WGBH Media Library and Archives Opportunity
I am working with a project that I thought might be of
interest to the Science, Medicine and Technology Community.
I work for WGBH, Boston in the Media Library and Archive
and the Archive has been funded by the Mellon Foundation to work with academic
scholars who have interest in utilizing our moving image and sound materials
through the course of their research. We hope to increase public awareness of
the vast collections that digital repositories hold by publishing our entire
archival catalogue online, for open access and use.
Placing the catalogue online however is only the first
step, as records may be incomplete or misleading. To help enhance the quality
of our records, we are inviting scholars, teachers and students to research our
catalogue and contribute their own discoveries and findings back to us.
There are even limited opportunities there to catalogue
and curate an online collection specific to your field of research as part of
Open Vault (http://openvault.wgbh.org<http://openvault.wgbh.org/>).
Final products could include essays on your topic, streaming public access to
one selection of media in your collection, supplying metadata for the items in
your collection and/or presenting your findings at a conference.
As the Producer of both local programing and shows like
NOVA and Frontline, we have quite a few materials in all three genres, so if
you have an ongoing research project and would consider utilizing moving image
and sound materials in your work, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Allison Pekel
Project Coordinator
WGBH Media Library and Archives
617-300-2678