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

俄亥俄州州立大学和佛罗里达自然历史博物馆（FLMNH）的Borror生物声学实验室将获得一笔资金，用于将后者收藏的动物录音转换为数字格式。 这些录音目前存放在模拟磁带上，其寿命有限，每次使用质量都会下降。 转换为数字格式将确保保存这一重要的收藏，并使FLMNH工作人员更容易为客户服务的未来。 记录的动物声音的集合为对动物的行为和进化感兴趣的科学家，对自然历史感兴趣的公众成员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三大动物声音之一，在新世界热带地区的鸟类中非常强大，这是鸟类生物多样性的中心。 在数字格式，用户将能够搜索收集数据库和试听每一个记录在mp3格式。 收集数据库还将连接到ORNIS，这是一个由NSF资助的鸟类收藏联盟。 最后，收集的鸟类声音将以mp3和CD格式重新发行，供观鸟者和进行人口调查的生物学家使用。

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.