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Archival Audio Recordings That Must Be Digitized for Online Access

IUCAT Displays:

• Type of material: Sound recordings in fragile formats in special collections. In order to preserve the original, access to the recordings is limited to online listening.
  
  
• Where found: These recordings can be heard using any of the IBM PCs in the first and third floor stacks of the Music Library.
  
  
• How to access:
  1. Use IUCAT to find the call number of the item you wish to listen to. If you notice a URL that looks something like this -- http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?ABD4538 -- you will be able to access the recording using the VARIATIONS system in the Music Library.
  2. If the item is not available, fill out a request form (available at the circulation desk) and return it to the assistant at the reserves station of the circulation desk.
  3. The item will be digitized as soon as possible (depending upon the number of requests ahead of yours). You will be notified by email when your request is ready to use.
  4. Use Locating and Listening to Sound Recordings Online if you need assistance in finding your recording and listening to it in the library.
  
  
• Loan periods:
  • Archival sound recordings do not circulate.