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
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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
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
Abstraction, Aura, and Archives: Postmodern Considerations of Digital Preservation in the Age of AI
The following was submitted by Audio Visual Metadata and Training Data intern, Isabella Juhaeri. The traditional understanding of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence is that we (the humans) bestow our authentic and true knowledge on the ignorant and brainless machine. We explain what truth is to the machine with the hopes that it will learn … Continue reading Abstraction, Aura, and Archives: Postmodern Considerations of Digital Preservation in the Age of AI
Be Not Afr(AI)d: A GBH Intern’s Perspective on the Future of AI in Archives
The following was submitted by Audio Visual Metadata and Training Data intern, Gabrielle Keen. The year is 2008. I walk into a movie theater in my Michigan hometown, not knowing that the animated sci-fi movie I am about to watch about a trash-compacting robot will cement my view on artificial intelligence for the next decade … Continue reading Be Not Afr(AI)d: A GBH Intern’s Perspective on the Future of AI in Archives
Feminism on the Air: Women and Public Broadcasting in the 1970s
This article was authored by Michelle Kelley, AAPB Media Historian and Curator. Woman, episode 114 (WNED, January 30, 1974 ) In the 1970s, public broadcasting provided a platform for women to address issues impacting women and to articulate the goals of the women’s liberation movement. It also afforded unprecedented opportunities for women to work as … Continue reading Feminism on the Air: Women and Public Broadcasting in the 1970s
Safeguarding the Airwaves: Jimmy Carter and the Public Telecommunications Financing Act
This article was authored by Michelle Kelley, AAPB Media Historian and Curator. Jimmy Carter’s presidency was beset by skyrocketing inflation, a faltering economy, and political crises abroad. However, it was also defined by his many achievements, such as the historic peace agreements he brokered between Egypt and Israel. Another was the passage of the Public … Continue reading Safeguarding the Airwaves: Jimmy Carter and the Public Telecommunications Financing Act
Beyond the Screen: Machine Learning and Metadata Creation at GBH Archives
The following was submitted by Fall 2024 Metadata and Training Data Intern, Madison Courtney. My time interning at GBH challenged my preconceived notions surrounding machine learning, cataloguing and the way we think about humans and machines working together in the future. The first week of my internship a game plan emerged for the next 12 … Continue reading Beyond the Screen: Machine Learning and Metadata Creation at GBH Archives
WTTW: PBPF Fellow Dave Sohl on Digitizing Chicago History
Hello from Chicago! The time that I’ve spent in the Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship (PBPF) has made me think a lot about communities, and what it means to belong to one. For any readers who are unaware: the PBPF is “designed to provide graduate students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experiences in the practices … Continue reading WTTW: PBPF Fellow Dave Sohl on Digitizing Chicago History
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