-Vincent Voice Library
-Digital Sources Center
Language Understanding
Copyright © 1999 MSU
The National Gallery of the Spoken Word (NGSW)
will create a significant, fully searchable, online database of spoken
word collections that span the 20th century -- the first large-scale
repository of its kind. NGSW will provide
storage
for these digital
holdings and public exhibit "space" for the most evocative collections.
From Thomas Edison's first cylinder recordings, to the voices of Babe Ruth
and Florence Nightingale, and Studs Terkel's timeless interviews, the
collections of the NGSW will cover a variety of
interests and topics. The
NGSW is designed as an expansive repository of
aural resources.
Over time, it will grow to include many more collections from
partnering institutions around the country.
One of the primary goals of the NGSW is the development of a rich set of exhibits and educational curricula that fully incorporate sound files. MATRIX and H-Net have prepared a prototype of these exhibits for the United States pavillion at EXPO98 entitled, "Pluralism and Unity."
The National Gallery of the Spoken Word is funded by Michigan State University, its partnering institutions, and the National Digital Library Initiative Phase II spearheaded by the National Science Foundation. Currently this project is in its first phase of development, which will run from April 15, 1999 to April 14, 2000. The principal investigators at Michigan State University are Mark Lawrence Kornbluh, Michael Seadle, Jack Deller, Joyce Grant. The external principle investigators are Jerry Goldman at Northwestern University, John Hansen at the University of Colorado, and Douglas Greenberg, at the Chicago Historical Society. Project Manager for the National Gallery of the Spoken Word is Melanie Shell-Weiss.
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