Oral History Course from AABC

October 8, 2015

Just in time to help you manage your oral history collection that will be used to help answer all the genealogical requests that happen after the holidays!

Registration is now open for the AABC distance education course Oral History:  From Theory to Practice.

Course duration: January 4 – March 14, 2016

Using two recently revised publications: Curating Oral Histories (Left Coast Press, 2^nd ed; 2015) and The Oral History Reader (Routledge, 3^rd ed; 2015), students will be introduced to the theory and practice of conducting oral history in seven modules that cover:

1. Introducing Oral History
2. Administration
3. The Interview
4. Description and Transcription
5. Technology and Preservation
6. Public Outreach
7. Case Studies

Cost: AABC member $350CAD / Non-member $500CAD plus the cost of course textbooks

Limit: 20 participants

Registration starts: October 6, 2015

Registration closes: December 7, 2015

For more information on this course and links on how to register, please go to:

http://aabc.ca/education/distance-education/course-list/oral-history-from-theory-to-practice/

Regards,

Lisa Glandt
AABC Education and Advisory Service Coordinator
Tel: 778.680.2273
Email: aabc.advisor@aabc.ca