I'm ex archives myself (but only from 6 years back- hardly the old school) but I think I an help point you in the right direction. I'm at KW this week, then away for a few weeks, but I can make email introductions. Maybe help with interviews when I get back.
a On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Dan Brickley <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/4/09 00:09, Ant Miller wrote: > >> Hmm, I think I know just the people to ask about that one- an episode >> on metadata, bringing in everyone from /programs to written archives, >> and not skipping over the inestimable mr Silver Oliver too- that could >> work! >> > > Yes please! I have a bit of time through the NoTube project to help chase > interviewees or ideas too. But how far back can we go? Anybody got contacts > with folk from the very early days of the BBC archive. When did things first > start being catalogued carefully, and how, etc...? > > Nearby in the Web - http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/catalogue.shtml > http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/catalogue.shtml?chapter=5 ... great > interviews, but it seems like only snippets from something perhaps longer > are online? I love hearing about the example searches people ask of the > archive, ... really stretches the capabilities of even modern metadata / > search tools, and makes you think about what must be buried in the BBC > databases if only we knew how to find it again. > > Dan > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Ant Miller tel: 07709 265961 email: [email protected]
