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American Historical Association (AHA),  archiving, – analog tapes, – analog-to-digital conversion standards, – decision to archive, – digital recordings, – Digital Resource Commons (DRC),  ethical issues, – finding aids, –,  International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) standards, – interview checklist, – interview summary,  migration of formats, – preservation, –, – record-keeping, – (see also under planning) release form,  (see also copyright) repository, selecting, – standards, – transcript storage,  audience, –, –, –, . See also planning ; presentation, public audio recording, –, – acoustics, , , – analog recording, ,  analog-to-digital (A/D) converter, –, – archiving, – computer as recording device,  digital recording, , –, – bit depth, – formats, – sample rate, – equipment, – flash memory cards,  frequency (Hz), – as language, – locations, – media, –,  microphones, –, –  lapel, , , – pickup (directional) patterns,  placement, – plosives and sibilants, – stands, – transducer types, – personal space,  presentation, – recording levels, – signal,  sound waves, – split-track technique, – budget, , , –, , –. See also funding and grants By the Sweat of Their Brow (exhibition), – civic action, oral history as, –,  Common Rule, – Communications Decency Act (),  community participation, –,  CommunityWithin,The (exhibition), –, –, –,  copyright, –,  assignment of, ,  Copyright Act (), –, –, n Copyright Office, , ,  Creative Commons licenses, –,  deed of gift, ,  definition, –, , , – derivative works,  fair use,  indemnity clause, – public domain, , , n release form, –, –,  restrictions on use, –, , –, ,  rights and uses, – term of, ,  works made for hire, ,  Creative Commons, –,  Index defamation, – court cases,  defenses,  definition, ,  fair comment standard,  privilege,  public figures, – public officials, – red-flag words, ,  standards of proof, , – statute of limitations,  Web sites, ,  Digital Resource Commons (DRC),  documentary, oral history as, –,  ethical and political issues, –, –, –,  archiving, – community standards, –, –,  editing of material, – guidelines for behavior, – honesty and personal responsibility, – organizational responsibility, – personal safety and integrity, – power relationships, – presentation of interviews, –, – public image, – respect and sensibility, – restrictions on use, –, , –, ,  structure and focus of interview,  terminology, – transcription, – Family Farm (project), – Fitchen, Janet,  Food forThought (project), – Freedom of Information Act,  Frisch, Michael,  funding and grants, , – arts councils, – budget, – cost share, , , ,  direct vs. indirect costs,  ethics, ,  foundations, – goals, , , – government agencies, – historical societies and museums,  humanities councils, , –  F  in-kind matches, , , ,  letters of intent,  proposals, – research, – griots, ,  Hiawatha Park, MountVernon (Ohio),  History Channel, , ,  humanities scholars, ,  human subject research, – informed consent form,  institutional review boards (IRBs), , – intellectual property. See copyright International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) standards, – interpretation, oral history as, – interview, – as agenda-setter,  arranging, , – checklist, – as companionship, – conducting, , – as conversation, – defining terms of, ,  directive vs. nondirective,  friends, relatives, and colleagues,  groups, – as historical evidence, –, – insider/outsider relationships, –, , , –, –, n introduction to, – as involvement, , – as legal evidence, – as life story,  as life validation,  memory joggers, – payment for, – as performance,  preparing background information, –,  rapport, ,  restrictions on use, –, , –, ,  ritual time,  sealing, , – shared authority, , , , –, , n stranger value,  structure, , –, – summary,  terminology, – as therapy, – as transaction,  as trialogue, – invasion of privacy, n Ives, Edward “Sandy,” ,  Jackson, Bruce, , ,  Kenyon College (Ohio), , , , , ,  Kline, Michael, , ,  Kokosing River, – libel. See defamation Lomax, James,  microphones, –, – lapel, , , – pickup (directional) patterns,  placement, – plosives and sibilants, – stands, – transducer types, – See also audio recording Milagro BeanfieldWar,The (Nichols), –,  Moore, Lee,  More Perfect Union,A (exhibition),  Morrissey, Charles, , , , ,  National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), , , ,  NationalTelevision System Committee (NTSC) video standard,  National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC),  Neuenschwander, John, , , , , , , ,  Ohio Humanities Council (OHC), , ,  open records laws,  Oral History Association (OHA), ,  planning, –, – advisory committees, –,  audiences, –, – budget, , , – civic projects, – community input, –, ,  credibility of sources, – description, –  F  documentary projects, –,  final products,  (see also presentation, public) goals, –, –, , –, , – grant proposals, – (see also funding and grants) inreach vs. outreach, – interpretive projects, – interviewees, selecting, ,  interviewers, selecting, – monitoring and evaluation, , – personnel, – phases of,  preparing background information, – publicity, , – record-keeping, , ,  (see also under archiving) research sources, – resources, , – schedule, – social purpose, –,  topic, selecting, – writing a plan, – Portelli,Alessandro, – presentation, public, –, , – audio recordings, – educational materials for K–, – exhibitions, –,  inreach vs. outreach, – promotion, – publications and themes, – theater, – video distribution, national and regional/local, –,  Web distribution, – projects. See planning questions, , , – close-ended,  compound,  leading,  open-ended, ,  precision,  probe or prompt, ,  recording. See audio recording; video recording Rural Life Center, Kenyon College (Ohio), , ,  salvage folklore, ,  sealing of interviews, , – shield laws,  slander. See defamation Smithsonian Institution,  Society of American Archivists (SAA),  sources, primary and secondary, – Speaking of Summit (project), – StoryCorps (project),  Tedlock, Dennis,  Terkel, Studs, – Thompson, Paul, ,  transcription, – accuracy, – auditing, – costs,  decision to transcribe, – editing, –, – equipment, – format, , ,  interviewee review, , – punctuation,  skills,  software,  storage (see archiving) style guide,  transcript vs. interview as primary document,  verbatim transcript,  velocity of narration, – video recording, –, – analog and digital formats, – angles, –  F  aspect ratio,  axis of action (screen direction), – backgrounds, – camera and lens movements, – camera technology, – converting light and color to image, – cutaways,  editing, – equipment, – eyeroom (talkspace), – field of view, – headroom, – high-definition television (HDTV),  inserts,  as language, – lighting, – linear vs. nonlinear formats, – medium, selecting, –,  presentation, –,  rule of thirds,  screen size,  setup, – talkspace (eyeroom), – types of shots, – video scanning,  visual objectivity...

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