On behalf of the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York -
Registration Deadline Friday, November 13th
Workshop Title: Accessing Oral Histories
Workshop Description:
Oral historian Alessandro Portelli states that "[oral] sources are oral
sources. The tone and volume range and the rhythm of popular speech carry
implicit meaning and social connotations which are not reproducible in
writing."[1] In managing oral history programs, archivists often face the
challenge of providing researchers with access to the oral source (actual
audio/video document) instead of only to its transcript. The audio-visual
aspect of an oral history collection becomes an increasingly pressing
priority as issues arise in preserving analog media. The continual
advancement of tools for digitizing collections is giving way to new user
accessibility, and subsequently, archivists are finding exciting potential
for renewed scholarly and public interest in oral histories.
Join the Brooklyn Historical Society Oral History Program Coordinator Sady
Sullivan on Thursday, November 19th, for a workshop exploring the frontier
of digital access to oral histories. Discussion topics will include
cataloging tools (Past Perfect, OMEKA, and more), digitization of
collections (born-digital and digitized oral histories), types of online
access (databases, podcasts), and fantasy future audio-searching software.
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The Brooklyn Historical Society oral history collection began in 1973 with
the Puerto Rican Oral History Project: 69 interviews with Brooklyn residents
who migrated from Puerto Rico via steamship between 1917 and 1940. Today,
the BHS oral history collection contains interviews with over 300 narrators,
and soon, all of these interviews will be accessible to listeners in the
Othmer Library and also available in a selection online.
BHS Oral History Highlights:
http://brooklynhistory.org/blog/tag/oral-history-highlights/
Find samples from Brooklyn Historical Society's Oral History Collection on
iTunes.
Instructor: Sady Sullivan
Sady Sullivan is coordinator of the Oral History Program at the Brooklyn
Historical Society. Since 2006, she has led five oral history projects and
conducted life history interviews with over 150 people, as well as trained
and overseen the work of other interviewers helping to build BHS's oral
history collection. In addition, she manages the digitization of BHS's
legacy oral histories - 11 projects dating back to 1973 and encompassing
over 200 interviews. BHS is working to make these collections available for
listening through a searchable database in the Othmer Library. Sady brings
ten years of story-collecting experience to her role as oral historian at
the Brooklyn Historical Society. Her interview technique demonstrates a
merging of social science, journalistic, and Buddhist deep listening
approaches, respectfully drawing out memories to be shared.
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY
11201
Directions:
By subway: 2,3,4,5 to Borough Hall, A,C,F to Jay St/Borough Hall, or M,R to
Court St.
By bus: North - South: B 38, B52, B25, B26, B41 to Montague/Court Street
East - West: B 67, B65 to Jay Street
From Manhattan: B51 City Hall to Court St. /Cadman Plaza WEEKDAY SERVICE
ONLY
Light refreshments will be provided.
Workshop Fee and Registration: ART-NY Members / Non-members $25 /
$30
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 13, 2009.
We are offering a package deal for non-members that include NYART membership
and admission to the workshop for $50. Please note that membership cycles
run from July to June. Please be sure to attach a membership form which is
available on our website: http://www.nycarchivists.org/membershipForm.html
PLEASE NOTE: SPACE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 55 REGISTRANTS
Checks made payable to: Archivists Round Table Metropolitan New York
and
Checks and registration mailed to: Bonnie Marie Sauer, National Archives at
New York
201 Varick Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10014-4811
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[1] "What Makes Oral History Different?", The Death of Luigi Trastulli and
other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral History (Albany, New York: SUNY
Press, 1991)
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