You are all awesome!

It was a real pleasure to watch your videos today. You all did a wonderful job! Thank you so much for your hard work.

Michele

POPCORN

Hello everyone!

I am bringing popcorn to class today that we can pop in the handy microwave in our classroom (unless anyone objects or we feel it will disturb the people in the office...)!  I have Butter Lovers, Light Butter, and Kettle Corn!

See you this afternoon,
lori p

List of those to thank

Hey guys!  I know we said we would do this, but I cannot remember what came of it...or if we posted it somewhere.  Anywho, here is a quick list I compiled (alphabetical by last name) of everyone I can think of (including Gerald McElvy-- tomorrow's interview).  Let me know if I am forgetting anyone.

• Nandita Berry
• Dorothy Caram
• Kristin Deville
• Elizabeth Ghrist
• Bernie Kapner
• Howard Lorch
• Gerald McElvy
• Demetrius Pearson
• The Honorable Shearn Smith
• Welcome Wilson

I know that there are some names that I am missing.  Also, what should we do about titles?  I think we should include 'The Honorable' in front of Shearn Smith's name...thoughts?  

Please comment with your additions!

Thanks,

Lori

Something I found fun

I discovered that Shasta III, aka The Lady, was also featured in some car commercials before she retired from mascot duties in 1977. I can't use this in my video, but I thought it was kind of fun to see this commercial. The time frame is correct, so I'm guessing this is The Lady starring with Farrah Fawcett.

Cheers,
Deanne

converted video files

Hi All,

I've converted all the video files to mpeg and posted them to DropBox. Please let me know if you have any trouble accessing them or in using them for your project. I've saved all the original files that were in DropBox to my external hard drive so the uncompressed files are available also. If you want to bring me to flash drive we can transfer the whole works to it. I plan to also copy all the photos that Deanne has found.

Here are the logos:

 

 Be sure to start your video with; "UH Memories Presents" and the title of your video. You'll want to add a Creative Commons license at the very end of your video. There are several types to choose from. I suggest this one:

"

Attribution-NoDerivs
CC BY-ND
This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you."

But you can be more open accommodating if you would like. I don't suggest that you be more restrictive. Just my opinion, though. Take a look at all the licenses here. Sign up for your Creative Commons license before you finish your video and export it because you will want to add the logo to the end of the credits. 

If you need any help please let me know.

Thanks,
Michele

Links to shared folders

Okay, I've caught up with the photo requests and I think that's all I'll be able to do. I've managed to find something for just about everyone who had definite requests, so I like to think I've been a help. It's just I have a boat load of my own big projects with fast looming deadlines coming at me and I need to focus on them now.

If I understand the sharing sites info page correctly, the following links should take you directly to the folders I've created for you. Fingers crossed this works.

Aimee's folder

Joe's folder

Katie's folder

Mika's folder

Sandra's folder

Stephanie's folder

Joe's Theme

Hello everyone.

As I am sure all of you know already, I will be focusing on the theme of sports history at the University.  With the interview of Dr. Pearson, I think I am going to focus on those students he has personally mentored.  Since he came to the campus in the early 1980s and was here at the very beginning of Phi Slamma Jamma, I think I will wrap my interview around those early sports figures.  I think I will also take a few seconds or so when I ask him about the future of the University, I think I will focus on such sports figures as Kevin Kolb and Case Keenum.  I am not quite sure how I am going to do this yet, but I have a storyboard in my head.

As far as pictures go, I think I will look for older pictures of the University during the 1980s and some of the pictures of that 1983-86 basketball team in particular.  I will also need pictures of former quarterback Kevin Kolb and maybe also a pic of Case Keenum.  I might even show 5 to 10 second video clips of these guys if I can somehow work it in but I am still working that out in my head.

See all of you in a few hours.

Joe  

Theme!

Hi all,

I'd like to focus on campus life - specifically the original Cougar Den (used from 1942 through the 1950s). It was built in 60 days as a very rushed project due to the boom in enrolled students after WWII. It was the hangout spot for students and Bernie Kapner mentions it in both interviews. Because Kapner's statement is brief I'm hoping to find other interviewees who mention this. I did find a picture in the 1957 yearbook with a caption about a petition to ban Elvis Presley albums from the jukebox in the Cougar Den. Basically, the goal of my project is to chronicle the life/history of this favorite campus hangout.


Photographs needed: Cougar Den (not to be confused with the Cougar Den in the UC or the campus pub). Maybe some aerial photos showing the large number of students on campus. The original Cougar Den was inside the Recreation Building (but from what I understand most students called the entire building the Cougar Den).

Any suggestions/feedback is greatly appreciated! Still not completely sure about this idea :)

Thanks,
Mika

Theme!!

Hey everybody! As I said in class on Wednesday, I am planning to use some aspect of the GI experience. Both Welcome Wilson and Hon. Shearn Smith talk about it in their interviews. Mai mentioned someone talked about the controversy surrounding tearing down the final army building on campus--if you run across that, please let me know where!

I want to use pictures of the barrack buildings or the trailers used for housing, but haven't found any as of yet :-/

See you soon!

Stephanie

Photos

Morning all,

I spent the morning rummaging for photos based on the requests so far. Lori, I got the impression you're taking your own photos (cool idea, by the way), so I didn't do any searching for you. If I misunderstood, please let me know. I have some images for both Aimee and Katie. What I've done is create an account with a sharing site. I've created folders with your names and put what I found in them. Each also has an "info" text file which gives you the URL for any photos I found that were not in the Digital Library collection.

