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
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, 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
Portrait of the AI as a Young Man: Future Prospects of AI in Archives Cataloging
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
Outside the Black Box: AI Shedding Light for AV Cataloging
By Owen King, Caroline Mango, Raananah Sarid-Segal, and Miranda Villesvik for the Description Section of the Society of American Archivists' blog Descriptive Notes. Facing the challenge of item-level records A shelf of analog video tapes may contain several seasons of a historic television program. The program title and date on each label might be enough to … Continue reading Outside the Black Box: AI Shedding Light for AV Cataloging
Digitizing Public Media at Oregon Public Broadcasting: An On-the-Ground Report from PBPF Fellow Valeria Dávila
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
When Discs Fail: Insights Gathered from the Preservation and Corruption of Optical Media
The following was submitted by Audio Visual Metadata and Training Data intern, Jordan Errico. For the archivist, corrupted or damaged materials are more than just a workflow headache—the potential loss of information is a setback to cultural or historic conservation. At the same time, insight may still be found in the process of corruption. As an … Continue reading When Discs Fail: Insights Gathered from the Preservation and Corruption of Optical Media
Public Media Meets Horror: Archival Picks for Every Fright Fan
Do you love horror movies? Whether you’re into psychological thrillers, supernatural hauntings, or historical horror, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting’s newly launched Bumps in the Night Collection has something to pair with your favorite fright flicks. So curl up with a blanket, maybe turn a light on… and dive into these eerie, real-life programs … Continue reading Public Media Meets Horror: Archival Picks for Every Fright Fan
Practical Steps to Preserving Your Station’s Programming: A Guide
Public media stations are the keepers of powerful stories—local voices, community histories, and cultural moments that deserve to be preserved and shared. But with aging video and audio formats, staff turnover, and evolving technology, many of these stories are at risk of being lost. The good news? You don’t have to do it alone. Start … Continue reading Practical Steps to Preserving Your Station’s Programming: A Guide
Ideas of Our Time, Preserved for Tomorrow: Welcoming TTBOOK to the Archive
For 35 years, Wisconsin Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning series To the Best of Our Knowledge (TTBOOK) has explored big ideas and beautiful questions. Although the program will sunset this fall, its legacy lives on in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. The newly launched To the Best of Our Knowledge Special Collection features over 1,000 … Continue reading Ideas of Our Time, Preserved for Tomorrow: Welcoming TTBOOK to the Archive
Digitizing History: My Internship Experience at PBS North Carolina
The following was submitted by EBSCO Audiovisual Archive Fellow, Ron Harris. I’m Ron Harris, a graduate of the University of Alabama's School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) and an EBSCO Audiovisual Archive Fellow. While pursuing my graduate degree, I was located in Raleigh, North Carolina, where I interned at the Media Archives of PBS North … Continue reading Digitizing History: My Internship Experience at PBS North Carolina