Category: Metadata
New Roots: An Oral History Metadata Case Study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by Jaycie Vos Since 2007, faculty, staff, and students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) have conducted oral history interviews focused on issues relating to Latino migration to North Carolina and the formation of …
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Metadata at BUIOH: A Case Study By Steven Sielaff This case study is concerned with the use of descriptive metadata for online oral history collections created in a content management system, or CMS. It will highlight the Baylor University Institute for Oral History (BUIOH) and their history in uploading and describing their digital collection of …
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The OHA Metadata Task Force: The Force Behind Our Task By Cyns Nelson, Lauren Kata This I Believe: A Micro Essay Not About Metadata by Cyns Nelson I believe in the power of information to improve the human condition I believe that first-hand accounts present the most impacting kind of information I believe that oral …
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Informed Accessioning: Questions to Ask After the Interview By Doug Boyd Overview I am, and continue to be, a strong advocate for effectively using the Internet for enhancing access to our rich collections of archived oral histories that have long languished on the physical and virtual shelves. I developed OHMS (the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) as an impulse …
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Indexing Interviews in OHMS: An Overview By Doug Boyd, Danielle Gabbard, Sarah Price, and Alana Boltz Overview OHMS is an online tool for enhancing access to online oral histories created by the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries. Through a grant form the IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library …
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OHMS: Enhancing Access to Oral History for Free by Doug Boyd Since finding a home in digitized, networked archives, oral history has grown as a resource for historical and cultural documentation by both academic as well as community scholars. Yet it still remains underutilized. Why? Because oral history can be a cumbersome resource to use, …
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Meaningful access to audio and video passages: A two-tiered approach for annotation, navigation, and cross-referencing within and across oral history interviews by Doug Lambert and Michael Frisch Abstract Despite the use of digital technology for recordings and the opportunity for online retrieval, meaningful access to recorded oral history collections still requires an approach to– and …
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Enhancing Discovery: Connecting Users to Your Oral History Collections Online by Doug Boyd Users and researchers need to first find our collections before they can explore, connect with, and engage the content contained within individual oral histories. The Internet has certainly made it dramatically easier for the world to find and use our materials. Prior …
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“Oral History Core”: An Idea for a Metadata Scheme by Nancy MacKay In the twenty-first century, the need to organize, preserve, access, and share information is no longer a matter for discussion. It is a given. In no other field is the disconnect between the creators and the curators more strongly felt than in oral …
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Metadata: Best Practices for Oral History Access and Preservation by Elinor A. Mazé Senior Editor Baylor University Institute for Oral History In its Principles for Oral History and Best Practices for Oral History, the Oral History Association includes the following: Interviewers, sponsoring institutions, and institutions charged with the preservation of oral history interviews should understand that …
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