Special thanks to our webinar speakers, including Natalie Milbrodt, Troy Reeves, Carla Alvarez, and Sady Sullivan, who shared the resources listed below.
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress resource list includes tools for the archival preservation of digital objects and technical documents on archiving and preserving digital recordings.
Created by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, this page provides access to collections of primary source materials, including audio recordings.
Preservation workshops and workshops for the public (including video recordings) about donation agreements and funding opportunities for organizations.
CAC is a peer network that allows community-based archives to collaborate, share skills, training, and best practices, leverage pooled resources, and provide peer-to-peer mentoring to support long-term sustainability and growth.
Webinar and handout about planning a community archive, provided by the Woodson Research Center in the Fondren Library at Rice University
uses the lifecycle model to map out an expanded concept of curation, beginning with planning an oral history project and ending with access and use.
Authored by practitioners and scholars Sady Sullivan with Maggie Schreiner, this is a list of broad considerations, such as being an informed listener and options for what to do with interviews once they are completed.
Explains archives and archival repositories and how hosting differs in each setting from user’s perspective.
Offered by the Oral History Association to help identify relevant metadata for an oral history collection.
In 2019, the Oral History Association established a set of goals, guidelines, and evaluation standards for oral history interviews.
List of resources, including best practices, relevant events, and information about the H-OralHist listserv.
Introduces the latest information on digital technologies pertaining to all phases of the oral history process and recommends standards and best practices.
Sample developed by Troy Reeves, Head of the Oral History Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.
The Queens Public Library's list of oral history resources, which includes their volunteer agreement, interview guides, and consent forms for interviewees in multiple languages.
List of guides, toolkits, and projects provided by the Society of American Archivists.