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digital video and special collections

digital video and special collections. Andrew T. Huse Special Collections Librarian. Audio-Visual Creation, 1997-2007. Videography and editing capabilities since the late 1990s. A/V often taken for granted, utilized sporadically, for variety of purposes.

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digital video and special collections

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  1. digital video and special collections Andrew T. Huse Special Collections Librarian

  2. Audio-Visual Creation, 1997-2007 • Videography and editing capabilities since the late 1990s. • A/V often taken for granted, utilized sporadically, for variety of purposes. • Oral History Program founded in 1997 as development tool. • No real outlet for finished materials. • No use of multimedia in Special Collections.

  3. Special Collections • Outlet for oral history videos • Documentaries • Showcase for Special Collections materials and faculty/staff expertise • “Show me Something Cool”

  4. Training and equipment Equipment: Oral History Endowment Going digital in 2002 Purchasing Macintosh computers with Final Cut Pro software Using ipods, digital still cameras, to record content

  5. Getting Started Appointing iTunes U administrators Identifying interested and talented staff Loose organization, “under the radar” Hiring talented individuals to help with production Developing guidelines

  6. Challenges • Stretched staff/Unwillingness to learn • Fear of cameras • Mac’s table scraps: ITunesU and GarageBand • YouTube and ownership • podcast as misnomer • “Fear of mold” • A/V materials as publications • Academic computing • Lack of interest in upper circles

  7. Improvising • Advantages of brief videos • Oral History Kits • Streamlining the process • FinalCut Pro • David Ariew, wunderkind

  8. Rewards • Creativity demanded • Tapping into talent and expertise of colleagues • Rare initiative and collaboration • Seeking and finding an audience • Persistent presence with no upkeep • No sizzle: Library appreciation • 21st century librarian: Put up or shut up

  9. Videocasts—Special Collections Department introduction Ybor City Parade, 1938 Dissected Map / Children’s literature Medieval texts / St. Benedict Borroso / Ediciones Vijia art books Eye of the Beast / Vote Sanborn maps & City directories

  10. Oral History • Edgar Chattin, Mable Sims • Freedom Riders 2006 • Solomon’s Castle • Congressman Sam Gibbons • Grace Allen • Hundreds of potential programs from vast collection.

  11. Library-wide Projects • Library Tour • Diversity at USF Libraries • Karst Information Portal • USF Library Video Contest

  12. What’s Next? • Cumulative effect • You Tube partner status • Integrate content into catalog and Digitool • Circulo Cubano/small town Florida grants • Library-wide ARL collection initiatives • Showcase partnerships: Mass comm, Tampa Bay History Center, International Independent Showman’s Association

  13. Video Samples • Instructional video: Sanborn maps and city directories with Paul Camp • Oral history: Edgar Chattin interview and knife making demonstration • Archival show and tell: “Vote” sound recording

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