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OHL Workshop Series

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In collaboration with conservator and archivist Caroline Gil Rodríguez, who served as an external expert consultant in the present project, UPRM Library organized a series of educational events covering topics related to the OHL's activities, such as digital preservation, creation of oral history collections, and archiving best practices.

Most of these talks were held in Spanish. This was extremely helpful due to the fact that still, not too many educational activities on these subjects are held in Spanish. All of the events in the series were very well attended, and attendees included information professionals as well as members of the general public. Besides attendees from Puerto Rico and the United States, we had people joining us from countries such as Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and France.

We hope this workshop series will encourage participation by more members of Spanish-speaking communities in digital humanities projects. 

Below you will find descriptions for each of the sessions in the workshop series, as well as links to the recordings.

Preservación Digital: Principios básicos y fundamentos
This workshop by time-based media conservator and archivist Caroline Gil Rodríguez covers a diversity of topics related to digital preservation, such as what constitutes a digital file, differences between proprietary and open-source file formats, how to examine and interpret a file's technical metadata, and recommendations to manage, describe, and monitor digital collections.

Uso de Omeka para desarrollo de proyectos de humanidades
digitales
This workshop by Rosadel Santos Flores, who is a metadata and digital objects management specialist, provides an introduction to Omeka, an open-source platform that can be used to create and disseminate digital collections. The session demonstrates different aspects of the platform's functionality, including adding content, assigning metadata, and creating online exhibitions.

Introducción a la archivística: Conceptos y prácticas para la
gestión de archivos y coleccionesIn this talk, archivist Cristina Fontánez Rodríguez discusses fundamental theories and concepts of archival practice and their application to collection acquisition and development, appraisal, processing, access, and use. This webinar was designed for people who work or have an interest in working in archival settings and who have little or no previous knowledge about the history of the archival field and its theoretical frameworks.

Nos Cuidamos: Community Care and Power in Oral History
This talk by artist, activist-scholar, archivist, and historian Cynthia Tobar focuses on community-based approaches to co-create oral history collections. It also discuss how academic institutions can support local communities by providing access to needed resources and implementing post-custodial archival models.

Archivos orales con enfoque comunitario: Teorías y metodologías
This talk presents essential points to consider when creating community-focused oral archives. It addresses the new political and ethical role of archivists within the community paradigm of archival practice, and showcases various examples that underscore the value of preserving oral testimonies in community archives. The speaker, Claudio Ogass Bilbao, is an activist archivist, a member of Chile's Taller de Archivística Comunitaria (TAC), and a PhD student in Archives and Records Management at the University of Liverpool.

Introducción a la catalogación audiovisual con PBCore
This workshop by audiovisual media preservation specialist Valeria Dávila discusses important aspects that must be taken into account when assigning metadata to audiovisual resources. It also provides a demonstration on the fundamentals of cataloging items with PBCore.

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