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Trial and 404 Error: PBPF EBSCO Fellow Shandi Burrows’ Experience Digitizing at the University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio
What do you do when your studio does not work? What are the behind the scenes of troubleshooting technology? How do you pack and ship heavy audiovisual equipment? I learned all this and more during my internship! As an on-campus … Continue reading
PBPF In Philadelphia: Immersion Week 2022
What happens when Library and Information Science (LIS) students from around the country travel to one of the U.S.’s top archival audio and moving image digitization sites? An awesome time and lots of learning! Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship (PBPF) Fellows … Continue reading
Voices from the Archive: Digitizing at PBS North Carolina as an EBSCO Fellow
The Collection: I am one of the American Archives of Public Broadcasting’s (AAPB) fellows working in conjunction with EBSCO and the University of Alabama. While I’m currently a graduate student at the University of Alabama, I’ll graduate this May with … Continue reading
Voices from the Field: PBPF Elizabeth Meads’ Experience at the University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio
Being a Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow has been one of the greatest experiences of my life. I will be forever grateful for the experience I gained in part by GBH and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB). Doing audiovisual … Continue reading
Digitizing WPLN (Nashville Public Radio): An On-The-Ground Report from EBSCO Fellow Ryan Inman
As a University of Alabama graduate student with the School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS), and a Nashville-based EBSCO scholar paired with WPLN (Nashville Public Radio), I digitized 61 “WPLN News Archive” Digital Audio Tapes (DATs), 32 “WPLN … Continue reading
Digitizing Public Media at the Center for Public Television & Radio at University of Alabama: An On-the-Ground Report from PBPF Fellow Hannah Hurdle During a Pandemic
I am so grateful I was able to continue my fellowship with WGBH and The American Archive of Public Broadcasting last semester. Comparing the Spring 2020 semester to Fall 2019 while working on my digitization project with the Center for Public Television and Radio at … Continue reading
Digitizing Virginia Public Media: An On-the-Ground Report from PBPF Fellow Nancy Paulette
Hello, everybody! Thanks for stopping by. I’m Nancy Paulette, a Master of Library and Information Studies student at the University of Alabama, and I’ll be your Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellow for this post, where you’ll get to read all about my … Continue reading
Digitizing Virginia Public Media: An On-the-Ground Report from PBPF Fellow Ben Steck
Hello to everyone lucky enough to find yourself on the AAPB website. There is quite a treasure of information here. My name is Ben Steck and I’m currently in my final semester at University of Alabama (UA) for an MLIS. I work … Continue reading
Digitizing Gulf Coast Public Media at WSRE: An On-the-Ground Report from PBPF Fellow Melissa Anthony
Hey y’all, I’m Melissa Anthony, a graduate student with the University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) and one of the first four UA SLIS students to participate in the Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship (PBPF). Over the course of … Continue reading
Digitizing Public Media at the Center for Public Television & Radio at University of Alabama: An On-the-Ground Report from PBPF Fellow Hannah Hurdle
Working on my fellowship for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting and the University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies has not only been an amazing learning opportunity, but it has also connected me with some great people from all over the … Continue reading