Preservation of the Recorded Sound Specimens in the Collection of the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics

生物声学实验室（BLB）是俄亥俄州立大学动物学系的一个单位，位于生物科学学院的生物多样性博物馆内。BLB拥有世界上最大的动物声音记录收藏之一，包含约23,200份超过1000种动物的录音。目前的目录可通过因特网浏览。BLB也是教职员工和学生积极研究动物声音的中心。这个项目将把所有的收藏品复制到数字光盘（CD-R）上，并恢复和复制（如有必要）动物声音的模拟磁带；这些副本将被保存在大学的档案中。拥有新的数字格式的声音将使声音能够在互联网上传输，使音频和文本数据在一个共同的文件结构中集成成为可能，并有助于快速检索所请求的声音，以及通过在新的数字格式可用时将数据克隆为新的数字格式来确保收集的持久性。俄勒冈州立大学与美国国家科学基金会合作，通过购买该奖项资助的工作所需的一些设备项目来资助该项目。

Nelson & Gaunt 96-13674 The Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics (BLB) is a unit within the Department of Zoology of The Ohio State University, and is located in the College of Biological Sciences' Museum of Biological Diversity. The BLB houses one of the largest collections of recorded animal sounds in the world, containing approximately 23,200 recordings of over 1000 species of animals. A current catalog is available for browsing by Internet. The BLB is also a center of active research by faculty, staff, and students on animal sounds. This project will copy the entire collection to digital compact disc (CD-R), and restore and duplicate (if necessary) analog tapes of animal sounds; these copies will then be stored in the University archive. Having the sounds in the new digital format will enable Internet transmission of the sounds, make possible the integration of audio and text data in a common file structure, and assist with rapid retrieval of requested sounds, as well as assuring permanence of the collection by enabling cloning of the data into newer digital formats as these become available. The OSU is partnering with the NSF in funding this project by purchasing a number of equipment items needed for the work being funded by this award.