[OPLINLIST] Digital Audio Workshop

[SWON Libraries]

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    Digital Audio Workshop


      Register

http://www.swonlibraries.org/viewevent?id=1615


      Sponsor

SouthWest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries and Boone County Public Library


      Date & Time

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.


      Location

Boone County Public Library - Main Location
1786 Burlington Pike
Burlington, KY 41005


      Speaker(s)

*/Doug Boyd/*, Ph.D. is the Director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for 
Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries. Previously, he 
managed the Digital Program for the University of Alabama Libraries, 
served as the Director of the Kentucky Oral History Commission and prior 
to that as the Senior Archivist for the oral history collections at the 
Kentucky Historical Society. Boyd specializes in the digital 
technologies associated with the collection, preservation, and digital 
publication of oral histories. Recently, Boyd designed the Civil Rights 
in Kentucky Oral History Project Digital Media Database for the Kentucky 
Historical Society, and co-authored with Henry Glassie the audio CD 
accompanying Glassie's latest book The Stars of Ballymenone published by 
Indiana University Press. Boyd's interests are not limited to the 
technological applications of oral history but include the intellectual 
components as well. He has recently submitted, for publication, a 
completed book manuscript which focuses on the dynamics between oral 
history and public memory.

/*Jennifer Gregory*/ received her MLS from the University of Kentucky. 
She has worked in nearly every area of library operations including 
reference, cataloging, special collections, IT, and administration in 
both public and academic libraries. She is currently the Virtual 
Services Librarian at Boone County Public Library, where she manages two 
consortial groups for Kentucky, one for virtual reference and the other 
for downloadable digital materials.

*/Sarah Milligan/* has been the program administrator for the Kentucky 
Oral History Commission of the Kentucky Historical Society since 2007. 
She holds an M.A. in Folk Studies from Western Kentucky University and 
an undergraduate degree in English and German from Oklahoma City 
University. As the program administrator for the Commission, Milligan 
manages the granting programs, conducts statewide workshops on 
conducting oral history as well as offering technical assistance to oral 
history collection holders around the state. Before joining the 
Commission, Milligan worked as a folklife specialist for the Kentucky 
Folklife Program, an interagency of the Kentucky Historical Society and 
the Kentucky Arts Council.


      Description

This day long workshop with experts in oral history digital audio is 
designed for any agency that has an audio collection or interest in the 
oral history field. Topics covered include:

* Understanding digital formats

* Migration of analog to digital

* Important equipment features and equipment suggestions

* Preservation strategies

* Ways to promote your digital collection


      Meal

Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.


      Registration

The deadline to register is Friday, May 1st, 2009

    * *Contributing Member of SWON Libraries*
      $25 **
    * *Friend of SWON Libraries*
      $25 **
      <http://www.swonlibraries.org/php/register.php?a=formreg&id=1615&rate=cost3&sponsor=SouthWest%20Ohio%20and%20Neighboring%20Libraries%20and%20Boone%20County%20Public%20Library&addattendee=Y>
    * *Contributing Member of NEO-RLS, NORWELD, or SERLS*
      $25 **
      <http://www.swonlibraries.org/php/register.php?a=formreg&id=1615&rate=cost2&sponsor=SouthWest%20Ohio%20and%20Neighboring%20Libraries%20and%20Boone%20County%20Public%20Library&addattendee=Y>
    * *Other*
      $25 **
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