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

授予俄亥俄州立大学博罗尔生物声学实验室和佛罗里达自然历史博物馆(FLMNH)的奖项将资助后者收藏的动物声音录音转换为数字格式。这些录音目前被装在模拟磁带上，这种磁带的寿命有限，每次使用都会降低质量。转换为数字格式将确保这一重要藏品的保存，并使外国语博物馆的工作人员在未来更容易为客户服务。动物声音记录集为对动物行为和进化感兴趣的科学家、对自然历史感兴趣的公众以及各种商业企业提供了重要的资源。该动物声音收集是北美三个最大的动物声音之一，在鸟类生物多样性中心新大陆热带的鸟类中非常强烈。在数字格式中，用户将能够搜索收藏数据库并试听mp3格式的每一段录音。收藏数据库还将链接到ORNIS，这是一个由NSF资助的鸟类学收藏联盟。最后，鸟鸣集将以mp3和cd格式重新发行，供观鸟者和进行种群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.