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Safe Sound Archive is now a GSA certified vendor
Safe Sound Archive has received a Multiple Award Schedule contract from the U.S. Government. Federal government offices can now order audio digitization directly from us without going through the contract bid process. Click on the logo at left to view our GSA Authorized Federal Supply Schedule.

OCLC, Safe Sound Archive to work together to digitize and preserve audio collections

Access through Open WorldCat will enhance visibility and use

OCLC and Safe Sound Archive have signed an agreement to provide digitization services for libraries' audio collections, including digital reformatting, archiving and improved access through Open WorldCat. The new partnership will provide a convenient, integrated digital audio archive solution through OCLC Content Conversion Services and Safe Sound Archive.The first project is a pilot for Columbia University to digitize 258 hours of interviews from the Notable New Yorkers collection.

WorldCat Update
WorldCat is the world's most comprehensive bibliographic database. Updated at a rate of nearly one new record every 10 seconds, WorldCat contains more that 57 million bibliographic records and holding information contributed by more than 8,500 libraries around the world. The new Open WorldCat Program makes the items in library collections - physical and digital, popular or special - discoverable by people searching the internet.