Audio Archives
Woodberry Poetry Room Listening Booth
| Person Describing Archive | Annie Murray (2012) ; Chelsea Obodoechina (2020) |
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| Is this primarily a poetry audio site? | Y |
| Sponsoring Person or Institution | Harvard University Library |
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| Site Last Updated | |
| Date Visited | 20202020/08/22 |
| General Description of Archive | The Listening Booth on the website of the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University Library presents a selection of digitized and born digital poetry readings.
UPDATE (Chelsea Obodoechina): Website has been relocated to https://library.harvard.edu/poetry/listeningbooth/index.html# |
| Description of archive history or URL | http://hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom/about/ |
| Contact information | Christina Davis, Curator |
| Searchable options | Browsable. Organized by author last name on one screen. |
| Relation from the audio to the text | Minimal metadata. Title of work recited and date of reading provided. No transcript is presented. |
| Date/Time/Length/Context info about the audio items | Yes. Progress bar shows your position in a recording. Length of recording also indicated. |
| Author bios and context within literary history | No, but pleasing graphical interface includes author photo. |
| Audio file type: streaming, download, file format, audio file compression quality (WAV, MP3, bitrate) | Streaming. |
| Multimedia integration (pictures, video, etc.) | Photos of authors. No video. |
| Audio playback setup (opens in Flash player, on new blank screen, etc.) | Player pops up. |
| 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 | Supported. All authors are listed on one page. |
| Discovery features (pre-made playlists; dynamic lists: lists of recent additions, featured items, related items, etc). | |
| Interactivity and Web 2.0 features | |
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