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Core Classroom Event: Hearing the Story: Creating an Oral History Project
Core is pleased to introduce a new continuing education opportunity called Core Classroom. It’s a hands-on virtual workshop that consists of two to four live sessions with assignments and group discussion.
Dates:
Monday, December 14th – 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Friday, December 18th – 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Monday, December 28th – 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Monday, January 4th – 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
These four Core classroom events will be held on the above dates for an hour minutes starting at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
Description: The former ALCTS Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) has for several years been creating oral histories of commercial binders and preservation librarians which are available on the American Library Association Institutional Repository (ALAIR). The presenters will demonstrate how to create and process oral histories and how to upload them to ALAIR. Be a part of this or other history recordings to document the changes in the profession over the past 50 years. This course will also teach you how to start an independent oral history project.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
Formulate a cogent oral history interview process, determine forms needed, and develop questions to ask interviewees regarding a particular project.
Successfully process the recordings, audio and video, and create indexing and brief descriptions for easy search and retrieval.
Understand what is required for uploading and making public the interviews for the ALA community, interested researchers, and the public.
Create their own independent oral history project.
Who should attend?
Anyone with an interest in oral histories and their creation is welcome to participate.
Technical Requirements for Attendees
Computer, phone with audio recording capability, Internet connection, Google Drive account
Instructors:
Jeanne Drewes has been active in ALA for over forty years and has conducted over forty interviews which are available on the ALAIR for both binders and preservation librarians. She has received numerous ALA awards including the Ken Haycock Award and most recently the ALCTS Ross Atkinson lifetime achievement award.
Liza Hazelwood is a film major at VCU and worked with Jeanne last summer on the processing and uploading of the files. She is a documentary filmmaker currently making work on mending. She also does book repair.
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Registration Fees: Core Member $139; Non-member $189
For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:
http://www.ala.org/core/ce/classroom
Core classrooms are recorded. Registration includes unlimited access to these recordings.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org
For all other questions or comments related to the webinars or classrooms, please contact Tom Ferren, Core Program Officer of Professional Development, tferren@ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.