Audio Archives
Poet and the Poem Webcast, Library of Congress
| Person Describing Archive | Celyn Harding Jones (2010); Chelsea Obodoechina (2020) |
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| Is this primarily a poetry audio site? | Y |
| Sponsoring Person or Institution | Poet and the Poem Webcast, Library of Congress |
| Site URL | |
| Site Last Updated | |
| Date Visited | 20202020/08/15 |
| General Description of Archive | Poet and the Poem Webcasts are a blog-style site where poets are interviewed and then read a few poems. The home page lists the webcast, with a small photo of the poet and a short biography.
UPDATE (Chelsea Obodoechina): Link leads to error page. Please visit https://www.loc.gov/poetry/media/poetpoem.html for the archive. |
| Description of archive history or URL | Poet Laureates of the U.S. have developed the web site as well as the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature. The shows are hosted by Grace Cavalieri. |
| Contact information | The Poetry and Literature Center Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540-4861, (202) 707-5394, www.loc.gov/poetry |
| Searchable options | No searchable options. This website is a blog-style list of readers, separated by authors names A-M/ N-Z. Note that this means that when there are two poets on the list, both of their names must be in the same section A-M or N-Z. |
| Relation from the audio to the text | None |
| Date/Time/Length/Context info about the audio items | Surprisingly, there is no date on any of the web casts, since it was broadcasted on the radio-- there's not even a year indicated. Total length of the web cast is provided, but very little context about the series is given. |
| Author bios and context within literary history | There are short author bios that are restricted to books published, awards and teaching positions. |
| Audio file type: streaming, download, file format, audio file compression quality (WAV, MP3, bitrate) | I'm not 100% sure, but I think they are MP3 files. |
| Multimedia integration (pictures, video, etc.) | There is a very small author photo, but nothing else. |
| Audio playback setup (opens in Flash player, on new blank screen, etc.) | The player opens in a new screen, in Dashboard. |
| Mobile access (i.e. accessible on smart phones, tablets, etc.) | UPDATE (Chelsea Obodoechina): Mobile access is possible, but the website does not cater to mobile devices. Functionality may vary depending on the device. |
| Browsing | Browsing is limited, as the viewer must scroll down a very long page to search for a particular reader. There is no list of readers so the viewer doesn't know if the poet they are looking for will be in the web casts. |
| Discovery features (pre-made playlists; dynamic lists: lists of recent additions, featured items, related items, etc). | |
| Interactivity and Web 2.0 features | None. |
| Other notes | It seems that this website has missed a very important element: this is a reading series, hosted by the same person at a very particular point in time, and recording information such as dates, context and decisions made about who will read are lost. |