Audio Archives
Fishouse Poems
| Person Describing Archive | Annie Murray (2010); Chelsea Obodoechina (2020) |
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| Is this primarily a poetry audio site? | Y |
| Sponsoring Person or Institution | From The Fishouse |
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| Site Last Updated | |
| Date Visited | 20202020/08/11 |
| General Description of Archive | site devoted to promoting oral tradition of poetry features emerging poets reading their work. links to books written by all the poets. |
| Description of archive history or URL | non profit was established in 2004. goal is to support emerging poets and oral tradition of poetry. |
| Contact information | "Editor is Matt O'Donnell, email: fishouse@fishousepoems.org, From the Fishouse |
| Searchable options | searching not possible |
| Relation from the audio to the text | small player is in same screen as the text of the poem. easy to follow along. |
| Date/Time/Length/Context info about the audio items | no information about recording given. you can know where the poem was originally published. |
| Author bios and context within literary history | each author has an information page that lists their poems read. page includes biographical information and often a photo. if no photo of the author is available, they include a book cover. |
| Audio file type: streaming, download, file format, audio file compression quality (WAV, MP3, bitrate) | streaming files. uses a little Quick Time player. |
| Multimedia integration (pictures, video, etc.) | site has some photos, no videos |
| Audio playback setup (opens in Flash player, on new blank screen, etc.) | Quick Time player? |
| Mobile access (i.e. accessible on smart phones, tablets, etc.) | no UPDATE (Chelsea Obodoechina): Mobile access is possible, but the website does not cater to mobile devices. Functionality may vary depending on the device. |
| Browsing | browsable by poet or by poem |
| Discovery features (pre-made playlists; dynamic lists: lists of recent additions, featured items, related items, etc). | |
| Interactivity and Web 2.0 features | none, but users can follow the non-profit on FB or Twitter |
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