Curating Oral Histories

Nancy MacKay has been straddling the line between library science and oral history for more than 30 years. As Technical Services Librarian at the Mills College Library (Oakland, California) from 1989-2012, her job included the managing the college oral history program as well as the back-end functions of the library. She has been teaching information science and oral history at the San Jose State University, School of Information since 2008. Nancy frequently writes, teaches, consults, and speaks about oral history. She is author of Curating Oral Histories and co-author of The Community Oral History Toolkit (2013). Current research interests include metadata for oral histories, community oral history, and oral history in a cross-cultural setting. Her most recent project is developing an archiving plan for the oral histories created in China by the Evergreen Education Foundation. She holds a B.A. degree in anthropology and an MLIS degree in Library Science, both from the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Foreword Preface to the Second Edition 1. Curating Oral Histories in the 21st Century 2. Getting Started 3. Collecting Oral Histories 4. Archives Management 5. Ethical Considerations 6. Oral History and the Law 7. Understanding Technology 8. Transcribing … and More 9. Cataloging 10. Backlogs and Other Backroom Secrets 11. Preservation 12. Curating for the User 13. Opportunities of the 21st Century Appendix A: Designing a Cataloging Template Using Dublin Core Appendix B: Pathways to Access Appendix C: Resources Appendix D: Forms Notes Glossary Further Reading Index About the Author