CLIR Recordings at Risk - Fourth Round Opens May 2nd Collaborate with American Archive of Public Broadcasting on Digitization Grant Proposal Now in its fourth call for the Recordings at Risk grant program, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is accepting applications from collecting institutions for the digital reformatting of audio and audiovisual … Continue reading Digitization Grant Opportunity from Council on Library and Information Resources!
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Dena Schulze, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at WUNC
My name is Dena Schulze and I am the Public Broadcasting Preservation fellow partnered with WUNC radio station in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I graduate in May from the Archives and Records Management track in the Library Science School at UNC. It has been my privilege … Continue reading Dena Schulze, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at WUNC
WGBH, AVP, and Indiana University to Enhance and Configure Avalon for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
New Avalon system will replace Archival Management System (AMS) to ingest, manage and provide access to 70+ years of digitized public broadcasting content WGBH Educational Foundation on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is pleased to announce the start of development on a new management system for the AAPB, funded by The … Continue reading WGBH, AVP, and Indiana University to Enhance and Configure Avalon for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Upcoming Webinar: Digital File Management at Public Media Stations
This Thursday, April 19th at 8 pm (EST), American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) will host a webinar on Digital File Management at Public Media Stations. The public is welcome to join past AAPB National Digital Stewardship Residents who will present on best practices based on the lessons learned from their NDSR projects. Webinar URL: … Continue reading Upcoming Webinar: Digital File Management at Public Media Stations
AAPB Webinar Series with the Boston Library Consortium
This past March, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) hosted two webinars with the Boston Library Consortium. This two-part webinar series provided an overview on the AAPB as well as review ways in which it can be effectively used as a resource for teaching and research. Part I - "Accessibility of AAPB in Academic Libraries" This … Continue reading AAPB Webinar Series with the Boston Library Consortium
Upcoming AAPB Webinar Featuring Kathryn Gronsbell, Digital Collections Manager at Carnegie Hall
Photo courtesy of Rebecca Benson, @jeybecques, PBPF Fellow at University of Missouri. This Thursday, March 15th at 8 pm EST, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) staff will host a webinar with Kathryn Gronsbell, Digital Collections Manager at Carnegie Hall and will cover topics in documentation, including why documentation is important, what to think about when recording … Continue reading Upcoming AAPB Webinar Featuring Kathryn Gronsbell, Digital Collections Manager at Carnegie Hall
Consider voting for the AAPB’s PBS Annual Meeting Breakout Session Proposal!
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) has submitted a break-out session proposal for the 2018 PBS Annual Meeting this coming May. Please consider voting for our presentation proposal (detailed below). It's on the second page of the SurveyMonkey voting form, titled "Engage your Community to Celebrate Your History: Tools from the AAPB." If selected, together with archivists and volunteer managers at Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Rocky Mountain PBS, and Wisconsin Public Television, we … Continue reading Consider voting for the AAPB’s PBS Annual Meeting Breakout Session Proposal!
Announcing ROLL THE CREDITS: Classifying and Transcribing Text with Zooniverse
Today we're launching ROLL THE CREDITS, a new Zooniverse project to engage the public in helping us catalog unseen content in the AAPB archive. Zooniverse is the "world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research." Zooniverse volunteers (like you!) are helping the AAPB in classifying and transcribing the text from extracted frames of uncataloged public … Continue reading Announcing ROLL THE CREDITS: Classifying and Transcribing Text with Zooniverse
Where Does Your #GivingTuesday Donation Go?
For #GivingTuesday, please consider donating to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting! Help us continue to preserve and make accessible the archives and legacy of public media from across the nation. A donation directly enables us to, among other things: Grow the amount of content available to the public in our Online Reading Room Improve … Continue reading Where Does Your #GivingTuesday Donation Go?
Last Week of #PubMedia50: Current Initiatives and Memorabilia
Five weeks ago we started our month-long commemoration of the 50thanniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson on November 7, 1967. The goal of each challenge was to engage in community, discover histories, share those stories with the public, and start dialogues. We can't tell you how much we appreciate your participation and … Continue reading Last Week of #PubMedia50: Current Initiatives and Memorabilia