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Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 2:01 PM
Subject: Accessibility of Oral History
Collections
Re: A Study of the Accessibility of Archival Oral History
Collections
July 16, 2000
Dear Archivist:
I am a graduate
student in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State
University. As part of the requirements for my master's degree I am conducting
a study about the accessibility of archival oral history collections. The
following questionnaire elicits information that will help me discern the
current level of accessibility of oral history materials. This information
will be useful to both theorists and practitioners in the field of library and
information science.
Confidentiality and anonymity are guarenteed, you
do not need to include your name on individual questionnaires and only the
investigator has access to the survey data. There is no penalty of any kind
should you choose not to participate in the study or if you withdraw from
participation at any time. While your cooperation is essential to the success
of this study, it is, of course, voluntary. A copy of the results of this
study will be available upon request.
If you have any further
questions, please contact me at (330)384-9434 or my research advisor Dr. Don
Wicks at (330) 672-2782. If you have any further questions regarding research
at Kent State University you may contact Dr. Walter C. Adams at
(330)672-3012.
Thank you very much for your cooperation; it is much
appreciated! You may return the questionnaire to me at the following e-mail
address dford@slis.kent.edu
Sincerely,
Dianna Ford
Graduate
Student
A STUDY OF THE ACCESSIBILITY OF ARCHIVAL ORAL HISTORY
COLLECTIONS/center>
1. Does your organization collect
oral history material?/flushboth>
_X___ Yes/flushboth>
____ No/flushboth>
2.
When did your organization begin collecting oral histories?/flushboth>
__1989__________/flushboth>
3.
Does your organization create oral history material?/flushboth>
_X___
Yes/flushboth>
____ No/flushboth>
4.
Does your organization create indexes for oral history
material?/flushboth>
____
Yes/flushboth>
_X___ No/flushboth>
5.
Does your organization catalog oral history material?/flushboth>
_X___
Yes/flushboth>
____ No/flushboth>
6. The
oral history collections are reported to:/flushboth>
__ (a)
The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections/flushboth>
__ (b) Data base(s) (please specify)
________________________/flushboth>
__ (c) State reporting
agency for oral history/flushboth>
__ (d) All of the above/flushboth>
X__ (e) None of the above/flushboth>
__ (f) Other (please specify)
______________________________/flushboth>
7. Usually,
interviews are:/flushboth>
_X_ (a) Fully transcribed/flushboth>
__ (b) Partially transcribed/flushboth>
__ (c) Not
transcribed/flushboth>
8. Cataloging or indexing of oral
history materials include access points for (specify all that apply) :/flushboth>
__ (a) Title of the oral history project/flushboth>
__ (b) Name of the interviewer/flushboth>
__ (c) Name of the interviewee/flushboth>
__ (d) Subject/flushboth>
__ (e) Other (please specify)
______________________________/flushboth>
9. Any
additional comments you would like to add:_I have had an intern and one of my
volunteers do a few oral histories of prominent members of our
organisation. I depended on them to transcribe their interviews.
One was never transcribed. I had done a volunteer oral history project
for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra a few years back. I transcribed the
interviews and turned the tapes and transcriptions over to the CSO. I
don't think they ever used the material or made it accessible.________________/flushboth>
Don't forget to
send your responses to me at:
dford@slis.kent.edu/flushboth>
Thank you for your
participation, it is greatly appreciated!/flushboth>
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