Office by Alex Penny
I'm an MLS student on the archives track at the University of Maryland. I found myself posting a lot of articles, photos, links, etc. regarding archives, libraries, books, and other things on my Facebook, and felt it would be better to put these posts in a place specifically for the purpose of creating a fond of sorts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonds), chronically things I find interesting about archives, libraries and books.
Oh and in the interest of citing sources, the title of the blog is from The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
This guide is for people who record oral history interviews, and organisations and individuals who keep collections of oral history recordings in the United Kingdom. The Oral History Society promotes the use of oral history techniques to record the memories of those whose life stories would otherwise be lost to future generations, and encourages researchers and teachers to make use of oral history in their work. It is essential that informants should have confidence and trust in interviewers, and that recordings should be available for research and other use within a legal and ethical framework which protects the interests of informants. The following information and guidelines are aimed at ensuring that these objectives are achieved.
Stumbled upon this website a few months ago, but I’ve only begun reading this page. Actually printing this out for future reference. Anyone doing interviews that have some history in them should really take note of these points laid out by the Oral History Society. It may be based in the United Kingdom, but most of the guide is applicable anywhere else in the world. However it’s best to know your country’s laws and see if what Mr. Ward wrote is applicable in your neck of the woods.
Aside from that, OHS also has an interesting page that gives tips on how to conduct oral history interviews. Worth a read too.
(Source: unpocoderojo, via bestmatedonnanoble)
