Oral History Email Invitation
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Invitation
Dear Colleague,
We are writing to you on behalf of the History and Archives group
at the University of Alberta to request your participation in an
oral history project. Our research group is dedicated to the
collection and preservation of documents related to the history of
Humanities Computing and the early role of computers in academic
life in Canada.
We would like to interview you for this history. If you feel that
you do not have anything to contribute please do not feel any
pressure to do so. We thank you for considering our project in any
case.
If you agree we would conduct two, one-hour interviews via Skype.
Following the first interview the interviewer will compile a set of
field notes within 24 hours of the interview which they will share
with other members of the research team to identify any areas of
interest to focus on during the second interview. Following the
second interview we will send you a copy of the audio recordings of
both interviews for you to review and to have as a keepsake. The
interviews and field notes will ultimately be added to our archive
collection in ERA, the University of Alberta Library??s Education
and Research Archive. Our intention is to make these interviews
available openly to the public.
Attached is a consent form allowing us to record the interviews and
later deposit them into ERA. We will ask you if you consent to be
interviewed at the outset of the interview process. At this time
you can freely and without prejudice withdraw your consent. At any
point up until archiving you will have the opportunity to withdraw
your consent. In addition we have attached some sample interview
questions so you have the opportunity to review some of the
questions we will be asking.
In addition to your participation in the oral history portion of
our project we would at this time like to request any documents you
have in your possession that you believe would aid our group in our
research. Our current collection includes: conference proceedings,
meeting minutes, personal correspondence, newsletters, and research
proposals. Please let us know if you have materials you think would
be helpful to us and that you would be willing to share with us, or
make reference to during the interview.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact
us.
Sincerely,