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Leveraging partnerships to manage and preserve the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty records

Title (author1): 
Mr
First names (author1): 
Brandon
Surname (author 1): 
Burke
Institution: 
Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University
Country: 
UNITED STATES
Other authors: 
James Sam
Presentation type: 
spoken paper
Date: 
30 Sept Wednesday
Start time: 
1 130
Venue: 
Grand Auditorium
Abstract: 

The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) records at the Hoover Institution Archives span six decades, three continents, forty-some languages, and nearly 300,000 sound recordings. Carriers are a virtual history of twentieth century broadcast media: from lacquer disc, open reel tape and cassette to proprietary logging media, MiniDisc and born-digital audio files.
This presentation will cover: on-going collaboration with RFE/RL staff; working with intercontinental partners to secure funding, native language description, and local availability; prioritization of carriers and content; balancing in-house digitization with external vendors; efficient in-house workflows; incorporating related, but legally separate, collections; and dealing with some of the oddest, obsolete carrier formats possible.