Audio Archives
Canadian Poetry Audio Archives
| Person Describing Archive | Annie Murray (2010); Chelsea Obodoechina (2020) |
|---|---|
| Is this primarily a poetry audio site? | Y |
| Sponsoring Person or Institution | Library and Archives Canada |
| Site URL | |
| Site Last Updated | |
| Date Visited | 20202020/07/23 |
| General Description of Archive | LAC's audio poetry archive features digitized poetry in English and French.
Update: Archive has since been moved to the Library and Archives of Canada portal on the federal website. Database can be explored within this portal in the link above. |
| Description of archive history or URL | overview of the archive is at: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/poetry/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=p5f1es37k6ed41886l8854ief2 |
| Contact information | they have a generic comment form on the site |
| Searchable options | search by keyword, name of poet, english/french, poem title. limit to file type (image, text, sound recording), or "theme" (they are grouped as: Pre-Confederation Poets, Poets from 1867 to 1899, Early 20th-Century Poets, Poets Between the World Wars, Poets from 1940 to 1970, Contemporary Poets) |
| Relation from the audio to the text | transcripts from poems are provided, the audio plays in a pop up, so you can read and listen at the same time |
| Date/Time/Length/Context info about the audio items | no info about the audio item, but if you click on "source" you can see from which recording it originated. but you don't see the length of the recording indicated |
| Author bios and context within literary history | no. just recording and text. |
| Audio file type: streaming, download, file format, audio file compression quality (WAV, MP3, bitrate) | it streams in a media player, can't tell what kind of file it is |
| Multimedia integration (pictures, video, etc.) | no |
| Audio playback setup (opens in Flash player, on new blank screen, etc.) | opens in media player that pops up |
| Mobile access (i.e. accessible on smart phones, tablets, etc.) | |
| Browsing | they only have a search option. however, you can narrow by theme, and that is a way to see how the poems are grouped. very poor browsability. |
| Discovery features (pre-made playlists; dynamic lists: lists of recent additions, featured items, related items, etc). | |
| Interactivity and Web 2.0 features | none really. you can share the entire page on facebook, digg, delicious, etc, but you can't really interact in any other way |
| Other notes | web design looks very dated, not very user friendly site |