I have officially completed my project as a Research Assistant in the Media Library and Archives at WGBH. While not the entire history, a large portion of the predecessor programs for the PBS NewsHour, and their proxy files, have been successfully reviewed and made available. You can view the collection on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting … Continue reading PBS NewsHour Digitization Project Update from Ben Gogel
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AAPB Commemorates the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Through Public Media
Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day is an annual holiday observed on the third Monday of January to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was a chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism during the Civil Rights Movement until his assassination in 1968. The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his … Continue reading AAPB Commemorates the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Through Public Media
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference Resources
Available Online: 35,000+ Educational Video and Audio Resources and Primary Sources The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) recently met with K-12 educators, administrators, and teachers-in-training at the annual National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference, a melding of the minds to help advocate and build capacity for high-quality social studies through leadership, services, … Continue reading National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Conference Resources
AAPB Launches Transcribe to Digitize Challenge with George Blood!
Earlier this year, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) launched FIX IT+, a crowdsourcing tool that invites the public to help improve the searchability of over 50,000 hours of historic public television and radio programming. Now, with the generous support of George Blood, a digitization service provider, the AAPB is launching the Transcribe to … Continue reading AAPB Launches Transcribe to Digitize Challenge with George Blood!
Riley Griffin, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at GPB
Hi, everyone! My name is Riley Griffin (xe/xir). I am just now entering my second year of graduate school in Clayton State University’s Masters of Archival Studies program. I am the second fellow, after Virginia Angles, to be a part of the American Archives of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship (PBPF). My part … Continue reading Riley Griffin, Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow at GPB
AAPB Announces Collaboration with Dartmouth College Media Ecology Project
The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) and Dartmouth College are pleased to announce a new collaboration in which AAPB’s Online Reading Room of public television and radio programming will now be accessible through the Media Ecology Project (MEP) at Dartmouth. The Media Ecology Project is a digital resource directed by Dartmouth Associate Professor … Continue reading AAPB Announces Collaboration with Dartmouth College Media Ecology Project
Historic WRVR-FM Archives to be Digitized, Preserved and Made Available in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Historic WRVR-FM Archives Receives CLIR Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives Award More than 4,000 hours of cultural and political radio programming from the 60s and 70s to be made public Morningside Heights, NY – The Council on Library and Information Resources has awarded a grant of $330,000 to digitize, preserve, and make publicly … Continue reading Historic WRVR-FM Archives to be Digitized, Preserved and Made Available in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
WGBH Awarded Grant by Institute of Museum and Library Services for Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship
Grant of $229,772 will fund students’ work on digitization of historic, at-risk public media content from underrepresented regions and communities BOSTON, September 28, 2017 – WGBH Educational Foundation is pleased to announce that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded WGBH a $229,772 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant to launch the Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship. The … Continue reading WGBH Awarded Grant by Institute of Museum and Library Services for Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship
WGBH Awarded $1 Million Grant by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Support American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Grant will bolster capacity and usability of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting BOSTON (June 22, 2017) – WGBH Educational Foundation is pleased to announce that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded WGBH a $1 million grant to support the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB). The AAPB, a collaboration between Boston public media … Continue reading WGBH Awarded $1 Million Grant by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Support American Archive of Public Broadcasting
AAPB Presentation at IFLA News Media Section Conference
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) News Media Section held a two-day satellite session on "News, New Roles, & Preservation Advocacy: Moving Libraries Into Action” in Lexington, KY on August 10-12, 2016, hosted by the University of Kentucky Libraries. AAPB Library of Congress project director Alan Gevinson participated remotely with a PowerPoint … Continue reading AAPB Presentation at IFLA News Media Section Conference
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