ABSTRACT

For the past ten years, Nancy MacKay’s Curating Oral Histories (2006) has been the one-stop shop for librarians, curators, program administrators, and project managers who are involved in turning an oral history interview into a primary research document, available for use in a repository. In this new and greatly expanded edition, MacKay uses the life cycle model to map out an expanded concept of curation, beginning with planning an oral history project and ending with access and use. The book:-guides readers, step by step, on how to make the oral history “archive ready”;-offers strategies for archiving, preserving, and presenting interviews in a digital environment;-includes comprehensive updates on technology, legal and ethical issues, oral history on the Internet, cataloging, copyright, and backlogs.

chapter 2|5 pages

Getting Started

chapter 3|9 pages

Collecting Oral Histories

chapter 4|11 pages

Archives Management

chapter 5|11 pages

Ethical Considerations

chapter 6|16 pages

Oral History and the Law

chapter 7|9 pages

Understanding Technology

chapter 8|12 pages

Transcribing … and More

chapter 9|15 pages

Cataloging

chapter 10|10 pages

Backlogs and Other Backroom Secrets

chapter 11|10 pages

Preservation

chapter 12|8 pages

Curating for the User

chapter 13|5 pages

Opportunities of the 21st Century