ABSTRACT

The interview is completed, the recorder packed away, and you've captured the narrator's voice for posterity. The bulk of your oral history is finished or is it? Nancy MacKay, archivist and oral historian, addresses the crucial issue often overlooked by researchers: How do you ensure that the interview you so carefully recorded will be preserved and available in the future? MacKay goes carefully through the various steps that take place after the interview transcribing, cataloging, preserving, archiving, and making your study accessible to others. Written in a practical, instructive style, MacKay guides readers, step by step, to make the oral historyarchive ready offers planning strategies, and provides links to the most current information in this rapidly evolving field. This book will be of interest to oral historians, librarians, archivists and others who conduct oral history and maintain oral history materials. See more at https://www.nancymackay.net/curating/

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|5 pages

Setting the Stage

chapter 2|7 pages

Archives Administration

chapter 3|8 pages

Legal and Ethical Issues

chapter 4|7 pages

Recording Technology

chapter 5|8 pages

Transcribing

chapter 6|7 pages

Cataloging

chapter 7|8 pages

Preservation

chapter 8|7 pages

Oral Histories on the Internet

chapter 9|3 pages

Challenges of the 21st Century