Free CyMAL Course
Oral History
Llŷn Maritime Museum
24th October 2014
This course is provided by the Welsh Government. It is open to staff and volunteers working in museums, archives and libraries in Wales.
This course is suitable for museum / archive / library employees and volunteers who:
- are thinking of undertaking / being part of an oral history project
- deal with oral history collections
Aim
The aim of this course is to explore ways to conduct and record oral history interviews. This will include handling different types of equipment to use.
By the end of the course participants will have:
- had an informal and practical introduction to oral history interviewing
- an opportunity to handle recording equipment and discuss some of the issues around oral history, life stories and memory.
Training Methods
- Audio-visual presentation
- Practical work
- Group discussion
Preparation
If course attendees already have recording equipment that they intend to use, they are welcome to bring it to the course, ideally with the user guide.
Trainer: Beth Thomas
Keeper of Social & Cultural History at St Fagans: National History Museum; Vice-Chair, Regional Network Representative of the Oral History Society; British Library/Oral History Society accredited trainer.
Registration
Registration requests are limited to 2 per organisation however we are happy to waitlist any others in the event the course is not fully subscribed. Once you have submitted your request the last screen of EventBrite will say “You’re going to ……” and you
may receive an email “registration confirmation” for the course. This is not a confirmation of a place for you. It is a confirmation that your request has been received. Please note your place is not guaranteed until you receive an invitation to the
course from CyMAL.
Please express your interest in this course through the EventBrite link below.
All correspondence relating to this course will be sent out electronically once you have registered; therefore you must supply an individual email address for each delegate.
Spaces are limited. If your circumstances subsequently change and you can no longer attend notify Lauren Baldwin immediately on [log in to unmask]
or 0300 062 2251 so your place can be awarded to someone on the waitlist
Lauren Baldwin
Cynorthwy-ydd Casgliadau, Safonau a Datblygu'r Gweithlu
Collections, Standards and Workforce Development Assistant
CyMAL : Amgueddfeydd Archifau a Llyfrgelloedd Cymru / CyMAL : Museums Archives and Libraries Wales
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
Rhoddfa Padarn, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3UR
0300 062 2251
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CyMAL contact number : 0300 062 2112
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