High-Resolution Audio Recording, Preservation, and Access at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music has
been making live concert recordings on a variety of
formats since the 1940s, and continues to record
approximately 600 concerts each year. Technologists
with the School have developed a system for the
creation, access, and long-term preservation of highresolution
audio recordings and associated metadata
that conform to emerging standards for digital audio
preservation. The mostly automated system handles
huge amounts of audio and video data and is tightly
integrated into the well-developed IT infrastructure
at Indiana University.