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.
Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University
Country:
UNITED STATES
Presentation type:
spoken paper
Date:
30 Sept Wednesday
Start time:
1 130
Venue:
Grand Auditorium
Abstract: