Hello everyone, I am collecting some data for a research project on "the state of curating oral histories." If you, or someone in your institution works with the cataloging, processing or archiving oral histories, I would be ever so grateful if you could complete my survey posted at http://people.mills.edu/mackay/Survey1.doc. It should take about 20 minutes, and you can return it by email attachment or US mail. DEADLINE: June 15, 2004 I am a librarian (cataloger), a practicing oral historian and currently am the archivist and coordinator for the oral history program at Mills College. As I move from one role to another in my daily work, I'm keenly aware of the gaps in information between oral historians and archivists, and I believe the quality of archived oral histories is compromised. I hope to identify the major challenges in processing archival quality oral histories, e.g. staffing, technology, funding, communication, record keeping, preservation, etc., and to encourage best practices guidelines for processing oral histories. Thank you in advance for your time. If you have any questions, please contact me at [log in to unmask] with the subject line: Oral history survey Nancy MacKay Head, Technical Services and Collection Development Coordinator, Oakland Living History Program Mills College Oakland, California [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).