“Each program was submitted to the Peabody Awards by its creators as an exemplar of their finest work. These materials were made for the benefit of the American public, but the American public has not had access to them,” said Ruta Abolins, BMA director. - - - Some 4,000 hours of programming produced by public … Continue reading Federal Grant Awarded to Preserve and Provide Access to Local Public Broadcasts including Peabody Nominated Programs
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Join the American Archive of Public Broadcasting for a Road Trip through the Archive!
Archives Road Trip | Public Broadcasting | New Special Collection Starting July 5th, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is taking a virtual road trip through the archive! Time nor space defines this trip, just an all-access pass to content that tells the story of America's nostalgia and national identity through raw interviews, newscasts, … Continue reading Join the American Archive of Public Broadcasting for a Road Trip through the Archive!
Open Call for Grant Proposals from The National Recording Preservation Foundation!
There's an open call for proposals for grants from the National Recording Preservation Foundation (NRPF) until August 15th. Individual grants will be awarded up to $20,000 each. The following projects are eligible: preservation and/or archiving, digitization, collection appraisal and planning, material or professional conservation, and the creation of means for public and or research access … Continue reading Open Call for Grant Proposals from The National Recording Preservation Foundation!
Announcing the Second Round of Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellows!
WGBH on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting is pleased to introduce our second cohort of fellows for the Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship (PBPF), a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The PBPF supports students enrolled in non-specialized graduate programs to pursue digital preservation projects at public broadcasting … Continue reading Announcing the Second Round of Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellows!
AAPB Transcription Workflow
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
Five New Special Collections Now Available in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting!
Happy International Archives Day! The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is celebrating by launching five NEW Special Collections that feature raw interviews from American Experience's Freedom Riders, The Murder of Emmett Till, John Brown's Holy War, and Jubilee Singers, as well as WGBH's Peabody award-winning documentary Africans in America! Now available online, you can access … Continue reading Five New Special Collections Now Available in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting!
Rebecca Benson, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at KOPN
My name is Rebecca Benson, and I’m a graduate student at the University of Missouri, working on a Master’s in Library Science and focusing on work in special collections libraries. I am so excited for the experience I have gained working with the AAPB: I am familiar with much older materials, but the history of … Continue reading Rebecca Benson, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at KOPN
Tanya Yule, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at CAAM
Hello, my name is Tanya Yule and I am one of the five, in the first cohort of the AAPB Public Broadcast Preservation Fellows. Later this month I will be receiving my Masters in Library and Information Science, and an advanced certificate in Digital Assets Management from San Josè State University, with an … Continue reading Tanya Yule, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at CAAM
Evelyn Cox, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at OETA
Oklahoma Legacy: Indelible Impressions of Perseverance, Fortitude, Resilience and Pride Greetings from the lovely state of Oklahoma. My name is Evelyn Cox and I am the Public Broadcasting Preservation fellow partnered with Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA). I represent the Spring 2018 Cohort from the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of … Continue reading Evelyn Cox, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at OETA
Virginia Angles, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at GPB
The Collection: My name is Virginia Angles. I am currently a graduate student at Clayton State University working towards at Masters in Archival Science. I was super excited when I first heard about the American Archives of Public Broadcasting's (AAPB) Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship (PBPF) with Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). I had never worked in … Continue reading Virginia Angles, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at GPB