Research Guides @ Fordham: Digital Humanities: Oral History &amp; Podcast Tools

Professional Guidance & Ethics

Oral History Association (OHA) Principles and Best Practices
Latest version of OHA's principles and best practices for collecting oral testimonies.

Oral History in the Digital Age
Excellent resource explaining the various aspects of conducting an oral history project.

Selected Oral History Books

Recording Oral History [electronic resource] : A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 3rd ed. by Valerie Raleigh Yow
Rowman and Littlefield, 2015.
Doing Oral History [electronic resource] 3rd ed. by Donald A. Ritchie
Oxford University Press, 2015.
Transcribing Oral History [electronic resource] by Teresa Bergen
Routledge, 2020.
A Guide to Oral History and the Law [electronic resource] 2nd ed. by John A. Neuenschwander
Oxford University Press, 2014.
Call number [RH Stacks] KF390.O7 N48 2014

Digital Tools

To ensure long term preservation, oral histories and/or podcasts should be recorded in uncompressed .WAV format at 24-bit, 96kHz or at a minimum in .MP3 format at 16-bit, 48kHz.

Ask Doug -- Oral History in the Digital Age
Learn about recommended audio recorders and microphones from Dr. Doug Boyd of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History.

Audacity
An open source, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

Zamzar
A "freemium" tool offering audio file format conversion.

Copyright Help & Music Tools

Music Communities -- Creative Commons
Provides a list of websites offering free music for reuse under Creative Commons licenses.

Podcasts & Digital Storytelling

Scholarly Podcasting [electronic resource] : Why, What, How? by Ian M. Cook
Routledge, 2023.
NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide [electronic resource] : Create, Launch, and Grow a Podcast that People Listen to -- An Any Budget by Glen Weldon
Ten Speed Press, 2021.
Make Noise [electronic resource] : A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling by Eric Nuzum
Workman Publishing, 2019.
Tools for Podcasting by Jill Olmsted
American University, 2019.
Digital Storytelling [electronic resource] : Capturing Lives, Creating Community (5th ed.) by Joe Lambert with Brooke Hessler
Routledge, 2018.
So You Want to Start a Podcast : Finding Your Voice, Telling Your Story, and Building A Community That Will Listen by Kristen Meinzer
William Morrow, 2019.
Call number [RH Stacks] TK5105.887 .M45 2019
Turn up the Volume [electronic resource] : A Down and Dirty Guide to Podcasting by Michael O'Connell
Routledge, 2017.

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