Collections of animal sound recordings serve many uses in education, entertainment, science and nature conservation. In recent years, technological developments have transformed the ways in which sounds can be sampled, stored and accessed. Now the largest collections between them hold altogether around 0.5 million recordings with their associated data. The functioning of a major archive will be described with reference to the British Library Sound Archive. Preserving large collections for the long term is a primary concern in the digital age. While digitization and digital preservation has many advantages over analogue methods, the rate of technology change and lack of standardization are a serious problem for theworld's major audio archives. Another challenge is to make collections more easily and widely accessible via electronic networks. On-line catalogues and access to the actual sounds via the internet are already available for some collections. Case studies describing the establishment and functioning of sound libraries inMexico, Colombia and Brazil are given in individually authored sections in an Appendix. As primeiras gravações de animais silvestres foram feitas em 1900 no Paleártico, em 1929 no Neártico, 1934 na Antártica, 1937 na Ásia e nos anos 40 na região neotropical. Todavia, o registro sistemático começou somente nos anos 50. As coleções de gravações de sons animais têm muitos usos: educação, entretenimento, ciência e conservação da natureza. Recentemente, os avanços tecnológicos transformaram as maneiras como os sons podem ser registrados, armazenados e acessados. Hoje os principais arquivos detêm, juntos, em torno de meio milhão de gravações com seus dados. O funcionamento de um grande arquivo é descrito baseando-se no British Library Sound Archive. Preservar ... |
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