American Archive of Public Broadcasting Launches Online Reading Room Making Historical Public Media Content Available to the Public Establishes Executive Advisory Council; receives grants for digital archivist residencies, NET and Pop Up Archive projects BOSTON, Mass. (October 27, 2015) – In conjunction with UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, WGBH and the Library of Congress … Continue reading AAPB Makes Historical Public Media Content Available to the Public
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Mark your calendars: Access to historic public broadcasting just one month away!
Mark your calendars for the culmination of two years of development and collaboration on the American Archive of Public Broadcasting! On Tuesday, October 27 at 3pm ET, AAPB staff will host a webinar marking the official launch the AAPB Online Reading Room! Over the past two years, the AAPB team has worked closely with participating organizations, web … Continue reading Mark your calendars: Access to historic public broadcasting just one month away!
AAPB & Pop Up Archive Launch Project to Analyze 40,000 Hours of Historic Public Media
We are thrilled to announce that the Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded WGBH, on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, a National Leadership Grant for a project titled "Improving Access to Time-Based Media through Crowdsourcing and Machine Learning." Together, WGBH and Pop Up Archive plan to address the challenges faced … Continue reading AAPB & Pop Up Archive Launch Project to Analyze 40,000 Hours of Historic Public Media
Meet Lily Troia, AAPB Cataloging Intern & Public Media Junkie
The following is a guest post by Lily Troia, AAPB Cataloging Intern. Hi. My name is Lily Troia and I am a public media junkie. I will admit, it is a bit of a problem. The first thing I do when traveling to any new town is find the local radio affiliate for my fix … Continue reading Meet Lily Troia, AAPB Cataloging Intern & Public Media Junkie
Preserving History
This past January I arrived at WGBH to start an internship cataloging digitized video and audio materials from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. As a first-year graduate student at the Simmons College School of Library and Information Science, I had limited experience with cataloging (although my mother is a cataloger, so you could say … Continue reading Preserving History
Check out the new AAPB website at americanarchive.org!
We're thrilled to announce the launch of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting website at americanarchive.org! BOSTON, Mass. (April 7, 2015) – The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), a collaboration between the Library of Congress, WGBH Boston and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, launched a new website at americanarchive.org today, providing the public with … Continue reading Check out the new AAPB website at americanarchive.org!
Report of the PBCore RDF Ontology Hackathon
The following is a post by Karen Cariani, Director of the WGBH Media Library and Archives and Project Director for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. This past weekend a group of dedicated PBCore enthusiasts met prior to the Code4Lib conference in a suburban Portland, Oregon house for two days. It was a healthy mix of … Continue reading Report of the PBCore RDF Ontology Hackathon
Crawford finishes AAPB digitization of 40,000 hours!
The following is a guest post by Emily Halevy, Director of Media Management Sales at Crawford Media Services. In this blog post, Emily records her interview with Chip Stephenson, Crawford Project Manager, and David Braught, Crawford Logistics Coordinator. Crawford and the AAPB Project Team recently completed the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Digitization Project, funded by the … Continue reading Crawford finishes AAPB digitization of 40,000 hours!
Every Picture Tells a Story
The following is a guest post by Producer/Writer Elizabeth Deane. Every Picture Tells a Story had its premiere in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in February, 2014, at the launch of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB). Sound and images from six decades of public media filled that stately space, giving the … Continue reading Every Picture Tells a Story
New project for the new year: AAPB awarded a grant from CLIR
WGBH, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, has been awarded a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to lead the National Educational Television (NET) Collection Catalog Project, the first project to build upon the American Archive of Public Broadcasting initiative. This project will involve the creation of a national catalog … Continue reading New project for the new year: AAPB awarded a grant from CLIR
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