AAPB as a Digital Library for Teaching Media Literacy

Webinar recording, slides, and Student Inquiry Guide are included below. Did you know that you have access to nearly 50,000 items of digitized primary and secondary resources from America’s premier archive of public media? The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), a collaboration between the Library of Congress and WGBH, preserves the most significant public … Continue reading AAPB as a Digital Library for Teaching Media Literacy

Educators Webinar, April 4th: How to Use the American Archive of Public Broadcasting as a Resource in the Classroom

UPDATE as of 4/5/19 - Thank you all who were able to join us for AAPB's Educators Webinar! For those who were not able to make it, you can listen to our recorded meeting below. https://videopress.com/v/X3Kdk3TC?preloadContent=metadata Access the presentation slides at https://www.slideshare.net/RynMarchese/aapb-educators-webinar! How to Use the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) as a Resource … Continue reading Educators Webinar, April 4th: How to Use the American Archive of Public Broadcasting as a Resource in the Classroom

Tune in Tomorrow for AAPB’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum on Reddit!

Join the Ask Me Anything forum (AMA) at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/! Hosted by Ask Historians (a.k.a /r/AskHistorians), staff from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting will be answering questions during an Ask Me Anything forum (AMA) tomorrow, Wednesday, February 13, 2019 from 12pm – 4pm ET! The AMA will take place at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/! The American Archive of … Continue reading Tune in Tomorrow for AAPB’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum on Reddit!

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 Webinar: AAPB’s Quality Control Tools and Techniques for Ingesting Digitized Collections

Oklahoma mentor Lisa Henry (left) cleaning a U-matic deck with Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow Tanya Yule. This Thursday, February 15th at 8 pm EST, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) staff will host a webinar covering quality control tools and technologies used when ingesting digitized collections into the AAPB archive, including MDQC, MediaConch, Sonic Visualizer, and QCTools. The public … Continue reading Upcoming Webinar: AAPB’s Quality Control Tools and Techniques for Ingesting Digitized Collections