Outline of Workshop

1. INTRODUCTION

• CLI (principles and projects)
• Coleman Kitchin (principles and projects)
• Audience introductions and interests
• Workshop Summary (what we plan on covering)

2. ASSUMPTIONS (Rod Cobi)

• audience has working knowledge regarding the Internet / WWW
• audience understands the importance of oral histories as a means of communicating cultural traditions and meaning
• audience has interest in generating multi-media / electronic presentations

3. APPLICATION NO. ONE

• Images of Iberville: Place Embodied in Art (offline and online): issues, objectives

4. BACKGROUND (Aaron Tuley)

• current technologies associated with conducting oral histories
• limitations with respect to archival storage

open reel tapes:50 years

audio cassette tapes:05 years

CDRom:cannot be determined

magnetic tape backups:15 years (estimate)

• Library of Congress Standards for recording and digitizing audio and images for long-term storage
• oral histories and the Internet / WWW: applications, introduction to case studies
• hardware / software requirements for digitizing audio recordings

5. FUTURE TRENDS (Coleman Kitchin)

• hardware improvements (faster modems, microprocessors, larger cache, MMX chip, larger monitors, CD writers, digital cameras, digital video, cable modems, ISDN lines, stripped-down computer concept)
• everything is going digital

6. OPPORTUNITIES (Rod, Coleman, Aaron)

• multi-media applications (audio and video)
• web site as abbreviated advertizement for what is available in archives

7. CONSTRAINTS (Aaron, Coleman, Rod)

• audio takes a lot of space
• ISP limitations (typical account types, costs)
• open standards vs proprietary standards
• proprietary software, i.e. Microsoft's Internet Explorer vs Netscape, RealAudio software for digitized oral history interviews
• audio download time

8. WEB SITE DESIGN PRINCIPLES (Rod, Coleman, Aaron)

• web site anatomy
• thematic issues
• Port Allen web site example
• features

9. APPLICATIONS (Aaron, Coleman, Rod)

• Will the Circle be Unbroken site (oral histories)
• Brians Furniture homepage (features: Java script, audio, animation)
• Citizens Bank and Trust homepage (features)
• Iberville Parish homepage (features)
• LA Heritage InfoNet (oral histories)
• National Archives of Singapore (oral histories)

10. CONCLUSIONS (Aaron, Coleman, Rod)

• what can realistically be done at this point (technologically speaking) (Coleman)
• role, responsibilities and contributions of the oral historian / folklorist in an interdisciplinary team (Rod)
• realistic technological capabilities of the oral historian / folklorist in a multi-media project
• responsibilities of the sponsor / client
• what is the best medium of communication
• questions and answers
• summary

11. DIGITIZING AUDIO (Aaron, Coleman, Rod)

• Review of "Images" production (step by step, how we did it)
• techniques
• hands-on exercises

12. ADJOURN WORKSHOP

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HANDOUTS

1. Internet Overview

• diagram (how it works)
• Proposal Overview

2. Images of Iberville

• description
• specifications

3. Library of Congress Technical Reports:

• Digital Historical Collections: Types, Elements, and Construction
• Digital Formats for Content Reproductions
• Access Aids and Interoperability

4. Web Site Anatomy

5. Design Principles

• Port Allen memo

6. Directories of oral history sites

• CLI list
• Oral History Association list