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Sammelauftrag, Open Acccess u.a.m.: "Gespräch mit Henriette Rösch, stellvertretende Direktorin der UB Leipzig" im Blog von Michael Knoche:
Teil 1: https://biblio.hypotheses.org/10665
Teil 2:

Die Folien zu meinem Vortrag "FAIR, really? Zur Nutzbarkeit von Kulturerbedaten" auf der #bibliocon2025 sind jetzt online: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bib-info/f

An Open Research Dataset of the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music
Baris Bozkurt (College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14503

An Open Research Dataset of the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music
This paper introduces ORD-CC32 , an open research dataset derived from the 1932 Cairo Congress of Arab Music recordings, a historically significant collection representing diverse Arab musical traditions. The dataset includes structured metadata, melodic and rhythmic mode tags (maqam and iqa), manually labeled tonic information, and acoustic features extracted using state-of-the-art pitch detection methods. These resources support computational studies of tuning, temperament, and regional varia…

One of the most important lessons I've learned in life / continue to learn / managed to forget is the importance of "stopping." It is so easy for life to become overwhelming with all the things I must do. Work, family, friends, volunteering, community, finances, chores, taking care of my health, the list goes on...
"Life is a very simple thing. We make it more complex." - Anonymous
"When we are making our life more complex, that is precisely the time when we are totally incapable of seeing what we are doing. The more complex our lives are, the more we need to be present to them and, surprisingly, this is exactly the time when we are most distracted. When we are distracted, we tend to have poor judgment and make more mistakes . . . usually adding to the confusion . . . and so it goes."
"....We usually respond by trying to become even more controlling and, eventually (or immediately!), this just makes things worse."
"It's time to stop, take stock, take some deep breaths, rest, listen to others, and regroup...We may miss something. We may even miss something we think is important. That's okay. We're more important."
"Taking time to stop may be just what I need to move ahead."
-- Anne Wilson Schaef, Meditations for People Who (May) Worry Too Much, Ballantine Books, 1996, entry for May 6th.
#life #quotes #health #productivity