Library Cataloging
Yahoo now has an audio search. It provides a separate result pages for music podcasts and other. Missing MP3 tags make the results less useful.Since I picked on OCLC just now, I should mention they do have a good collection of talks available, their Distinguished Seminar Series. I've downloaded several of these, added some tags and moved them to my player. Without titles, artists, genre, or year they would not copy.Over on Research Buzz, there is the posting Setting up Auto-Discovery of Podcasts By Keyword. Looks useful, it takes a few tools to do this, but all are free and the instructions clear.
Audio
- Ipod
I sent this idea off to the Next Generation Catalog list but decided to post it here are well. Why not take a look at MP3 players for ideas on access to content? I've got about 3000 songs and podcasts on my player. I can get to the specific item by...
- Tech Tv
I've been missing Tech TV. When I was recovering from the accident and spending all day in bed I could pass hours watching The Screen Savers, Call for Help, and even X-Play. Then they were bought by G4 and the format changed from geek to nerd. Comic...
- Smoking The Podcasting Dope, A Little Bit
This week I got an FM transmitter for my car. Now I can listen to my MP3 player as I drive and have started listening to podcasts. Greg Schwartz of Open Stacks has been making my commute time less tedious. He has a good speaking voice and interesting...
- Id3 Metadata
MP3 files have metadata, ID3 tags, associated with the audio file. I'm in need of an ID3 editor, free since I have only a very few files to edit. Any suggestions?...
- Audio Standards
Memory institutions often have collections of non-commercial sound recordings. Oral history projects, meetings and presentations, and local music are some examples. Transferring these from tape to digital will provide better access, they may even be placed...
Library Cataloging
Audio Files
Yahoo now has an audio search. It provides a separate result pages for music podcasts and other. Missing MP3 tags make the results less useful.Since I picked on OCLC just now, I should mention they do have a good collection of talks available, their Distinguished Seminar Series. I've downloaded several of these, added some tags and moved them to my player. Without titles, artists, genre, or year they would not copy.Over on Research Buzz, there is the posting Setting up Auto-Discovery of Podcasts By Keyword. Looks useful, it takes a few tools to do this, but all are free and the instructions clear.
Audio
- Ipod
I sent this idea off to the Next Generation Catalog list but decided to post it here are well. Why not take a look at MP3 players for ideas on access to content? I've got about 3000 songs and podcasts on my player. I can get to the specific item by...
- Tech Tv
I've been missing Tech TV. When I was recovering from the accident and spending all day in bed I could pass hours watching The Screen Savers, Call for Help, and even X-Play. Then they were bought by G4 and the format changed from geek to nerd. Comic...
- Smoking The Podcasting Dope, A Little Bit
This week I got an FM transmitter for my car. Now I can listen to my MP3 player as I drive and have started listening to podcasts. Greg Schwartz of Open Stacks has been making my commute time less tedious. He has a good speaking voice and interesting...
- Id3 Metadata
MP3 files have metadata, ID3 tags, associated with the audio file. I'm in need of an ID3 editor, free since I have only a very few files to edit. Any suggestions?...
- Audio Standards
Memory institutions often have collections of non-commercial sound recordings. Oral history projects, meetings and presentations, and local music are some examples. Transferring these from tape to digital will provide better access, they may even be placed...