32 years of PBS NewsHour programs to be made available online through American Archive of Public Broadcasting BOSTON, Mass. (January 28, 2016) – More than three decades of PBS NewsHour broadcasts from 1975 to 2007 will be preserved and available online as part of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB). Public media producer WGBH, the … Continue reading WGBH, Library of Congress, and WETA to Digitize PBS NewsHour Collection
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AAPB welcomes Rachel Curtis, new Digital Conversion Specialist
The AAPB team is thrilled to welcome Rachel Curtis as our new Digital Conversion Specialist at the Library of Congress. In this role, Rachel is the project manager for the Library of Congress side of the AAPB project. She is involved with metadata mapping, reporting, planning, oversight, and overall coordination activities. Rachel has a background in Anthropology … Continue reading AAPB welcomes Rachel Curtis, new Digital Conversion Specialist
Content in Motion: AAPB attends EUscreen 2015 Conference
Last week, AAPB Project Manager Casey Davis had the honor of attending and presenting at the 2015 EUscreen conference in Warsaw, Poland. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, the EUscreen initiative is similar to the AAPB: EUscreen is a consortium of archives -- from broadcasters to academic institutions -- and offers free … Continue reading Content in Motion: AAPB attends EUscreen 2015 Conference
AAPB Releases Experimental API
This blog post was shared by Chuck McCallum, AAPB Developer at WGBH. With the most recent release, the AAPB now has a public API. It's an experiment at this point, but documentation is available, and we've put up a few examples. For example, you can explore coverage of different topics over the years, or see how … Continue reading AAPB Releases Experimental API
The Tuskegee Airmen
My name is Kathleen Mahoney, and I am a Public History M.A. student at University of Massachusetts Amherst. This past summer, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to assist with cataloging digitized audiovisual content for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. My interest in interning with the AAPB team was twofold. As a Public History … Continue reading The Tuskegee Airmen
AAPB Makes Historical Public Media Content Available to the Public
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Launches Online Reading Room Making Historical Public Media Content Available to the Public Establishes Executive Advisory Council; receives grants for digital archivist residencies, NET and Pop Up Archive projects BOSTON, Mass. (October 27, 2015) – In conjunction with UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, WGBH and the Library of Congress … Continue reading AAPB Makes Historical Public Media Content Available to the Public
Mark your calendars: Access to historic public broadcasting just one month away!
Mark your calendars for the culmination of two years of development and collaboration on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting! On Tuesday, October 27 at 3pm ET, AAPB staff will host a webinar marking the official launch the AAPB Online Reading Room! Over the past two years, the AAPB team has worked closely with participating organizations, web … Continue reading Mark your calendars: Access to historic public broadcasting just one month away!
AAPB & Pop Up Archive Launch Project to Analyze 40,000 Hours of Historic Public Media
We are thrilled to announce that the Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded WGBH, on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a National Leadership Grant for a project titled "Improving Access to Time-Based Media through Crowdsourcing and Machine Learning." Together, WGBH and Pop Up Archive plan to address the challenges faced … Continue reading AAPB & Pop Up Archive Launch Project to Analyze 40,000 Hours of Historic Public Media
Reminder: Join our Webinar at 1pm ET to discuss the AAPB NDSR host application process!
Today (September 9, 2015) at 1pm ET, AAPB staff will host an informational webinar for public media organizations that are interested in hosting an AAPB National Digital Stewardship Resident. Register for the webinar here: http://wgbh1.adobeconnect.com/ndsr-info/event/event_info.html The AAPB NDSR program, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, will place post-master's degree residents at eight public media … Continue reading Reminder: Join our Webinar at 1pm ET to discuss the AAPB NDSR host application process!
AMIA Online Learning Series
The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) has announced its first online learning series! Beginning in September 2015, AMIA is offering three webinar series intended to further education in the archival moving image profession, as well as to provide introduction to these topics to the broader libraries and archives community. This is an excellent opportunity … Continue reading AMIA Online Learning Series
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