Latin American and Latina/o Radio Broadcasts at the Benson Latin American Collection

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Description & Rationale

The result will dramatically increase access to perhaps the most well-known Latina/o and Latin American current affairs and culture program in the United States (Latino USA) and a lesser-known but important series dedicated specifically to Latin American events and culture (Latin American Press Review/Latin American Review). Created by UT Austin’s Institute of Latin American Studies, the Latin American Review radio program was broadcast as part of the Longhorn Radio Network. Covering all of Latin America and the Caribbean, the program aired from 1973 to 1984 (this proposal covers all episodes through the end of 1980). The program was primarily divided into two segments: a news 2 segment, dealing with reports from different parts of Latin America, and an interview segment, in which an individual or small group was interviewed. Similar interviews may exist elsewhere, but these programs are not available anywhere else.

Reasons for consideration:

The funding request focuses almost exclusively on those transcriptions, understanding that they are the current barrier to publication on an open platform, as well as to access for the hearing impaired or for people who may have better reading than listening knowledge of English. Transcriptions can also provide additional searching and digital scholarship opportunities for researchers, and support additional use of these recordings in instructional settings. This proposal is particularly timely, as Latino USA celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023. In recognition of this milestone, the Benson has been working to make all 35 episodes from Latino USA’s first year of production available, plus an additional 65 episodes requested by Latino USA to support their anniversary programming. Transcription of these episodes is complete as of this proposal, and metadata creation is underway. This effort is enabling us to test and refine 3 workflows for transcription, metadata creation, ingestion, and publication, so that the workflows and tools needed to provide access to the remaining 160 episodes will be in place before the start of the grant, enabling smooth progress toward grant deliverables.

Author(s):

various authors

Publisher(s):

Latin American and Latina, Radio Broadcasts

Source Format:

Audio

Target Format:

Digital

Program:

LARRP

Resource Types:

Dataset

Regions:

Latin America and Caribbean

Countries of Origin:

Mexico

United States

Proposal Contributors:

Ryan Sullivant, Metadata Librarian, Benson Latin American Collection (project lead) D Ryan Lynch, Head of Special Collections, Benson Latin American Collection Theresa Polk, Head of Digital Initiatives, Benson Latin American Collection

Posted:

Apr 18, 2023 12:44pm

Updated:

Aug 1, 2023 4:07pm

Source Details

Major Languages:

English

Spanish

Activity

Status	Current	Description
Flagged	no	The proposal is flagged for further research.
Vetted	no	The proposal has been examined and vetted.
Ballotted	no	The proposal is currently on a committee ballot.
Approved	yes	The proposal has been selected for reformatting. Reformatting efforts are pending.
Reformatted	no	The proposal has been reformatted and access information is now posted.
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration for reformatting.