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University of Luxembourg

Multilingual. Personalised. Connected.

Oral History as a multimedia and

multidimensional presentation challenge Douglas Lambert

Overview

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Oral History Evolutions

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Oral History Digital Indexing (OHDI)

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Indexing via Code Frames

Oral History Evolutions

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Pre-digital

 Tape recording

 Life History vs. Topical

 Access physically limited

 TRANSCRIPTS

Oral History Evolutions

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Digital…

Oral History Evolutions

Min 38:43 to 44:38

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Timecode Indexing

 Access to direct time points in media player

 Media linked to meaningful text

Transcripts…

Annotations…

Terms / keywords…

Oral History Evolutions

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Timecode Indexing

The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)

Oral History Evolutions

National Library of Australia

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Timecode Indexing

Oral History Evolutions

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Timecode Indexing

 Annotation preferred

Annotation:

Involved in the realization of the importance of DNAPL

Transcription:

“Probably an important part with regard to groundwater

contamination that I was involved in in the early 80’s was, I guess, the realization of the importance of the DNAPL form of particular types of chemicals…”

Oral History Digital Indexing (OHDI)

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Oral History Digital Indexing (OHDI)

 Digital audio/video

 Timecode indexing

 Annotation preferred

 Archiving with access

 Coding

Indexing via Code Frames

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OHDI via code frames

 Organization of terms/codes

 End users

 Indexers

 Researchers

 Visual collection interface

Indexing via Code Frames

Code frames for

access and discovery…

Indexing via Code Frames

Code frames for multidisciplinary research…

Understanding groundwater restoration using oral history

Indexing via Code Frames

Community engagement (61) Property values (19)

Consultant competency (9)

Results retrieved via the research code frame

Index

Conclusions

Concluding thoughts…

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Timecode indexing is wide open

Conclusions

Concluding thoughts…

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Timecode indexing is wide open

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Codes applied but under-utilized

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Code Frames bridge a gap toward visual access

Oral History Digital Indexing (OHDI)

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Timecode Indexing

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Annotation before transcription

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Indexing with code frames

Thank you!

douglas.lambert@uni.lu