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Developing an archive within the “Oral-History.Digital” platform

The following video tutorials explain the most important steps in cataloging interviews within Oral-History.Digital. In addition, you will find brief explanations and answers to frequently asked questions below the videos. This page also contains links to online help and the PDF manual for OHD:

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Create interview archive

How do I create my own interview archive? (Video in preparation)
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Archive information and configuration

How do I customize my archive and archive information after creation? (Video in preparation)
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Upload and create interview

How do I upload an interview to OHD and make it accessible to researchers? (Video in preparation)
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Edit metadata for the interview and the person

How can I edit the metadata for my interviews? (Video in preparation)
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Upload transcript

How do I upload the transcripts for my interviews? (Video in preparation)
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User management

How can I approve new users or block users who have already been approved? (Video in preparation)
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Create your own metadata and index

How do I create a registry and add new metadata categories to my interviews? (Video in preparation)
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Metadata import

How can existing metadata for the interviews be imported directly? (Video in preparation)

Online help

In addition to the tutorial videos, online help for indexing interview collections can be accessed from the individual pages and forms in the editorial view to assist you with specific tasks such as uploading transcripts, etc. The online help is updated when new features are added.

PDF manual

If you cannot access the online help, please download the PDF version. The online help uses the wiki-system of the Free University of Berlin, which for security reasons is sometimes only accessible within the FU network (or VPN).