[SOA] SOA Workshop: Oral History in the 21st Century, Oct 24

[Jane Wildermuth]

Society of Ohio Archivists
2008 Fall Workshop: Oral History in the 21st Century

Join us October 24th for the SOA Fall Workshop! This year's theme is Oral History in the 21st Century. Workshop participants will be offered the opportunity to examine and discuss the role that Oral History plays in preserving Ohio's past.

Society of Ohio Archivists members and interested parties are invited to gather in Fremont, Ohio, as we explore: Oral History in the DIY age; Emerging Technologies; Preservation and Migration; Ohio's Oral History community; Oral History and scholarship.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE: 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
9:30 Registration & Coffee Klatch
10:00 Welcome
10:15 Keynote Address and Q&A: Current Issues in Oral History. David Mould, Ohio U
11:45 Lunch
1:00-3:00 (sequential sessions)
Session I: Tapping into Institutional Culture: Oral History as Research Tool. Virginia Dawson, History Enterprises
Session II: Digital Preservation. Karen Gracy, Kent State
Session III: Knowledge Capture/Interview Projects and Oral History. Stephen Paschen, Kent State
3:00-3:30 Panel of Workshop Speakers Q&A

Download the workshop brochure and mail-in registration: http://www.ohioarchivists.org/SOAFall2008Workshop.pdf (online registration coming).

Registration includes coffee break, lunch, and parking.
SOA Members $45
Non-SOA Members $55
Students $25

SPEAKERS
Virginia P. Dawson ( http://www.historyenterprises.com/meetus.php) is the president and founder of Cleveland-based History Enterprises. She holds a doctorate in History of Science and Technology from Case Western Reserve University. In 1997 she incorporated History Enterprises with Mark D. Bowles. Dawson and Bowles co-authored several books and the script for a video documentary of the life of Frances Payne Bolton, Reaching Out for Liberty and Light. Dawson is also an adjunct associate professor in History at Case.

Karen Gracy ( http://www.slis.kent.edu/content/view/235/140/) is an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. She holds a doctorate and master's in Library and Information Science, and a master's in Critical Studies of Film and Television all from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a bachelor's in English and French from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests are digital preservation; preservation of moving images; preservation education; social contexts of information creation and use, focusing on ethics and values; and information policy, focusing on intellectual property issues. She is author of Film Preservation: Competing Definitions of Value, Use, and Practice (Society of American Archivists, 2007).

David H. Mould ( http://www.scrippscollege.ohio.edu/administration_david_mould.aspx) is the associate dean for research and graduate studies in the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University. He holds a doctorate from Ohio University's Individual Interdisciplinary Program (History, American Literature, and Geography), a master's in Radio-TV-Film, and a bachelor's in European Studies. Mould's research areas are post-Soviet media, television and film history, media in war and conflict, and oral history. He is co-author of the forthcoming Catching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History (Ohio University Press, 2009).

Stephen H. Paschen ( http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?aid=6014&pc=10) is the university archivist as well as assistant professor in libraries and media services at Kent State University. He holds a master's in Library and Information Science from Kent State University, a master's in History from The University of Akron, and a bachelor's in Landscape Architecture from Iowa State University. He is co-author of the forthcoming Catching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History (Ohio University Press, 2009).

HOST: The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
The Hayes Presidential Center includes the home, library, museum, tomb, and 25-acre park-like estate (called Spiegel Grove) of 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. Entrance to the property is through the original gates from the White House. Situated in Northwest Ohio, the Hayes Center is located about 30 miles southeast of Toledo, and 60 miles west of Cleveland, Ohio. The main entrance is located at the corner of Hayes & Buckland Avenues. Driving directions and maps are available at: http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/visitors/.

Society of Ohio Archivists
Founded in 1968, the Society of Ohio Archivists' mission is to exchange information, coordinate activities, and improve professional competence in Ohio's archives and manuscript repositories. Membership in the society is open to the public, and we invite anyone with an interest in archives and manuscripts to join. http://www.ohioarchivists.org/
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