Archival management of oral history collections (in-person course)
Course Structure
This in-person training course will take place at the British Library. The programme for the course is as follows (please note this is a sample structure and may differ on the day).
Please note:
- There will be no refunds for cancelled places.
- Due to high demand and in order to ensure that each course has attendees with a variety of interests and backgrounds, only one person from any one institution may attend each course.
- There are two methods of payment. You can pay online via PayPal, debit or credit card or you can make an offline payment where an invoice will be sent to your organisation. Please select the appropriate option in the booking form.
Hourly Schedule
In-person course
- 10:00 - 10:15
- Welcome and Introductions
- 10:15 - 10:35
- A brief history of oral history and archiving
- 10:35 - 10:50
- Audio formats and digital preservation
- – Identifying what you have (cassettes, reels, DAT, digital files) – Storage (analogue and digital): short-term and long-term – Funding suggestions for digital preservation
- 10:50 - 11:30
- Oral history archiving: legal and ethical issues
- – Laws that affect oral histories (copyright, GDPR, FoI) – Ethics (informed consent, confidentiality, creative commons)
- 11:30 - 11:45
- Short break
- 11:45 - 13:30
- Recording equipment, cataloguing, workflows, documentation
- – Equipment (recorders, microphones) and new technology – Oral history arrangement, accessioning and cataloguing – Documentation that needs to be collected alongside recordings (recording agreements, summaries)
- 13:30 - 14:15
- Lunch (not provided)
- 14:15 - 15:30
- Recording equipment, cataloguing, workflows, documentation
- – Equipment (recorders, microphones) and new technology – Oral history arrangement, accessioning and cataloguing – Documentation that needs to be collected alongside recordings (recording agreements, summaries)
- 15:30 - 15:45
- Short break
- 15:45 - 16:45
- Working with partner projects: some models for engagement (Part I)
- – Models for acquiring oral history collections – Acting as archive partner for community groups/NLHF projects/academic partners – Working with vulnerable groups
- 16:45 - 17:15
- Access and outreach
- – Providing access (onsite and online) and promoting your oral history collections
- 17:15 - 17:30
- Review of the day, Q&A and feedback
Date
- 06 Apr 2022
- Expired!
Time
- 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Location
- The British Library
Organizer
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Camille Johnston
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Email
training@ohs.org.uk Oral History Training Administrator
Speakers
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Charlie Morgan
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Mary Stewart
