WebWise Reprise: Oral History in the Digital Age

Digital tools for oral history collecting, curating, and dissemination was a topic at the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ WebWise 2012 Conference. We were pleased to feature it again on a WebWise Reprise webinar.

Recorded: Wednesday, June 28, 2012

Duration: Approximately 90 minutes

Speakers:
Dean Rehberger, Director of MATRIX: the Center for Humane Art, Letters, and Social Science Online at Michigan State University (rehberge@msu.edu)
Powerpoint presentation “Oral History in the Digital Age”
WebWise presentation recording on YouTube
Website Oral History in the Digital Age (note: this site has just been launched so Dean and his team welcome your feedback)

Doug Boyd, Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries (doug.boyd@uky.edu)
Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)—an open-source program currently under development, will help institutions index their oral history collections more efficiently and effectively. Further information available on Oral History in the Digital Age.

Hosts: Kevin Cherry, Senior Program Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services and Kristen Laise, Vice President for Collections Care Program, Heritage Preservation

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