[rfu-automation] Fwd: [Stubblefield] Radio Notes, Getting Record Service

Wed Aug 27 12:50:50 CDT 2008

Yeah, I was thinking a bar code scanner would help - though I'm  
guessing some of the older or more obscure CDs may not be in the  
online systems (or, as I sometimes find, may share bar codes with  
other CDs). However, it would be substantially faster than keying  
tracks in from scratch - particularly useful for the initial process  
of entering our existing library.

One thing to consider when choosing any solution is how it might  
integrate with other technologies as we move forward - including  
adding a 'currently playing' feature on our site, generating playlists  
and charts, finding and playing digital tracks direct from the  
catalogue, etc. In this regard, we may want something more specialized  
than Koha (though then again, the functionality of a proper ILS may  
facilitate building/installing plug-ins for the desired features,  
while giving catalogue management that might not be otherwise  
available).

Andrew

On Aug 27, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Noel L. Vivar wrote:

> Well, after talking to my librarian girlfriend... we can really plow
> through the cds and start indexing like madmen and madwomen if we got
> a barcode scanner and an integrated library service like this:
> http://www.koha.org/
>
> But that only gets things indexed.
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Andrew Ó Baoill  
> <andrew at funferal.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> The forwarded mail (below), and the attached documents, may be  
>> useful in any
>> work to build up the WRFU music library. I think this falls most  
>> directly
>> under the Automation group, and I hope building our library might  
>> be one of
>> the projects taken on by the group in the coming months (along with
>> improving our process for dealing with PSAs).
>> Two issues we're going to have to grapple with as we build our  
>> library:
>> * Physical space for CDs and other media - this is already a  
>> concern, given
>> the large number of CDs received from WEFT. We're temporarily  
>> storing many
>> in the ramp area, but this isn't a long-term solution.
>> * An effective cataloguing system, so that volunteers can readily  
>> identify
>> what we have available. This could be linked to a digitization  
>> process,
>> where CDs are made available on our fileserver(s) - it may be  
>> useful to work
>> with our tech group on a long-term solution here, so we limit the  
>> risk of
>> losing our entire library if a hard drive fails (something that  
>> happened to
>> me some years ago).
>> Andrew
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: cwtiii at comcast.net
>> Date: August 27, 2008 5:53:19 AM CDT
>> To: "Stubblefield" <stubblefield at lists.prometheusradio.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Stubblefield] Radio Notes, Getting Record Service
>> Reply-To: Stubblefield <stubblefield at lists.prometheusradio.org>
>> Hi,
>> Along with Bobby Powers I led an NFCB workshop this Spring on  
>> "Getting
>> Record
>> Service for your Station".
>>
>> I have attached two documents to this email:
>> 1. The outline we worked from which does include hints on who to  
>> contact
>> 2. An internal WTJU guideline to my volunteer music directors on  
>> how our
>> particular
>> music gathering works: how music should be handled once it has  
>> arrived and
>> etc.
>>
>> A few caveats: WTJU has been receiving recordings since 1957 so we  
>> have an
>> advantage over many of you whose stations are much younger. It is  
>> in the
>> interest of a
>> music servicer that their music be heard! So it's your job to  
>> convince them
>> of your
>> audience.
>>
>> The main caveat is that even we have seen a reduction in the number  
>> of
>> recordings sent
>> to the station. This has many reasons but primary amongst them is  
>> that the
>> music
>> companies have determined that most younger audiences want music  
>> digitally
>> and not
>> as a hardcopy.
>>
>> Though there is nothing inherently wrong with that there are a  
>> quite a few
>> "gotchas"
>> waiting in the wings of the corporate music world. Number one is  
>> the use of
>> "proprietary"
>> media delivery systems such as MPE http://plaympe.com/v3/
>> MPE is one of MANY delivery systems including the well-known  
>> versions from
>> Apple
>> itunes.
>>
>> If you're trying to build a library of music using a proprietary  
>> media
>> delivery system is a
>> road to failure because many of these delivery systems will go out of
>> business at some
>> point in history (some, sooner than later). It is best to utilize  
>> downloads
>> that allow you to
>> save it as a wave file or something that is likely to prevail. You  
>> can burn
>> the downloads to
>> CD but will you? I hope the attached documents will help.
>>
>> Chuck
>> (WTJU-FM)
>>
>>
>>
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