Leveraging Aviary for Past and Future Audiovisual Collections
Now that audio and video recording hardware is easy to use, highly portable, affordable, and capable of producing high quality content, many universities are seeing a rise in demand for oral history projects and programs on their campuses. The burden of preserving and providing access to this comple...
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| Language: | English |
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Code4Lib
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Code4Lib Journal |
| Online Access: | https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/17818 |
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| Summary: | Now that audio and video recording hardware is easy to use, highly portable, affordable, and capable of producing high quality content, many universities are seeing a rise in demand for oral history projects and programs on their campuses. The burden of preserving and providing access to this complex format typically falls on the library, oftentimes with no prior involvement or consultation with library staff. This can be challenging when many library staff have no formal training in oral history and only a passing familiarity with the format. To address this issue, librarians at the College of Charleston have implemented AVPreserve’s audiovisual content platform, Aviary, to build out a successful oral history program. The authors will share their experience building new oral history programs that coexist alongside migrated audiovisual materials from legacy systems. They will detail how they approached migrating legacy oral histories in batch form, and how they leveraged Aviary’s API and embed functionalities to present Aviary audiovisual materials seamlessly alongside other cultural heritage materials in a single, searchable catalog. This article will also discuss techniques for managing an influx of oral histories from campus stakeholders and details on how to make efficient use of time-coded transcripts and indices for the best user experience possible. |
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| ISSN: | 1940-5758 |