Summary
An award in the amount of $5,000.00 to University of Maryland in 2024.
Synopsis
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) at the University of Maryland was funded to migrate and redevelop the Sound Collections Database, a critical resource for searching and identifying unique audio collections across the United States.
The Sound Collections Database (SCD), originally created by the Radio Preservation Task Force around 2012, inventories sound recording collections nationwide. By 2024, however, the database required urgent attention to remain viable, including technical redesign of the data structure and migration to new digital platforms.
The Sound Collections Database remains online, with support from NRPF, and is accessible at https://database.radiopreservation.org/.
About the NRPF
The National Recording Preservation Foundation (NRPF) is an independent, charitable organization and registered 501(c)(3) entity. The NRPF works across the United States to foster awareness of the diverse perspectives and communities documented in audio, to support the preservation of historical and at-risk audio collections, and to coordinate resources for the digital preservation of audio recordings. The NRPF was mandated through federal charter by the U.S. Congress under the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-474) and was thereafter duly incorporated in 2010.
