Author: American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial rally, Bascom Hill, UW-Madison, April 5, 1968

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On the third Monday of every January, America honors one of the great martyrs to the cause of civil rights, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To commemorate his lifetime of commitment and sacrifice, we share with you today an audio file from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, courtesy University of Wisconsin-Madison Archive, Steenbock Library … Continue reading Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial rally, Bascom Hill, UW-Madison, April 5, 1968

Ann Wilkens of Wisconsin Public Television reports on the American Archive

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Hello friends and colleagues! Wisconsin Public Television is proud to have the opportunity to participate in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Now that hundreds of hours of our content have been made digitally accessible, we are able to actually view our old programs, enrich the metadata, and eventually share our content with the public. … Continue reading Ann Wilkens of Wisconsin Public Television reports on the American Archive

Happy New Year from the American Archive!

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Greetings and Happy New Year! In celebration of the new year, today we are sharing a highlight from the American Archive collection, contributed by WGBH. This six-minute audio clip was taken from an episode of the Children's Circle daily radio program, which in 1951 was launched and hosted by Nancy Harper. This episode aired on New … Continue reading Happy New Year from the American Archive!

Opportunity for Stations: BAVC’s Preservation Access Program

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We have heard from many stations that are interested in seeking more funding for the digitization of their audio-visual materials. Today, I was made aware of a wonderful opportunity offered by the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC), a non-profit organization committed to inspiring social change by empowering media makers to tell diverse stories through art, … Continue reading Opportunity for Stations: BAVC’s Preservation Access Program

How to view your digitized materials in the AMS

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Today I wanted to share with you the step-by-step procedures for viewing your digitized materials in the Archival Management System (AMS). Visit ams.avpreserve.com to log-in. If you are a participating station and do not know your log-in credentials, email me and I can set you up with a login ID and password. Once you have logged … Continue reading How to view your digitized materials in the AMS

Survey: What do you want in an export?

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Hello stations! We're working with our Archival Management System (AMS) vendor to determine metadata export functionality in the AMS. Since the Content Inventory Project, our team and our vendor have done a lot of data clean-up and normalization. We also plan to continue adding more description to the digitized materials (with permission from stations). We … Continue reading Survey: What do you want in an export?

From the American Archive: President Nelson Mandela

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4RROCxDae4&feature=youtu.be Today, South Africa and the rest of the world mourn the loss of Nelson Mandela, the revered South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary who spent 27 years in prison. Serving as South Africa's first black president, he ended apartheid, the government platform, which for nearly five decades had enforced racial segregation, denying non-whites any … Continue reading From the American Archive: President Nelson Mandela