Project by Brian K. Dawson and Michael Dziabiak In association with Mr. Larry Evans of Mount Lebanon Village Sponsored by Dr. Susan W. Alman, Ph.D. and Dr. Christinger Tomer Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Science

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Mt. Lebanon Village Oral History Repository
Project

• Audience
• An unlimited number of people will benefit from
  the ability to reminisce the past to having
  access to the rich history of the local area as
  told by MLV members. The audience includes but is
  not limited to
• MLV member and their families
• Local residents and students
• Historians

Abstract Students in the Library and Information
Science program are working with members of Mt.
Lebanon Village (MLV), an intergenerational
network of volunteers who provide support to
seniors enabling them to live in their own homes
and stay connected to their community. The
students are developing the infrastructure for a
model program that can be adapted by the other
Villages throughout the US by digitizing oral
history interviews with MLV members and
developing metadata for the collection. The
overarching goal of the project is to provide an
archetype for oral history repositories deeply
rooted in local communities.

• Vision
• Capture the personal narratives of MLV members
  using digital video
• Create a digital repository for archival and
  research purposes
• Develop a working model for implementation at
  other Village organizations nationwide

• Resources
• Volunteer Personnel
• Mt. Lebanon High School students
• LIS graduate students and faculty
• MLV administration
• Equipment
• Mt. Lebanon A/V department resources
• Equipment privately owned by volunteers

• Mission
• Create an enduring record of life experiences of
  the MLV community members
• Heighten cultural awareness of the growing
  Village community movement
• Document local history and minutia from
  communitys generation and perspective

Methodology
Develop and apply a metadata scheme in order to
create an index of the subject material and
allow for detailed searching of the digital video
repository. In the interim, the digital video
archive will be accessible to the public via
social media applications such as Facebook.
Nationally recognized, cutting-edge Mt. Lebanon
Librarian, Cynthia Richey.
MLV's marvelous Margaret Bixler, going on 97
years old and still telling stories.
Project by Brian K. Dawson and Michael Dziabiak
In association with Mr. Larry Evans, Mt. Lebanon
Village Sponsored by Drs. Susan Alman and
Christinger Tomer, University of Pittsburgh
School of Information Sciences