Resources

Networks:

OHA Principles and Best Practices

A set of goals, guidelines, and evaluation standards for oral history interviews.

Independent Practitioners’ Toolkit for Oral Historians

Educational resource intended for use by practitioners who work within the fields of oral history and allied documentary and cultural work as freelancers, independent contractors, consultants, artists, community historians, and small business owners/sole proprietorships.

Regional and International Organizations

A list of regional oral history associations in the U.S. and international membership organizations.

Find an Oral Historian

A searchable directory of oral historians from OHA’s membership.

H-Oralhist Listserv

H-Oralhist is a network for scholars and professionals active in studies related to oral history and is affiliated with the Oral History Association.

http://www.ala.org/alcts/mgrps/pars/grps/ats-parwgoh http://www2.archivists.org/groups/oral-history-section/oral-history-resources Remote Interviewing: https://www.oralhistory.org/2020/03/26/webinar-oral-history-at-a-distance-conducting-remote-interviews/ The Full Recording of the webinar, as well as the Q&A Session afterwards, are now available. The slides from the webinar, a summary, and a digest of additional resources mentioned in the webinar chat and Q&A, are also available.

Oral History Association Archives Interest Group
Google Drive Folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kN8V9T1k6xX64LuDDmbMedZMb0ycNj4c
- Remote Oral History Tips: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19usx30S-F4k5WVbkOwDdyEysrAr2h6xQlmG0K8n7-yQ/edit?usp=sharing
- Remote Interviewing Information and Resources: a Google Doc where we can begin listing existing projects, experiences, and other links

Technology:

OHA’s Web Guides to Doing Oral History
Oral History in the Liberal Arts, http://ohla.info/
Doug Boyd, OHA Past-President, https://digitalomnium.com/ + Oral History in the Digital Age

Zoom Video Recording & Recording Formats Store footage on Amazon Web Service (AWS) Automated Transcription: Please note that an oral history transcription will need to review the auto-generated text.

Amazon Transcribe | Automatic Transcription‎ – Adaws.amazon.com/ML‎, “Quickly add speech-to-text capability to your applications with an API call.”
Google Speech-to-Text
Trint.com
Rev Call Transcription
- https://www.rev.com/zoom-live-captions

Software for Editing:

Audacity, open source audio editing
Adobe Premiere and Audition

COVID-19 Resources: American Folklore Society, https://www.afsnet.org/page/COVID-19