Here is the link to the site:
http://www.4shared.com/dir/1kwyLZT3/_online.html#dir=126190809

If there are any problems, questions, let me know.

Deanne

Theme

Hi all!

I'm going to focus on Alumni Philanthrophy/why they give.  I'll be using the three interviews I have done so far-- Howie Lorch, Nandita Berry, and Elizabeth Ghrist.  I think I'm actually going to go take some photos myself of various buildings/streets named after people to show the impact of Alumni Philanthropy on the University...and that will kind of be a photo montage somewhere in the video.  I have only found a couple of pictures of Howie Lorch and Elizabeth Ghrist in the digital library, but I need to watch their interviews again to nail down specifics in terms of looking for photos in the digital library.

Thanks,
Lori

Hi everyone,

Like I said in class today I'm really interested in looking at the 1968 UH v. UCLA basketball game at the Astrodome as a microcosm of the issue of race. I'm using the Barry Kapner and Howie Lorch interviews and currently have a bunch of good images from the 1968 yearbook of the game as well as images of some of the players and coaches. One image from the yearbook was also used as a Sports Illustrated cover in April 1968, too, so that's pretty neat. Any images of that game or the fans in the Astrodome would be great.

Thanks!
Katie

THEMES:

Hi guys,

I am going to focus on diversity, particularly Arab students at UH. I am looking for any historic photos of Arab students of groups of students showing diversity.

Thanks!

November 2nd class reminders

Hi all,

Aimee sent out an email asking that if you have videos that you haven't uploaded to dropbox (or even if you have) please bring to class today. I will be bringing my external hard drive where we will be transferring this videos to it for safe keeping.

We also discussed walking down to the Den for class time. I'm all for that.

Updated Schedule
 11/9 TBA class held rm520
11/16 TBA class held rm 520 (shortened so you can work on your videos)
12/7 Show videos. bring them on a flash drive that I can upload to the libraries YouTube channel to the UH Digital Library and into my external hard drive for preservation. Class held rm 520

See you at 2:30 in our regular classroom.
Michele

Shasta

Hi again everyone,

I've accessed what I could of the interviews on the site. Aside from Welcome Wilson's story about getting Shasta, has anyone else made any mention of the various big cats UH has had over the years?

Videos

Hey everyone,

I noticed some stuff about Kristin Deville on Dropbox. Is there an interview? The videos that worked  (the fifth one is corrupted somehow) are just pans of her UH memorabilia.

Also, when will the other videos from the first interview session be in Dropbox? I ask because we're very quickly running out of time and it will take hours to just watch all of the videos.

Thanks,
Deanne

Updates

Here are my notes from yesterday's class.

Interviews:
So far you have 4! Great job everyone
For the game on the 27th Tom has set up 3 more. Aimee will contact him to get names, times and possible information about each if she can.
Joe has 3 UH grads that he knows from another group that he will set up interviews with.

Class dates:

10/26 we will meet in the Learning Commons of the Library. If you haven't signed up for a computer try to get a Mac since the software we will use is on them. We decided to buddy up into pairs of 1 person that knows the software helping 1 person that doesn't. We will talk about the software and about storyboarding.

11/2 we will discuss digital preservation in more length. Class held in rm 520

11/9 TBA mostly we will talk about putting together your project. Class held in rm 520

11/16 TBA. this class time will be cut short. Class held in rm 520


11/23 Off for Thanksgiving

11/30 No scheduled class. This will be your day to work on your projects.

12/7 Class will be held in rm 520. We will watch all of your videos.


Frontier Fiesta
Turns out that the Frontier Fiesta group on campus has videos of Bill McCurdy and Dr. Sam Quintero. I will give them a call to see if we can get copies. If they have other videos of Alums I'll see if we can get those also.

Dropbox
You will have to compress your video to an MP4 in order to deposit it into dropbox. Especially if you used the HD camera. If this is difficult for you please put it onto a flash drive or bring the camera up to me. I have software on my work computer that easily converts it.

That's all for now.

Thanks,
Michele

Appointments

Hi everyone,

I figured this was a good spot to post this: The appointment window for our class in the Learning Commons is open now (I went in yesterday, but couldn't access the 26th.) Remember to stop by and get your appointment for October 26h.

I assume that the iMovie software we'll be using (it's iMovie, right?) is available on both OS platforms. You have to choose whether you're using a PC or a Mac. I chose PC. If I need to choose Mac, would someone leave a comment?

Good luck with the Welcome Wilson interview Friday. I'd say I'll be thinking of you, but at that time I'll be just one short flight away from seeing my husband for the first time in over five weeks. You'll forgive me if my thoughts are elsewhere. :-)

Deanne

Digital Preservation webinar

The Library of Congress (or as they like to call themselves - "The Library") has changed the links from when I did the syllabus. Here is the link the the digital preservation webinar. http://digitalpreservation.gov/education/courses/NDIIPP_personal.html

I hope it works.

There are some other fantastic webinars available http://digitalpreservation.gov/education/courses/ There are 3 free ones.

Thanks,
Michele

October 5th class

Hi All,

We'll be meeting at the library for this class session. I'll be at the information desk to meet you. I'd give you directions to the scanning lab and our offices but we are located in the rabbit warren of the basement and I'm afraid we'd never find you.

Thanks,
Michele