Naropa Poetics Audio Archives: http://www.archive.org/details/naropa
- text-based
- invites explorers interested in beats, but you need to know what about the beats you're looking for
- easy searching w/advanced search option
- no guiding through the collection
- primary materials include brief summary with multiple download formats depending on the file
The Kenneth Rexroth Archive: http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/index.htm
- text-based
- fairly focused archive topic, so all you need to do is read
- searching is not easy, but the archive is also not huge
- no guiding through the collection
- primary materials presented in basic format/not a lot of manipulation allowed/very basic webby in general
The Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library (includes access to multiple types of archives, from downloadable live music to radio programs, and, of course, the literary focused): http://www.archive.org/index.php
- text/image-based
- invites people who might have been looking for one thing and end up finding a whole lot more
- searching is not easy, but the archive and the archive is huge, so know what you're looking for and know how to spell it
- great guiding... posting multiple options, associated files, etc.
- primary materials presented in fairly advanced format/you can play files before you download them/a lot of download options
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