[rfu-automation] Re: RFU music library

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

Alex,

Thanks for volunteering to work with this task. I'm not sure if you  
were at our last meeting - we had some GSLIS students in attendance  
who volunteered to work on the same tasks. If it was you, great. If  
not, we should probably put you in touch with them.

This is definitely an area where we could use help. Have you talked  
with other WRFU members about the project yet? I would advise that you  
do this under the auspices of our automation group - you may want to  
join the RFU-automation list at lists.chambana.net, if you have not  
already - I'm copying the list on this mail.

I'm happy to talk with you about what the parameters of the project  
might look like. At first glance, the following would seem to be among  
the key issues for us:
* Cost - we're a very low-cost operation, so free is best.
* Ability to catalog/index and access non-music files, such as  
interview archives, etc.

* Desirable: Integration of mp3 library. We have already ripped many  
local albums, and placed them into our automation computer. Other  
music has also been placed onto that computer, and is available  
through iTunes and Zara Radio (our automation software).
* Desirable: It would be great if some web-interface (either within  
the station, or available to the wider world) was involved, so  
listeners might, for example, know what tracks we had that they could  
request. I know there are a few software packages that make such  
features available, but I'm not sure if that's only at the $$ end of  
things.

One other question - is this a volunteer project, or will it link to  
your research or course work? I'm not sure how well it would work at  
the grad level, but I know at the undergrad level it's possible for us  
to provide feedback that allows students to get credit for their work  
at the station. If feedback or a report would be needed from us,  
please let me know.

Andrew

On Sep 11, 2008, at 12:00 PM, rfu-request at lists.chambana.net wrote:

> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:54:32 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Alex Svec <ajsvec at illinois.edu>
> Subject: [RFU] My name is Alex Svec and I will be helping with the
> 	Music Library
> To: rfu at lists.chambana.net
> Message-ID: <20080910165432.BJP15059 at expms2.cites.uiuc.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> My name is Alex Svec and I am a student from the Graduate School of  
> Library Information Science at the University of Illinois in Urbana  
> Champaign.  I will be helping out with organizing and cataloging the  
> Music Library this fall, I will be submitting a more detailed  
> proposal over the weekend after the September 20th meeting.

Andrew Ó Baoill
Station Manager
WRFU-LP, Urbana
104.5FM - http://radiofreeurbana.org

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