Audio Archives
Archive of the Now
| Person Describing Archive | Celyn Harding Jones (2010) ; Chelsea Obodoechina (2020) |
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| Is this primarily a poetry audio site? | Y |
| Sponsoring Person or Institution | School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London |
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| Date Visited | 20202020/05/13 |
| General Description of Archive | Archive of the Now is a print, digital, performance-based and audio archive collecting British poetic works. |
| Description of archive history or URL | Directed by Andrea Brady, inspired by UbUWeb and PennSound, an archive was formed to represent contemporary and non-mainstream poetry which may be exculded from other archives. |
| Contact information | Andrea Brady, Archive of the Now, School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS. |
| Searchable options | Search by a scroll-down list of authors on a left-justified sidebar, as well as an alphabetical list of authors and an advanced search (Google Search). |
| Relation from the audio to the text | No transcriptions available. Sometimes a sample text is provided (one poem by the author). |
| Date/Time/Length/Context info about the audio items | Most recordings have basic information about the audio file: date, location, and each play bar indicates length of recording. |
| Author bios and context within literary history | There are often short author bios (most likely written by the poet), but as these are contemporary poets, no context within literary history is provided. |
| Audio file type: streaming, download, file format, audio file compression quality (WAV, MP3, bitrate) | Audio files are mp3, downloadable and streaming. |
| Multimedia integration (pictures, video, etc.) | Picture of author is provided. |
| Audio playback setup (opens in Flash player, on new blank screen, etc.) | Play bar appears in a pop-up page, black screen. |
| Mobile access (i.e. accessible on smart phones, tablets, etc.) | none |
| Browsing | Browsing is basic on this site, able to browse through author lists and find links to other sites containing information about the author. |
| Discovery features (pre-made playlists; dynamic lists: lists of recent additions, featured items, related items, etc). | |
| Interactivity and Web 2.0 features | Little interactivity on this site. |
| Other notes | Parts of this site seem to be under construction or haven't been updated in a year. |