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Curating oral histories : from interview to archive / Nancy MacKay.

by MacKay, Nancy, 1945- author.

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Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2016]

Libraries -- Special collections -- Oral history.

Sound archives.

9781611328554 (hardcover)

1611328551 (hardcover)

9781611328561 (paperback)

161132856X (paperback)

Practicing oral history series ; v. 2.

225 pages ; 24 cm.

Second edition.

Foreword -- Preface to the 2nd edition -- Curating oral histories in the 21st century -- Getting started -- Collecting oral histories -- Archives management -- Ethical considerations -- Oral history and the law -- Understanding technology -- Transcribing ... and more -- Cataloging -- Backlogs and other backroom secrets -- Preservation -- Curating for the user -- Opportunities of the 21st century -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Notes -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index -- About the author.

"For the past ten years, Nancy MacKay's Curating Oral Histories (2006) has been the one-stop shop for librarians, curators, program administrators, and project managers who are involved in turning an oral history interview into a primary research document, available for use in a repository. In this new and greatly expanded edition, MacKay uses the life cycle model to map out an expanded concept of curation, beginning with planning an oral history project and ending with access and use. The book guides readers, step by step, on how to make the oral history "archive ready"; offers strategies for archiving, preserving, and presenting interviews in a digital environment; and includes comprehensive updates on technology, legal and ethical issues, oral history on the Internet, cataloging, copyright, and backlogs"--

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