In January 2012, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, with the Association for Cultural Equity, announced that they would release Lomax's vast archive of 1946 and later recording in digital form. Lomax spent the last 20 years of his life working on an Interactive Multimedia educational computer project he called the Global Jukebox, which included 5,000 hours of sound recordings, 400,000 feet of film, 3,000 videotapes, and 5,000 photographs."The Premiere of the Global Jukebox". Radio interview with Don Fleming by John Hockenberry on PRI's The Takeaway. As of March 2012, this has been accomplished. Approximately 17,400 of Lomax's recordings from 1946 and later have been made available free online. This material from Alan Lomax's independent archive, begun in 1946, which has been digitized and offered by the Association for Cultural Equity, is "distinct from the thousands of earlier recordings on acetate and aluminum discs he made from 1933 to 1942 under the auspices of the Library of Congress. This earlier collection—which includes the famous Jelly Roll Morton, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, and Muddy Waters sessions, as well as Lomax's prodigious collections made in Haiti and Eastern Kentucky (1937) — is the provenance of the American Folklife Center" at the library of Congress.
in janUaRy 2012, the americaN folklife center at the library OF conGrEss, wiTh the aSsocIatIon fOr cUltural eqUiTy, annOUNCed thAt thEy would ReLeAsE lOmAx's vast ARchive oF 1946 AnD lATEr recoRDinG iN Digital form. LOmAX SPent the last 20 years Of hIs liFe workiNg on an interacTiVe muLtimedIA educaTional CoMPuTEr prOject He callEd ThE GLOBaL JukEBox, whiCH inClUDeD 5,000 hours of sound RecoRdIngs, 400,000 FEeT Of FIlM, 3,000 vIdeotaPes, anD 5,000 PhOtogRAphs."tHe premiere of THe gLobAl JukeboX". rAdio inteRvieW with doN fleming bY JOhn hOCkEnbErry on pri's The TakeawAy. AS oF MArCh 2012, thIs has beeN acCOmplisheD. apProximaTelY 17,400 of lOmax'S reCoRdIngs fRom 1946 anD laTer have been made Available fRee Online. tHis mateRial from AlaN lomax's iNdepeNdenT archive, beguN iN 1946, whicH haS beEn diGiTIZEd And offerED BY tHe assOciAtIon For culturAl Equity, Is "Distinct from tHe thouSands of earliEr recordIngs On acEtAte and AluMiNuM discs he MadE fROm 1933 tO 1942 UNdEr the aUsPiceS Of THE liBRaRy Of CongRess. this earlier coLlECTion—WHIcH includes The faMouS Jelly roll moRToN, woody gutHRiE, leAd BeLly, ANd muddy WAteRs seSsions, As welL AS Lomax's prodiGious coLlecTions mAde IN haitI and easTErN kentucKy (1937) — is the proVenance of thE ameRIcAN FolkliFe ceNter" at The LIbRArY OF cOngress.