How-to's on Doing History

How to Conduct and Preserve an Oral History
Arthur Norberg
On commission to the IT History Society
This article discusses the value of oral history to research historians, exhibit designers, and companies, and it provides basic information about how to go about conducting, editing, and distributing the oral history.

The Process of Donating Your Individual or Organizational Records to an Archival Repository
This article describes the typical process that an individual will confront when wanting to donate records to an archival repository. It discusses such topics as copyright, disposition rights, how the repository will take care of the collection, how access to the collection is administered, and tax deductions.

Digital Equipment Guidelines
British Library - December 2010
Guidelines reflecting current practice in the British Library’s oral history department regarding digital recorders and digital recording.