Creating Connections, Building Community: The Role of Oral History Collections in Documenting and Sharing Campus Diversity

The collection and sharing of oral history is a growing area that libraries and archives are using to connect with their communities and document campus diversity. This column discusses opportunities for libraries and archives to include diverse and underrepresented voices in the historical record,...

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Published in:Serials review Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 232 - 237
Main Author: Craft, Anna R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Greenwich Routledge 03.07.2018
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Admissions policies
archives
Archives & records
Community
community engagement
diversity
Historical text analysis
Libraries
Oral history
North Carolina
United States > US
ISSN:0098-7913, 1879-095X
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Summary:The collection and sharing of oral history is a growing area that libraries and archives are using to connect with their communities and document campus diversity. This column discusses opportunities for libraries and archives to include diverse and underrepresented voices in the historical record, highlighting the Wolf Tales project from the North Carolina State University Libraries, which was the topic of a talk by Virginia Ferris at the 2018 North Carolina Serials Conference. This column discusses that presentation and briefly examines oral history projects at several other institutions, providing perspective on the efforts to use oral histories to document campus and community diversity in the profession. Further resources for institutions interested in pursuing or growing oral history programs are also provided.
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ISSN:0098-7913
1879-095X
DOI:10.1080/00987913.2018.1513750