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Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Pilot Project

(These pages are slightly modified versions of the original pilot project pages put online in 2002)

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Introduction

Introduction to the scope and purpose of the pilot project

Technical Details

Details on the analog to digital conversion process, the compression used for web access, and cataloging
An initiative of the UC Santa Barbara Library • (805) 893-5444 • Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010. [Envelope] Direct questions or comments about the project or this page to the project staff or visit the help pages.

Featured Cylinder

Calvary - James F. Harrison. (Edison Amberol: 62), [1908].

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The last commercially produced cylinders were Edison Blue Amberols, which were made until July, 1929.
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