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Project Jukebox: developing a digital oral history repository of the Exxon Valdez Disaster P R I N C E W I L L I A M S O U N D R E G I O N A L C I T I Z E N S A D V I S O R Y C O U N C I L B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S M E E T I N

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P R I N C E W I L L I A M S O U N D R E G I O N A L C I T I Z E N ’ S A D V I S O R Y C O U N C I L B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S M E E T I N G J A N U A R Y 2 3 - 2 4 , 2 0 1 4 A N C H O R A G E A L A S K A

Project Jukebox: developing a digital oral history repository

f the Exxon Valdez Disaster

Alicia Zorzetto Digital Collections Librarian alicia.zorzetto@pwsrcac.org

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What is Oral History?

“Oral history is the translation of history into experience.” – Richard Candida Smith

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What is Oral History?

 Narrator  Interviewer  Transcriber  Preserver (libraries and archives)  Retriever

 research  excerpts  documentaries  museum exhibits  public plays  legal testimonies

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Why is Oral History Important?

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

Trans-Alaska Pipeline Auth. Act Pipeline complete formation

f RCACs

& SERVS OPA90 Oil strike at Prudhoe Bay $5billion awarded in damages Hazelwood’s criminal case ends U.S. Supreme Court caps punitive damages at $507.5 million Tanker risk assessment begins

spill

Air quality equipment installed at VMT 25th anniversary Of EVOS

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 Social history  Reflective  Changes the focus  Provides Depth  Democratic  Bridges generational gap

Why is Oral History Important?

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Project Jukebox: Exxon Valdez

 Alaska State Library Interlibrary Cooperation

Grant

$20,000 (conditional) ARLIS materials Credit the Alaska State Library Institute of

Museum and Library Services

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Project Jukebox: Exxon Valdez

 PWSRCAC

$10,000 and one project manager (Digital

Collections Librarian)

Audio recordings from “The Spill: Personal

Stories from the Exxon Valdez Disaster” by Sharon Bushell and Stan Jones

Newly created recordings Transcriptions (externally contracted)

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Project Jukebox: Exxon Valdez

 University of Alaska Fairbanks

Archive and catalog with the Alaska Polar

Regions Collections and Archives at UAF

Create freely accessible Project Jukebox website

with 20 recordings (audio/video)

Catalog within WorldCat (www.worldcat.org)

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Why is the UAF library so important?

 Mission:

 Center for research and education  Circumpolar North and its diverse peoples  Integrate teaching, research, and public service  Active citizenship  Creation, acquisition, preservation and dissemination of

information resources.

 Legitimacy  Digital Preservation

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Themes

 Fishermen  Native perspective  Wildlife  PWSRCAC founders  Children of the spill  Mental Health  PWS Communities  Litigation  Clean-up  Recovery  Prevention  Industry  Environmental

Toxicology

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Committed Narrators

 Rick Steiner  Tom Copeland  Marilyn Leland  Bob Linville  John Devens Sr.  Gary Bader  Craig Matkin  Scott Sterling  Jerome Selby  Jonathan Wills  Joe Banta  Dave Janka  Gordon Scott  Katie Gavenus  Patience A. Faulkner  John Devens Jr.  ARLIS videos

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Challenges

 Technological compatibility/ library standards  Native perspective  Female perspective  Domestic and social experiences  Rights of the Narrator  Original intent of audio recordings  Stan Stephens

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Thank you!

For More information visit: www.jukebox.uaf.edu Questions? Comments?

Alicia Zorzetto Digital Collections Librarian Prince William Sound RCAC alicia.zorzetto@pwsrcac.org 907-273-6228