1. American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 Pacifica Radio Archives’ Broadcast History of the Women’s Movement in America Jolene Beiser, MA, MLIS Holly Rose McGee, MLIS

2. Project Overview 2000 recordings broadcast on Pacifica Radio stations between 1963 and 1982 Produced by or featuring women, often about feminism or including a conversation about women’s rights and struggles 1,700 1/4” reel-to-reel tapes (7 and 10-1/2 inch) being digitized at George Blood Audio, 300 previously digitized in house Grant project period: October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2015 $128,000 matching grant from NHPRC

3. Sought advice from grant officer 2nd time’s a charm! Partnerships and support NHPRC Grant Application and Partnerships

4. Methodology 1.Appraisal and Accession of Analog Materials 2.Description of Analog Materials 3.Digitization of Analog Materials 4.Appraisal and Accession of Digital Materials 5.Description of Digital Materials 6.Dissemination of Digital Materials 7.Preservation of Digital Materials (ongoing) 8.Promotion (ongoing)

5. Tape condition assessment

6. Shipment and Digitization at George Blood Audio

7. Quality control and Accession of Digital Objects

8. Dissemination and Preservation of Digital Materials: Pacificaradioarchives.org

9. Dissemination and Preservation of Digital Materials: Internet Archive

10. Dissemination and Preservation of Digital Materials: U.C. Berkeley’s Oskicat

11. Additional access point: Finding aid on Online Archive of California (OAC)

12. Cataloging the collection

15. Legacy cataloging

16. NHPRC grant-funded 2 nd level cataloging

19. https:// www.drupal.org /http:// pbcore.org /

20. Drupal system with PBCore

29. L i s t e n

30. Challenges!

31. Legacy metadata created by non-archivists

32. Challenges! Legacy metadata created by non-archivists Archive is in a live radio station

34. Challenges! Legacy metadata created by non-archivists Archive is in a live radio station Audio cataloging doesn’t come with verified or printed information

35. Challenges! Legacy metadata created by non-archivists Archive is in a live radio station Audio cataloging doesn’t come with verified or printed information Listening through layers of sound in broadcast programming

36. Challenges! Legacy metadata created by non-archivists Archive is in a live radio station Audio cataloging doesn’t come with verified or printed information Listening through layers of sound in broadcast programming Not going too deep into cataloging

37. Challenges! Legacy metadata created by non-archivists Archive is in a live radio station Audio cataloging doesn’t come with verified or printed information Listening through layers of sound in broadcast programming Not going too deep into cataloging Copyright restrictions

38. Challenges!

39. Legacy metadata created by non-archivists Archive is in a live radio station Audio cataloging doesn’t come with verified or printed information Listening through layers of sound in broadcast programming Not going too deep into cataloging Copyright restrictions Women’s history not as well documented as men’s history

40. Other Project Challenges Changes to Methodology Box Scanning and Printing Re-re-boxing(?!?!) Updates to Content Management System Adding necessary metadata capture Adding necessary project tracking fields Formatting record display Staffing changes

41. Thank you!! www.womenmakinghistoryblog.wordpress.com