The following was submitted by AV Cataloging and Metadata Intern, Avery Schanbacher. In preserving and providing access to historic public television and radio from across the country, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) provides a window into both national news and local stories. Within a single collection of materials from a station or program, … Continue reading Contributor Cataloging in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting: Documenting the Past, Thinking Forward

The following was submitted by AV Cataloging and Metadata Intern, Jenn Leishman. Applying artificial intelligence to archives is a terrifying concept for many information professionals. After all, the reason I love archival work is how human of a task it is to pay attention to stories from the past that otherwise would be overlooked. Spending … Continue reading What Do We Owe? Reflections on AI-Assisted Workflows in AV Cataloging

Interested in receiving the AAPB monthly newsletter? Sign up here! Special Intern Edition This month, we handed the keys to our summer social media intern, Naomi Baker, to curate the newsletter around her favorite finds over the course of her internship. Naomi comes to us from Barnard College where she serves as the Columbia Daily … Continue reading Intern Newsletter Special Edition

Inside the Archive: Episode 1: Nebraska Public Media The first episode of Inside the Archive features Alexis Scargill, Archivist at Nebraska Public Media (NPM). Alexis talks with Michelle Kelley, AAPB Media Historian and Curator, about the history of NPM and the station’s archives. She also identifies noteworthy examples of NPM programming in the AAPB, including … Continue reading Inside the Archive Podcast Show Notes (2026)

In collaboration with the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), “Presenting the Past” features a series of informed conversations with scholars, educators, industry professionals, researchers, archivists, and others about significant events, issues, and topics documented in the more than 70 years of programming available in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting collection. Episode 01: Eyes on the … Continue reading Presenting the Past: Exploring the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Podcast and Show Notes (2021-2022)

The following was submitted by AAPB Social Media Intern, Rileigh Kelley. Hello everybody! My name is Rileigh Kelley, and I’m a history student at Framingham State University. I recently completed my internship as the Social Media Intern at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, and I thought I’d take some time to review my experience and … Continue reading Social Media and Archival Practices

The following was submitted by AV Cataloging and Metadata Intern, Kaycee Conover. During the cool evenings of the 2026 spring, I feel the sun set over Boston as I look at frames from a 1970s Newark soundstage, the Seton Hall basketball court, or the streets of Trenton.  As an AV Cataloging and Metadata Intern at GBH … Continue reading Connecting with the Past by Connecting with Others: On Affective Archiving While Implementing Language Models at GBH and the AAPB

The following was submitted by AV Cataloging and Metadata Intern, Emily Hankins. Futuristic depictions of a technological world (think Bladerunner or Robocop) often center on machines taking over humans, or humans fighting back against machines. It’s becoming easy to see this reflected in the real world now, too, albeit with less physical robots running around our … Continue reading Portrait of the AI as a Young Man: Future Prospects of AI in Archives Cataloging

Hi, there! Thanks for stopping by. I’m Valeria Dávila, a Master of Library & Information Studies student at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (UA). In this blog post, I’ll walk you through my experience preserving Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) legacy media as part of my EBSCO Scholarship in Audiovisual Preservation & Archiving. OPB is the … Continue reading Digitizing Public Media at Oregon Public Broadcasting: An On-the-Ground Report from PBPF Fellow Valeria Dávila