{"id":3081,"date":"2021-12-15T13:55:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/?p=3081"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:22:01","slug":"derby-local-studies-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/2021\/12\/15\/derby-local-studies-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby Local Studies &amp; Family History Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, we have reached the final post in this series exploring the different collection holders the UOSH Midlands team worked with as part of the UOSH project. Following on from the previous post on <a href=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/2021\/12\/15\/derbyshire-record-office\/\">Derbyshire Record Office<\/a>,\u00a0the last collection holder we examine is the Derby Local Studies and Family History Library.\u00a0As well as summarising\u00a0the various sound collections deposited at the library, this post, written by Elizabeth Gray,\u00a0will also give a\u00a0brief\u00a0glimpse into the cataloguing\u00a0experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Midlands team worked with five collections from the Derby Local Studies and Family History Library:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BBC Radio Derby Untold Stories &#8211;&nbsp;interviews undertaken with individuals from around the world discussing how they came to&nbsp;settle in&nbsp;Derby, recorded in 2003.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Alvaston&nbsp;Oral History Project &#8211; oral history interviews conducted with local residents of&nbsp;Alvaston, recorded between 2003 and 2005.&nbsp;<\/li><li>BBC Radio Derby: People and Places &#8211; programmes from the \u2018People and Places\u2019 series, exploring places of interest and local issues topics in Derby and Derbyshire. Broadcast on BBC Radio Derby&nbsp;during the 1970s.&nbsp;<\/li><li>BBC Radio Derby Collection &#8211; various radio programmes broadcast on BBC Radio Derby between 1970 and 1979.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Derby Oral Histories and Local Radio &#8211; oral history interviews undertaken with local Derbyshire residents, and recordings of various BBC Radio Derby programmes re-taped by Derby Borough Libraries.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-1-\u00a9-Lewis-Cawte-lewiscawte.me-CC-BY-SA-4.0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-1-\u00a9-Lewis-Cawte-lewiscawte.me-CC-BY-SA-4.0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3082\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-1-\u00a9-Lewis-Cawte-lewiscawte.me-CC-BY-SA-4.0.jpg 800w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-1-\u00a9-Lewis-Cawte-lewiscawte.me-CC-BY-SA-4.0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-1-\u00a9-Lewis-Cawte-lewiscawte.me-CC-BY-SA-4.0-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Derby Local Studies Library \u00a9 Lewis Cawte lewiscawte.me CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I joined the Midlands team as a Sound Archive Assistant to help with their work during the final months of the UOSH project. As the collections from the Derby Local Studies and Family History Library were some of the last to be digitised I was heavily involved in their cataloguing. As well as ensuring all the necessary metadata is recorded, it is important that the recordings are summarised to enable them to be used\u00a0and accessed by researchers and other individuals. This can be rather time consuming and so it was beneficial to have as an extra pair of hands (or rather ears) to speed the process along. A summary needs to briefly describe the content of the recording so as to be useful for listeners. Names of key speakers also need to be noted.\u00a0Some of the recordings can be quite lengthy, however luckily it is not necessary to listen to the entire recording. Extracts from the beginning, middle, and end will suffice to\u00a0get the\u00a0information you need.\u00a0As the list of collections above shows many of the recordings from the Derby Local Studies and Family History Library were BBC Radio Derby broadcasts.\u00a0The programmes tended to have\u00a0standard formats which meant\u00a0it was relatively straightforward\u00a0to locate key information within the recordings. Some of the recordings also came\u00a0with cue sheets which were really useful as they\u00a0gave details of both the programmes\u2019 presenters, and the\u00a0topics\u00a0covered. Nevertheless,\u00a0some\u00a0of the\u00a0programmes\u00a0did take longer to summarise than others. A\u00a0particular bane of mine were the \u2018In Retrospect\u2019 programmes, which reviewed a week\u2019s period of Radio Derby broadcasts. These programmes had multiple reporters and topics which meant it could take a while to write a good summary. I did find out lots of interesting things about Derby and Derbyshire though &#8211; who knew there were wallabies in the Peak District!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-2-Tape-Box-Compressed-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-2-Tape-Box-Compressed-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-2-Tape-Box-Compressed-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-2-Tape-Box-Compressed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-2-Tape-Box-Compressed-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-2-Tape-Box-Compressed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/files\/2021\/11\/Blog-Image-2-Tape-Box-Compressed-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A tape box and cue sheet from one of the recordings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the Derby Local Studies and Family History Library <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inderby.org.uk\/libraries\/our-libraries\/derby-local-studies-and-family-history-library\/\">visit their website<\/a>.\u00a0You can also use <a href=\"http:\/\/sami.bl.uk\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/x\/0\/49\/%20;%20charset=UTF-8\">the British Library SAMI catalogue<\/a> to explore the sound collections further.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, we have reached the final post in this series exploring the different collection holders the UOSH Midlands team worked with as part of the UOSH project. 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