The AAPB started creating transcripts as part of our "Improving Access to Time-Based Media through Crowdsourcing and Machine-Learning" grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). For the initial 40,000 hours of the AAPB's collection, we worked with Pop Up Archive to create machine-generated transcripts, which are primarily used for keyword indexing, to … Continue reading AAPB Transcription Workflow
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Summer in the City: Farmers’ Markets and Their Origins
As an intern at the American Archive of Public Broadcasting at WGBH, I am living in Boston for the first time. I’ve decided to make it my goal to explore the city and since it’s summertime, the sun is out and beckoning the city’s inhabitants to head outside. One popular activity is frequenting the farmers’ … Continue reading Summer in the City: Farmers’ Markets and Their Origins
Forty Years through Women’s Healthcare
As lawmakers currently decide the future of American healthcare, many politicians and organizations are seizing the opportunity to express their own sentiments on the subject. A particularly hot topic has been how the new law will affect women, which has long been a controversial subject in the United States. The modern women’s healthcare movement has … Continue reading Forty Years through Women’s Healthcare
Pride in 1978
“Come on out! Join us, bring a friend!” This joyous sentiment, spoken by Harvey Milk at the San Francisco parade for the 8th Gay Freedom Day in 1978, still resonates today. Over the past month, there have been countless events right here in Boston, and across the country, celebrating LGBTQ+ pride. In the last week … Continue reading Pride in 1978
Using Linked Data for the NET Collection Catalog
Who I Am I am Chris Pierce, the Cataloger/Metadata Specialist for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting and the National Educational Television (NET) Collection Catalog project at the Library of Congress. The NET Collection Catalog Project is a collaboration between WGBH and Library of Congress and funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources … Continue reading Using Linked Data for the NET Collection Catalog
A Day In the Life of NET
Hi there! We’re part of the National Educational Television (NET) collection at the Library of Congress’s National Audiovisual Conservation Center (NAVCC) – maybe you’ve heard of us? Recently, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded the AAPB to complete the NET Collection Catalog Project, whereby some nifty catalogers are working to create fabulous … Continue reading A Day In the Life of NET
17k for 2017
AAPB is kicking off the new year by adding a lot more content to our Online Reading Room. We now have more than 17,000 historic public broadcasting programs available for anyone in the United States to watch or listen to on our site! Highlights from the newly available recordings include: Episodes of WHUT's Evening Exchange, including … Continue reading 17k for 2017
Cataloging Old Wazzu: AAPB and Northwest Public Television
This post was written by Caitlin Sanders, student at Simmons College and intern at the AAPB. As a longtime fan of public television (from “Arthur” to “Masterpiece”), and a current graduate student studying archives and library science at Simmons College, I feel fortunate to have spent this past fall as a cataloging intern for the … Continue reading Cataloging Old Wazzu: AAPB and Northwest Public Television
List of Early Public Television Content: An NET Project Update
We are excited to post lists of NET Series Titles and Individual Program Titles on the AAPB website, as part of the National Educational Television (NET) Collection Catalog Project, funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). To read more about the history and significance of NET, public television’s first national programming network, check … Continue reading List of Early Public Television Content: An NET Project Update
Cataloging the Earliest Public Television Content: An NET Project Update
In January 2015, we announced that WGBH and the Library of Congress, on behalf of the AAPB, were awarded a grant by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to catalog the National Educational Television (NET) programs. We're so excited to be working on this project to further the mission of the AAPB, to … Continue reading Cataloging the Earliest Public Television Content: An NET Project Update
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