cme: creating a digital collection
DESCRIPTION
A project by the UCSD Libraries to digitize the Center for Music Experiment recording collection. Topics covered: digitization, description, assembly plan, object build, and access to the collection.TRANSCRIPT
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University of California, San Diego
Center for Music Experimentcreating a digital collection
Cristela Garcia-SpitzDave KesnerGreg Reser
Roger Reynolds
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Deep Listening Class
Center for Music Experiment
KIVA, 1976
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Conlon Nancarrow, John Cage, Roger ReynoldsPacific Rim Festival
Bertram Turetzky
CME History
Army-era Quonset huts converted to CME studios, early 1970s
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Project Objectives
Fatty Acid - July 14, 1974
• Preserve the CME recordings
• Make them available through the Digital Library Collections website
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Timeline
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Collaboration
EMS Synthi AKS synthesizer, early 1970s.
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Digitization
• 340 reel to reel tapes • 650 cassettes• 24 videotapes
• 1,644 sound files• 800 gigabytes total
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Digitization
Treasure Hunt
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Digitization
Treasure Hunt
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Moog and Tape Music Studio, 1972
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Digitization
Treasure Hunt
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Digitization
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Digitization
Equipment
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Digitization
File Naming
cme1897_PME-multiphonics-meeting-1_1.wav
New Music Ensemble
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Digitization
Metadata Capture
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Digitization
Collection Curiosities
Sonic Waters
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Digitization
Collection Curiosities
Richard Waters
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Digitization
Collection Curiosities
Extended Vocal Techniques
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Digitization
Collection Curiosities
Mel Blanc
Mel-Blanc.mp3
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Digitization
Conclusion
David Dunn: Oracles, installation and preparation at La Jolla Tidepools
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Metadata
Sources
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Metadata
Preparation
• Set data standards
• Map spreadsheet
• Clean up spreadsheet
• Create EAD
• Import to cataloging tool
• Clean up import
Warren Burt and Aardvarks IV - San Diego, 1975
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Metadata
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Metadata
Audio EngineerDescriptive fields
Composer (author)Date of the original recordingName of piece (title)
Technical data, software generated Audio formatChannelChecksumData rateDate of the sound file creationDuration (by fractions of a second, i.e., Total Time: 113000 = 1:53)FrequencySampling rate
Loops Rehearsal
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Metadata
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Metadata
Archivist’s Toolkit
• Set Digital Object structure
• Set workflow
• Develop cataloging guides
• Train catalogers
Janos Negyesy
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Metadata
Archivist’s Toolkit
• Resolve name variants
• Parse names
•Assign name roles
• Resolve subject variants
• Create complex structure
• Link to digital objects
Chris Chafe
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Metadata
Complex Objects• Conference
• Lecture• part 1• part 2
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Metadata
Complex Objects• Conference
• Lecture• part 1• part 2
• Demonstration• part 1• part 2
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Metadata
Complex Objects• Conference
• Lecture• part 1• part 2
• Demonstration• part 1• part 2
• Concert• part 1• part 2• part 3• part 4
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Metadata
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Metadata
Challenges
• Missing metadata
• Inconsistent metadata
• Incorrect event groupings
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Metadata
File Directory
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Metadata
Archival Resource Keys
http://libraries.ucsd.edu/ark:/20775/bb8772530v/1-1.wavhttp://libraries.ucsd.edu/ark:/20775/bb8772530v/1-2.wavhttp://libraries.ucsd.edu/ark:/20775/bb8772530v/1-3.wavhttp://libraries.ucsd.edu/ark:/20775/bb8772530v/1-4.wav
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Metadata
Archivist’s Toolkit
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• Assembly Plan = specification process to normalize metadata (descriptive, technical, rights, structural) for assembly into the UCSD DAMS
Assembly Plan
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• DAMS = locally developed digital repository designed to store and manage the digital assets of the UCSD Libraries.
• It is an expression of its XDRE (eXtensible
Digital Resource Environment) framework that includes RDF, Solr, JSON, SRB, ARKs, and a Java-based development platform
Digital Asset Management System (DAMS)
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libraries.ucsd.edu/digital
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Redesigning the Digital Object Viewer
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Acknowledgements:
•Arts Library: Leslie Abrams, Ken Calkins, Dave Kesner, Peter Mueller, Greg Reser, Vickie O’Riordan, Reid Otsuji
•Metadata Services Department: Linda Barnhart, Jim Soe Nyun
•Administrative Metadata Manager: Brad Westbrook
•Digital Library Program: Robin Chandler, Cristela Garcia-Spitz, Gabriela Montoya and Roger Smith
•IT Department: Richard Caasi, Vivian Chu, Esme Cowles, Declan Fleming, Tim Marconi, Joy Sargis, Longshu Situ, Ron Stanonik, Huawei Weng
•Digital Library Steering Committee: Luc Declerck, Catherine Friedman, Martha Huska
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• Studer, Otari & Tascam reel-to-reel decks
• Panasonic DAT deck
• Tascam high-definition digital recorder
• Sony industrial Betamax w/Sony PCM digital interface
• Nakamichi & Denon cassette decks
• ELP laser & Esoteric Audio turntables
• Cedar Declickler LP noise-reduction module
• Dolby SR & dbx tape noise reduction systems
• MOTU 896HD & Traveler mk3 digital interfaces
• Dynaudio studio monitors w/subwoofer
• Mac Pro workstation w/PEAK Pro & Soundtrack Pro
Recording Studio Equipment
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