http://frontera.library.ucla.edu/ This is a great online repository of music. Though it markets itself as a source for Mexican music, it has many recordings from other spanish speaking countries (e.g. Cuba, Argentina). Best, Alejandra Espasande Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Nelson-Strauss, Brenda" <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:37:44 To: <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] research on institutional trends in digitizing audio media Adam, Since you're a student of Russian Lit., it might be very interesting if you investigate sound archives in Russia. Mike Biel would be a great resource for this. In recent years, many historic recordings have been discovered in Russian archives. Brenda Brenda Nelson-Strauss Indiana University [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of adam kolkman Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:38 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: research on institutional trends in digitizing audio media Hello guys, I'm a graduate student at University of Michigan. Currently, I'm working on a paper that investigates how different archives/collections/libraries are managing their audio media. More specifically, I'm interested in what efforts are being made to digitize this media. My main concerns lie in 1) Increasing public access to audio archives through digitization (especially obsolete formats) 2) Production of a stable "archival" digital copies that are not as susceptible to physical decay. I would really appreciate any general surveys of information you guys might be able to offer me. Better yet, if you could direct me to published papers or other sources of information on this topic, that would help me out tremendously. I am actually a PhD student of Russian literature, so PLEASE assume my total ignorance when directing me to information. IE nothing is to "obvious" to mention. Thanks! -Adam Kolkman