The RPTF/ARSC Sound Collections Database is supported by the Radio Preservation Task Force, National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress (RPTF) and ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections). It includes information gathered by the RPTF, and the information will be edited and enhanced over time. We will also be making changes to this site’s appearance and functionality based on user feedback. The Task Force is also seeking out additional collections to list in the database.

The database is managed by the RPTF’s Metadata Directors, William Vanden Dries (Indiana University) and Mark Matienzo (Stanford University). This is the third iteration of this database. The first and second iterations were built using the open source Blacklight project. If you have comments about the data or search interface please contact Mark or William by email.

Citation

For more background on the database, E. Goodmann, M. A. Matienzo, S. VanCour and W. V. Dries, “Building the National Radio Recordings Database: A Big Data Approach to Documenting Audio Heritage,” Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2019, pp. 3080-3086. doi:10.1109/BigData47090.2019.9006520.

The RPTF is directed by Josh Shepperd, Assistant Professor, Catholic University of America.

Additional Contributors to the Database

Amanda Keeler (Marquette University) Neil Verma (Northwestern University) Emily Goodmann (Clarke University) Dylan Flesch (KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle)

Interns

Megan Kane (Clarke University) Julia Peres Guimaraes (Northwestern University)