Moving Beyond Access: Unlocking the Potential of Moving Image Archive Collections

Moving Beyond Access: Unlocking the Potential of Moving Image Archive Collections

The Southern Folklife CollectionUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Erica TitkemeyerAV Conservator // Project Director@[email protected]

SFC User Types

Traditional Discovery

Onsite

Classrooms/Syllabi

Library catalog

Finding aids

Traditional Delivery Tools

Onsite

Access copies via Dropbox, CD-R, Email Is this sustainable? Is this the best we can do? Does it successfully meet our user needs? Does it effectively highlight our collections and encourage

additional research, both onsite and online?

No, not really

Incorporate Delivery into Existing Discovery Tools

Scaling up…

In August 2015, SFC received a $986,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to implement a large-scale audiovisual preservation and access program

~5,000 files already streaming online~200 audio files per sprint (2 weeks)~3500 video files in 3 yearsTotal = 15,700 files in 3 years

= 20,700 item-level records in finding aids

That’s a lot of scrolling…

Gaining Perspective

November 2014 – Humanities Advisory Committee Faculty members and independent scholars from UNC-Chapel Hill,

Emory University, UC-Santa Barbara, and the Alan Lomax Archive

Take away = Support opportunities that build the scholarly audience through faculty/student research funding while alsosoliciting feedback on our discovery and delivery approaches.

SFC Research Fellowship Program 2016 – Gladys Delmas Foundation

Travel funds of up to $1,500 per fellow, for three artists, graduate students, or scholars who plan to make use of the SFC for a major project.

Projects may include dissertations, theses, articles, monographs, composition, artistic work, and performance

2016 – 2018 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $2500 to support travel and lodging for a one-week residency in Chapel Hill.

Scholar will work with the curator to define a universe of materials that would be most useful for the Fellow’s research.

The SFC will allocate studio time or funds for outsourcing to fulfill requests for digitization and online access of audiovisual materials

Scholar will play a role in communicating if/where we fall short in providing them with the tools to effectively conduct research on our collections

Other Opportunities

Partner with local radio news producer to develop series revolving around particular themes or aspects of southern music Researched and hosted by local folklorists Using SFC archival recordings culled through consultation with the

curator

Thanks!

Audiovisual Preservation at SFC: http://library.unc.edu/wilson/sfc/audiovisual-preservation/

Application information for current SFC Research Fellowship Program:http://library.unc.edu/wilson/sfc/research-fellowship-program/

Erica TitkemeyerAudiovisual Conservator // Project DirectorSouthern Folklife CollectionUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel [email protected]