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Civil Rights Oral History

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Case Study: The Civil Rights Oral History Survey Project by Timothy Lloyd A critical first step in any research project, and an excellent means for gaining at least a beginning form of intellectual control over one’s subject, is to survey the research that has already been done on the topic. This report summarizes a recent …

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Meaningful access to audio and video passages

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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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Oral History and Social Networks

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Oral History and Social Networks: From Promotion to Relationship Building by Juliana Nykolaiszyn Social networks have transformed the way we communicate, not only with each other but also with the greater public. As the Internet continues to rapidly evolve, the race to keep up with emerging technologies is ever present, even for oral historians. Traditionally, …

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Enhancing Discovery

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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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Search, Explore, Connect

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Search, Explore, Connect: Disseminating Oral History in the Digital Age by Doug Boyd I cannot imagine designing an oral history project for the purpose of collecting narratives that will be forever ignored and hidden from the public in obscurity. We work hard to interview narrators, document communities, and preserve oral histories because we want individual …

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Baylor Institute for Oral History

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Case Study: Baylor Institute for Oral History by Elinor Mazé When the Baylor University Program for Oral History (now Baylor University Institute for Oral History) was created in 1970, three strategic decisions shaped its practice and product for the decades to come. These decisions were, first, that every oral history interview created or acquired would …

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Major Legal Challenges

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Major Legal Challenges Facing Oral History In The Digital Age by John Neuenschwander The meteoric rise of modern oral history from the early days at Columbia University to the digital age has fortunately not been dogged by frequent legal challenges and litigation. There are many reasons for this but the most significant appears to be …

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Transcribing Oral History in the Digital Age

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Transcribing Oral History in the Digital Age by Linda Shopes Background Transcribing, that is, representing in print that which has been spoken, has long been established as one of oral history’s best practices. Transcribing is related to oral history’s origins and development as an archival practice with the goal creating documents for future use …

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Metadata

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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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Interviewer-Generated Metadata

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Case Study: Interviewer-Generated Metadata by Doug Boyd In the old days, interviewers conducted the interviews, stored them in a box of cassettes for some time, and, eventually, deposited the interviews into an archive where the archivists took over the responsibility for curation, preservation, and future access. In the analog world, it was common for a …

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