I’ve been fascinated by audio/visual archives since I began my career in libraries a decade ago and I’ve had the great fortune to have previously worked at one (albeit in the Circulation side of things) at the Wong Audiovisual Center in the former Sinclair Library at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa. I’d been of … Continue reading ‘Ulu ‘ulu: PBPF Fellow Kimo Nichols on Digitizing “Biography Hawaii”

My trusty mascot reminds me to watch the details. In the summer of 2022 faced with personal challenges that would ultimately end in tragedy, I grasped an exciting opportunity to participate in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting/Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship. Here is my journey. Getting There When onboarding with any new company it is … Continue reading An Archival Fellow’s Journey: PBPF Fellow Patrice Prevost On One Year At Georgia Public Broadcasting

Hi everyone, I am Ashley Bell, a graduate student with the University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS). I am a participant in the 2022 group of EBSCO Fellows at SLIS, in collaboration with WGBH in Boston, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) and the Library of Congress. Over the course … Continue reading PBPF EBSCO Scholar Ashley Bell on Digitizing Tapes at WSRE

Hi there! My name is Jen Scott and I am one of the AAPB Preservation Fellows for the 2022-2023 school year. To give a little bit of background about myself, I received my MLIS in 2015 and began working in public libraries, starting in Teen Services, and then moving to Adult Services. Although I adored … Continue reading PBPF Fellow Jen Scott on digitizing with BAVC and CAAM

“For WUNC, I’m Fay Mitchell Henderson.” I heard this signoff dozens of times as I carried out my duties as the Public Broadcast Preservation Fellow assigned to preserve at-risk media for WUNC, the National Public Radio affiliate serving central and eastern North Carolina.  The majority of the material I captured and digitized was public affairs programming from … Continue reading Voices from the past find new life for the future: PBPF Fellow Michelle Witt on digitizing media for WUNC

What do you do when your studio does not work? What are the behind the scenes of troubleshooting technology? How do you pack and ship heavy audiovisual equipment? I learned all this and more during my internship! As an on-campus graduate student obtaining my Master’s in Library and Information Studies, I was placed at the … Continue reading Trial and 404 Error: PBPF EBSCO Fellow Shandi Burrows’ Experience Digitizing at the University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio

What happens when Library and Information Science (LIS) students from around the country travel to one of the U.S.’s top archival audio and moving image digitization sites? An awesome time and lots of learning! Fellows practice cleaning decks. (Photo courtesy of Jackie Jay) Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship (PBPF) Fellows from around the country traveled to … Continue reading PBPF In Philadelphia: Immersion Week 2022

GBH on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting is pleased to introduce our 2022-2023 cohort of fellows for the Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship (PBPF), a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Minow Family Foundation. The PBPF supports students enrolled in non-specialized graduate programs to pursue digital preservation … Continue reading Announcing Our 2022-2023 PBPF Fellows

The Collection:  I am one of the American Archives of Public Broadcasting’s (AAPB) fellows working in conjunction with EBSCO and the University of Alabama. While I’m currently a graduate student at the University of Alabama, I’ll graduate this May with my Masters in Library and Information Science and a certificate in Archival studies. I was elated when I first heard … Continue reading Voices from the Archive: Digitizing at PBS North Carolina as an EBSCO Fellow

Being a Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. I will be forever grateful for the experience I gained in part by GBH and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB). Doing audiovisual archive work during the COVID-19 pandemic has been anything but easy. I was placed at the University … Continue reading Voices from the Field: PBPF Elizabeth Meads’ Experience at the University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio