Using Jotform for Oral History Deed of Gift Submission
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Using Jotform for Oral History Deed of Gift Submission

There is a tremendous amount of attention placed on the numerous technical challenges involved when remotely recording oral history interviews; however, the logistical challenges can be of equal importance. One logistical challenge is the simple act of obtaining signatures for consent forms, release forms, or the interview deed of gift. When conducting in-person interviews, there…

OHMS Updates: Viewer version 3.6.3 / OHMS App version 3.0.1
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OHMS Updates: Viewer version 3.6.3 / OHMS App version 3.0.1

We have launched a new development cycle for OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) that will have some minor and some major updates coming in the next few months. The first of the updates have been released.  OHMS Viewer v 3.6.3 Improved footnote feature in the transcript view.  Added search and hover features with footnotes. Disabled…

OHMS and Omeka: The OHMS Plugin Suite
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OHMS and Omeka: The OHMS Plugin Suite

This post is about the Nunn Center’s release of the OHMS plugin suite for Omeka that integrates OHMS (the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) and Omeka in several powerful ways. But first, some historical context. A BIT OF HISTORY When I first designed OHMS (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer) in 2008, I envisioned it working primarily for…

Transcribing Tips: I’m Gonna Write This Just ‘Cause

Transcribing Tips: I’m Gonna Write This Just ‘Cause

Creating verbatim transcripts can be challenging.  My staff has had hours of discussion and debate about this over the years.  A question recently came to me asking (paraphrased): Since the Nunn Center wants “verbatim” transcripts, how do you handle “gonna” versus “going to”? Do you use “’cause” with an apostrophe instead of typing “because”?  Yes,…

Bourbon Whiskey, Controlled Vocabularies, and Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Bourbon Whiskey, Controlled Vocabularies, and Library of Congress Subject Headings

A brief video documenting our journey to have Bourbon whiskey established as a Library of Congress Subject Heading. To quote the post from the Nunn Center’s blog, “Catalogers and metadata specialists around the world were forced to use the ambiguous and misleading term “Whiskey” to describe something that was declared by US Congress in 1964…

Video Oral History in 360°: The Ricoh Theta S Video Camera
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Video Oral History in 360°: The Ricoh Theta S Video Camera

First, to experience this post to the fullest extent, switch your browser to Chrome (for now), or watch the YouTube clip below on your smartphone using the YouTube mobile app.  Trust me, it is cool. We talk a lot in oral history about “shared authority” and about co-creation.  Oral history, by definition, involves, at minimum, an…