2017 is the 50th anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act. Join Current for Get with The Program!: Shows that Shaped Public Television, a series of online events looking at some of the most influential public TV programs of all time. First up: Firing Line, the legendary public affairs program hosted by conservative intellectual William F. … Continue reading Join Current for “Get with the program!: Shows that shaped public television”
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AAPB Launches Crowdsourcing Game
WGBH, on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is excited to announce today’s launch of FIX IT, an online game that allows members of the public to help AAPB professional archivists improve the searchability and accessibility of more than 40,000 hours … Continue reading AAPB Launches Crowdsourcing Game
PBS NewsHour Digitization Project Update: Ingest and Digital Preservation Workflows
In our last blog post (click for link) on managing the PBS NewsHour Digitization Project, I briefly discussed WGBH’s digital preservation and ingest workflows. Though many of our procedures follow standard practices common to archival work, I thought it would be worthwhile to cover them more in-depth for those who might be interested. We at WGBH … Continue reading PBS NewsHour Digitization Project Update: Ingest and Digital Preservation Workflows
Free Webinar Recordings: Strategies for Advancing Hidden Collections
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) recently completed a six-part webinar series to share best practices and lessons learned from their Cataloging Hidden Collections program. Sponsored through the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Strategies for Advancing Hidden Collections (SAHC) series aims to help those working in GLAM (Gallery, Library, … Continue reading Free Webinar Recordings: Strategies for Advancing Hidden Collections
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
PBS NewsHour Digitization Project Update: Workflow Management
In January 2016, the Council on Library and Information Resources awarded WGBH, the Library of Congress, WETA, and NewsHour Productions, LLC a grant to digitize, preserve, and make publicly accessible on the AAPB website 32 years of NewsHour predecessor programs, from October 1975 to December 2007, that currently exist on obsolete analog formats. Described by co-creator … Continue reading PBS NewsHour Digitization Project Update: Workflow Management
AAPB launches new exhibit “Speaking and Protesting in America”
The long history of Americans exercising their right to speak, assemble and petition is brought to life in a vibrant new online exhibition from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB). “Speaking and Protesting in America” explores the role of dissent in American life, ranging from peaceful marches to acts of civil disobedience. This digital … Continue reading AAPB launches new exhibit “Speaking and Protesting in America”
AAPB NDSR Resources Round-up
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 … Continue reading AAPB NDSR Resources Round-up
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
WGBH Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to Support Public Media Content Management Tools and Training
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WGBH Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to Support Public Media Content Management Tools and Training $345,000 will support training materials for PBCore metadata management Boston, Mass. (December 14, 2016) - WGBH Educational Foundation is pleased to announce that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded WGBH a $345,000 … Continue reading WGBH Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to Support Public Media Content Management Tools and Training