Grant Will Help Library Digitize Audio Files

Members of the Katie Murrell Library staff are joined by members of the Kentucky Historical Society in the Murrell Library's archives room, next to the equipment that will be used to digitize the college's oral history recordings. From left: Louise Jones, Kentucky Historical Society special collections and library director; Sarah Milligan, KHS oral history administrator; LWC Technical Services Librarian Houston Barnes; LWC Director of Library Service Phil Hanna; and LWC Library Assistant Shelia Elliot.

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The Lindsey Wilson College Katie Murrell Library will get to digitize its collection of local oral histories, interviews with college officials and talks by visiting luminaries thanks to a grant from the Kentucky Historical Society.

The Murrell  Library received a Preservation Assistant Grant, which allows the library to borrow special equipment that will digitize the dozens of audio files -- many of which were recorded on audiotape -- in its archives.

The grant was made possible by the Kentucky Oral History Commission, which is part of the Kentucky Historical Society. The grant will allow the Murrell Library staff to use the equipment for a year.

For more information about the Preservation Assistant Grant, go to  www.history.ky.gov .