2005 FALL WORKSHOP I
October 28, 2005
Benjamin Franklin Hall of the American Philosophical Society
427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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Reception-Dine-around
sign-up (8:00 am - 8:30 am)
Morning
Sessions (8:30 am - 11:30 am):
Beginning
Oral History
OHMAR President David Winkler, oral historian for the Naval Historical
Foundation, leads a half-day workshop on interview techniques, methodology,
and other basics that you will need to understand the process of capturing
recollections. Limit 25 people.
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OR --
Incorporating
Oral History into Documentaries
Former Red Cross Historian Brien Williams and Bloomfield College Communications
Professor Jeanne Nutter will discuss approaches to video-recording oral
history with an eye towards incorporation footage into quality production
documentary.
Lunchtime
Dine Around/Networking (11:30 am - 1 pm)
Break bread with your fellow workshop participants and facilitators
at nearby restaurants.
(Cost of lunch not included in conference fee.)
Afternoon
Sessions (1:00 pm - 4:00 pm):
Audio
Frontiers: From Analog to Digital
Charles Hardy from West Chester University will demonstrate the latest
capabilities of sound recording equipment.
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OR --
Archiving
Oral Histories and Sound Collections
American Philosophical Society Archivist J.J. Ahern will facilitate
a panel that will include Historical Society of Pennsylvania Archivist
R.A. Friedman and other experts who will focus on the challenges of
preserving and archiving analog sound in the digital age and explore
new trends.
For
directions to the Philadelphia workshop on October 28, please go to:
www.amphilsoc.org/library/map.htm
2005 FALL WORKSHOP II
November 18, 2005
Tamiment Library Conference Room, 10th floor
Bobst Library, New York University
70 Washington Square South, New York, NY
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Coffee
(9:00
am - 9:30 am)
Morning
Session (9:30 am - 12:00 noon): Morning
Session is Full -- No Additional Registrations Being Accepted
Beginners
Workshop
This workshop will provide an introduction to methods for conducting
oral history interviews, including methodology, interviewing techniques,
locating interviewees, and other aspects of oral history.
Led by RACHEL BERNSTEIN, an historian for Labor Arts and other projects
at the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University, and on
the faculty of NYU's Graduate Program in Public History.
Lunch
on your own (12:00 noon - 1:30 pm):
Afternoon
Session (1:30 pm - 4:00 pm):
Digitizing
Oral History Collections
This workshop will provide a close look into the issues and techniques
for digitizing oral history collections that are on analog tape formats.
The presenters will discuss the Tamiment Library project with the VidiPax
company to digitize 350 interviews from the New Yorkers at Work Oral
History Collection.
Presenters: CHRIS LACINAK, Director of Operations, VidiPax. He is an
audio engineer who has worked on many oral history preservation projects.
VidiPax provides services to the archival community for the preservation
of sound, moving image and data collections.
DR. MICHAEL NASH, Director, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor
Archives, New York University, oversees the oral history collecting
activities of the archives for the ongoing New Yorkers at Work and Oral
History of the American Left projects.
Directions
for the New York City workshop on November 18:
The Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South (corner of Washington
Square South (a/k/a West 4th Street) and La Guardia Place), can be reached
by taking the A, B or C train, all of which stop at West 4th Street,
one block west of the Bobst Library. The #1 train stops at Christopher
Street, two blocks west of the library.
