Archival Management of Oral History Collections
Archival Management of Oral History Collections
9.30am-3.30pm, 26 April 2017, Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston PR1 2RE
This ARA (Archives and Records Association) North West training is aimed at archivists and others who manage audio archive material. We start the day with an update from the North West’s Unlocking the UK’s Audio Heritage hub at Manchester Central Library. Following on from this, Rob Perks and David Govier of the British Library’s Oral History department will cover the practical, technical and ethical issues around the selection, collection and preservation of oral history and other recorded spoken word on multiple digital and analogue audio formats. Documentation, creating access (onsite and online) and promoting your oral history collections will also be covered.
There will be lots of opportunities during the day to ask questions. There will also be an opportunity to visit the Lancashire Archives Oral History Digitisation Studio
9.30-10.10 ARA North West regional meeting
10.10-10.30 Coffee and Archival Management of Oral History Collections event registration
10.30-11.30 Unlocking the UK’s Audio Heritage: North West hub update - Larysa Bolton, Heritage Collections Manager or Sarah Hobbs, Archivist, (both) Manchester Archives
11.30-12.30 Audio Formats and Digital Preservation - Rob Perks, Lead Curator of Oral History, British Library (BL)
• Identifying what you have (discs, cassettes, open reels, DAT, digital files)
• Storage (analogue and digital) short-term and long-term
12.30-13.30 Lunch (not provided). 13.00 Tour of Lancashire Archives Oral History Digitisation Studio (optional)
13.30-14.15 Oral History Ethics and Partnership Working - Rob Perks, BL
• Laws that affect oral histories (copyright, Data Protection Act, Freedom of Information)
• Ethics (informed consent, confidentiality, Creative Commons)
• Working as an archive partner with oral history projects
14:15-15.30 Archiving, Access and Promotion - David Govier, BL
• Oral history workflows: arrangement, accessioning and cataloguing
• Documentation that needs to be collected alongside recordings (recording agreements, summaries)
• Creating access (onsite and online) and promoting your oral history collections
To book your place please contact, Jane Speller, Training Officer, ARA North West jane.speller@fridaymornings.co.uk
