Asbjoern Andersen


Following up on yesterday’s guest post on the The British Library’s Save Our Sounds initiative, here’s an in-depth look at their massive sound archive – home to 6.5 million recordings:

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2 thoughts on “Video: Inside The British Library’s massive sound archive

    • Yeah, quite fascinating! And Win XP.. guess it’s no coincidence that the wish for new equipment is part of their Save Our Sounds initiative – seems very reasonable :)

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