1209, 2013

Archive of Indian Music- gramaphone recordings come alive!

By Farzana Whitfield|September 12, 2013|Music, Media and Film Studies, South Asia|0 comments

Image taken from: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/655660 Archive of Indian Music (AIM) is a repository of gramaphone recordings of India. AIM seeks to digitise and preserve for posterity the valuable slices of India’s cultural history and musical heritage. The Archive is a custodian of these treasures and makes these available to all. Listen to some of the best voices and the most divine instruments of this country cutting across various genres- Hindustani classical,

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2604, 2013

The Digital Public Library of America Launches Today, Opening Up Knowledge for All

By Farzana Whitfield|April 26, 2013|Unknown|0 comments

A group of top American libraries and academic institutions launched a new centralized research resource today, The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), making millions of resources (books, images, audiovisual resources, etc.) available in digital format. It is an open, distributed network of comprehensive online resources that draws on the nation’s living heritage from libraries, universities, archives, and museums in order to educate, inform, and empower everyone in the current and

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