The AAPB team is thrilled to welcome Rachel Curtis as our new Digital Conversion Specialist at the Library of Congress. In this role, Rachel is the project manager for the Library of Congress side of the AAPB project. She is involved with metadata mapping, reporting, planning, oversight, and overall coordination activities. Rachel has a background in Anthropology … Continue reading AAPB welcomes Rachel Curtis, new Digital Conversion Specialist
Tag: public radio
The Tuskegee Airmen
My name is Kathleen Mahoney, and I am a Public History M.A. student at University of Massachusetts Amherst. This past summer, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to assist with cataloging digitized audiovisual content for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. My interest in interning with the AAPB team was twofold. As a Public History … Continue reading The Tuskegee Airmen
AAPB Makes Historical Public Media Content Available to the Public
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
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!
Announcing the AAPB National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR)
WGBH, on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), is pleased to announce that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has funded the AAPB National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) Project, creating eight 10-month digital stewardship residencies in public media organizations across the country. The AAPB NDSR Project will build upon and enhance … Continue reading Announcing the AAPB National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR)
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
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