One of the incredible things about my NDSR residency is that it requires me to spend 20% of my time working on professional development. This allows me to devote quite a bit of time to learning skills and working on things of interest that would otherwise be outside the scope of my project. (For people … Continue reading Professional Development Time Project: Audiorecorder
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Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – Kinaalda: Navajo Rite of Passage
In this week's featured Vision Maker Media film, filmmaker Lena Carr documents her niece's Kinaaldá -- a Navajo celebration of the transition from childhood to womanhood that the filmmaker herself was unable to experience. In documenting the four-day coming-of-age ceremony, Carr provides a rare insider's look at Navajo culture and the complexities of growing up … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – Kinaalda: Navajo Rite of Passage
Save the Data!
On Saturday, February 25th, I met an archivist friend for lunch and then we went to our first DataRescue session, hosted by the University of Minnesota. The event went from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening. I was going to go on Friday, but switched my plans midweek based on the weather forecast. On Friday, the … Continue reading Save the Data!
Moving Beyond the Allegory of the Lone Digital Archivist (& my day of Windows scripting at KBOO)
The “lone arranger” was a term I learned in my library sciences degree program and I accepted it. I visualized hard-working, problem-solving solo archivists in small staff-situations challenged with organizing, preserving, and providing access to the growing volumes of historically and culturally relevant materials that could be used by researchers. As much as the archives … Continue reading Moving Beyond the Allegory of the Lone Digital Archivist (& my day of Windows scripting at KBOO)
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Rocks With Wings
In 1980, Jerry Richardson, a 24-year-old black man from East Texas who had just finished college in Louisiana, took a job coaching the varsity girls' basketball team in the depressed Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The Lady Chieftains launch themselves on a journey towards victory -- but success comes at a cost, and behind-the-scenes … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Rocks With Wings
Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Apache 8
"You never knew what you were going to face ... you were with a bunch of women that could handle anything." This week's Vision Maker Media film, "Apache 8," tells the story of an all-women wildland firefighter crew from the White Mountain Apache Tribe, who have been fighting fires in Arizona and throughout the U.S. … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Apache 8
Louisiana Public Broadcasting Digital Preservation Plan
In 2015, the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a generous grant to WGBH on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) to develop the AAPB National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR). Through this project, we have placed seven graduates of master’s degree programs in digital stewardship residencies at public media organizations around … Continue reading Louisiana Public Broadcasting Digital Preservation Plan
Louisiana Public Broadcasting Digital Preservation Plan
I have completed my NDSR AAPB residency at Louisiana Public Broadcasting (LPB)! While most of my cohort will continue chugging along for another few months, I sadly have to finish up a bit early. But, I’m leaving for an exciting opportunity in the conservation department at the Denver Art Museum. I’m feeling good about the … Continue reading Louisiana Public Broadcasting Digital Preservation Plan
Voegeli and Setziol Radio Collections Added to the Online Reading Room
In the past few months, we’ve added several new radio collections to our Online Reading Room! The Donald Voegeli collection preserves the music and memory of Don Voegeli, who wrote the theme music for All Things Considered on NPR, along with providing many other contributions to public radio over the course of a long and … Continue reading Voegeli and Setziol Radio Collections Added to the Online Reading Room
AAPB NDSR March Webinars
We have two resident-hosted webinars coming up in March: Through the Trapdoor: Metadata & Disambiguation in Fanfiction, a case study (Kate McManus) Thursday, March 9th 3:00 PM EST Within the last twenty years, fanfiction writing has transfigured from disparate communities like webrings within Geocities communities into websites like AO3, providing a more intimate and interactive … Continue reading AAPB NDSR March Webinars
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