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- http://www.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/channels/Home.aspx
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Business Studies, Economics, Education, Ethnology, Geography, History, Politics and Government, Psychology, Social Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Blogs, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The London School of Economics offers a broad selection of over thirty podcasts and videos from its departments and schools. This page presents the resources in a clearly laid out manner, making it easy to see at a glance what is on offer, with brief, informative summaries of each podcast and a clear design. There are too many resources to mention them all here, but selected highlights include: VoxEUROPP, Current Affairs in Mandarin, Institute of Public Affairs and Democratic Audio. There are also links to other outlets which syndicate the content, including iTunesU, YouTube, Webfeeds, mixcloud and Soundcloud. All the resources are freely available.
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- http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/index.php
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- American Studies, Art, Drama, Film Studies, Information Studies, Languages, Literature, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Technology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download
These webcasts consist of lectures and talks by experts, academics, researchers and archivist. The Library of Congress has many different sites, collections and projects, covering a wide range of subjects: all are well-represented here and have been divided into eight broad subject areas: Biography, History, Performing Arts, Education, Government, Poetry and Literature, Religion and Science & Technology. Users can narrow their searches further within these broad headings, according to project/site/collection eg. The American Folklife Center, the Music Division, the Digital Future and You project, to name but three. The webcasts come with a brief description, date when uploaded and fully searchable transcripts. There is also a section for recently added webcasts. Although the talking head format is slightly old-fashioned the content is good and its searchability makes it a useful and user-friendly resource.
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- http://webtv.un.org/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, History, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Organisations, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, Video Sources
News and information from the United Nations is provided ‘live and on demand’, by this site which features a broad range of video and audio material covering the entire history of the organisation from the 1940s to the present day. Recent events are covered by the ‘Live Now’ and ‘Meetings and Events’ section, featuring daily coverage from the Security Council, General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, as well as Conferences, briefings and other events from the United Nations Headquarters in New York and the UN Office in Geneva. Older material can be found in the ‘News and Features’ and ‘Topics and Issues’ sections, where users can filter their search by Observer, Member State, and a range of topics including Agriculture, AIDS, Health, Human Rights, Refugees, Terrorism, Water and Women. A separate resource - the Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) - comprises a range of radio and video material documenting the history of major international legal instruments, with footage of negotiations, Conventions, and Declarations, together with a selection of interviews with. All the material is freely available.
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- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu//virtualarchive/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- American Studies, Politics and Government
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- Radio/Sound
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- Streaming/Download
The Virtual Vietnam Archive contains over four million pages of scanned materials, including documents, photographs, slides, negatives, oral histories, artifacts, moving images, sound recordings, maps, and collection finding aids. The resource is part of the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. The focus of the material tends to be personal, rather than official in nature: eg. photographs, letters home and home movies. Non-copyrighted material which has been digitised is freely available for users to download. The audiovisual materials pages alone includes over 650 donated digitised films as well as material generated by the Vietnam Center and Archive itself: lectures, conference proceedings and interviews. The donated films include items from various collections, much of it originally filmed on 8mm or 16mm film. The films can be viewed in MP4 format or downloaded as MP4s or WMV files. To enable navigation of such a huge resource the archive has provided a Research help page, which includes subject guides, links to various search pages and focused browse pages eg. Browse the Digitized Audio and the Oral History page.
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- https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/multimedia/video/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- American Studies, Literature, Media Studies, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download, Web Links
The Harry Ransom Center is a library, archive and museum based at the University of Austin, Texas. Its mission is to advance the study of the arts and humanities by acquiring, preserving, and making accessible original cultural materials. Amongst its holdings are over 36 million literary manuscripts as well as a smaller collection of film and television materials. The centre’s multimedia page features an eclectic selection of videos, including talks by writers, features on aspects of conservation, and films about selected artefacts and objects held in the Center’s archives.
Also available is the Mike Wallace Interview collection. Wallace was an American journalist noted for his direct interviewing style, whose programme ran from 1957 to 1960. He donated the show’s footage, on 16mm kinetoscope, to the Ransom Center in the 1960s. A wide range of notable personalities submitted themselves to Wallace’s probing, hard-hitting approach, including Henry Kissinger, Frank Lloyd Wright, Diana Barrymore, Jean Seberg, Gloria Swanson, Aldous Huxley and Margaret Sanger. The 65 interviews are freely available to view (five are audio only) and come with full transcripts.
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- https://ecfr.eu/podcasts
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- Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, French Studies, German Studies, Languages, Politics and Government
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting
The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) is an independent pan-European think-tank, which was founded in 2007 to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of a coherent and effective European values-based foreign policy. The ECFR’s podcasts - which are available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - cover current European issues, particularly questions on the European Union, and Europe’s place in the wider world, especially with regard to China, the Middle East and Africa, and Russia.
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- https://www.commonwealthoralhistories.org/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- History, Politics and Government
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- Radio/Sound
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- Blogs, Streaming/Download, Web Links
The aim of this AHRC-funded project is to produce a digital research resource on the history of the Commonwealth since 1965, based on sixty interviews with major figures in the recent history of the organisation. Politicians, diplomats and civil servants discuss the evolution of the Commonwealth, focusing on key themes including leadership; mediation; bilateral and collaborative international pressure for racial justice; developmental issues and democratisation. An introductory page gives a Chronology of significant events. Researchers can search the reource by interviewee name, theme and by country discussed. There is also a helpful Glossary of names and terms, and Citation advice. Full transcripts of the interviews are available on the site and can also be downloaded as PDFs.
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- http://www.het.org.uk
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- History, Politics and Government
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- Radio/Sound
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- Blogs, Courses, Organisations, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
This is the website of an organisation which works with schools, colleges and communities across the UK to educate about the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance. The website features details of the trust’s outreach activities, conferences, and other events, as well as a blog and links to related sites. A series of Podcasts featuring interviews and lectures are freely available to download, or can be subscribed to via iTunes.
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- http://www.realityradio.org.uk/
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- Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Politics and Government
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
This online radio station was established in 2010 by Kate Hudson, General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). Shows are recorded at the CND headquarters in London and are available globally and free of charge, as downloads from iTunes and via live streaming. Two programmes are produced. ‘Open Door’ debates key themes in current affairs with an expert guest, covering issues as diverse as the global economic crisis, the political situation in the West Bank and health issues related to the use of nuclear power. ‘The Political Week’ is concerned with British politics and current affairs. Each week a studio guest highlights key issues in the week’s politics, offering views not normally heard in the mainstream British media.
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- https://itunes.apple.com/gb/itunes-u/the-big-idea/id598311327?mt=10
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Economics, Law, Politics and Government, Russian Studies, Social Studies, Women’s Studies
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Academics from the University of Edinburgh discuss a theme of contemporary relevance in this monthly podcast. The first episode saw professors from the schools of law, economics and history discuss the issues associated with Scottish independence before the 2014 referendum. Other podcasts have more of a magazine format, covering several topics, but the general focus is on current political, economic and social issues, including migration within the EU, the rise of Russian nationalism, and women’s rights, as well as more local issues, such as Scottish oral history and the negative effects of Edinburgh’s self-image. The podcast is also available on iTunes.
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