Digitization of recorded sounds in the Florida Museum of Natural History archive

俄亥俄州立大学生物声学实验室和佛罗里达自然历史博物馆（FLMNH）将获得一项奖励，资助将后者收藏的动物录音转换为数字格式。这些录音目前保存在模拟磁带上，这种磁带的使用寿命有限，而且每次使用都会降低质量。转换为数字格式将确保这一重要收藏的保存，并使FLMNH工作人员在未来更容易为客户服务。动物声音的记录为对动物行为和进化感兴趣的科学家、对自然史感兴趣的公众以及各种商业企业提供了重要的资源。FLMNH收集的动物声音是北美最大的三个之一，并且在鸟类生物多样性中心新世界热带地区的鸟类中非常强大。在数字格式中，用户将能够搜索收集数据库并试听mp3格式的每段录音。收集数据库也将连接到ORNIS，一个由nsf资助的鸟类学收集联盟。最后，鸟类声音的收集将以mp3和CD格式重新发行，供观鸟者和生物学家进行人口调查使用。

An award to the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics at The Ohio State University and the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH) will fund the conversion of animal sound recordings in the latter institution's collection to digital format. These recordings are currently housed on analog magnetic tape, which has a finite lifespan, and degrades in quality with each use. Conversion to digital format will ensure the preservation of this important collection, and make it much easier for FLMNH staff to serve clients in the future. Collections of recorded animal sounds provide an important resource for scientists interested in the behavior and evolution of animals, for members of the public interested in natural history, and for various commercial enterprises. The FLMNH collection of animal sounds is one of the three largest in North America, and is very strong in birds from the New World tropics, a center of avian biodiversity. In digital format, users will be able to search the collection database and audition every recording in mp3 format. The collection database will also be linked to ORNIS, an NSF-funded consortium of ornithological collections. Finally, collections of bird sounds will be reissued in mp3 and CD format for use by birders and by biologists conducting population surveys.