functionality we made an online A to Z index of the tapes so individuals from the community could easily look for family members. This was made available in our online exhibition (). We also linked the Soundcloud interviews to summaries of the topics discussed in the interviews. The online exhibition gave a for those new to the project, ‘jumping off point’ promoting access and helped by breaking the interviews into categories of topical interest which made this huge collection more browseable. During workshops we taught community members how to record their own oral histories as well as encouraging them to use the Voices of the Hunter collection, showing them the online exhibition and SoundCloud. By the final stage of the project we had acquired a new multimedia digital repository and community engagement platform, Recollect. Our Recollect site, Living Histories (), @ UON has full-text search ability which allows people to search for names, events, businesses and topics throughout the collection and to cross-check the oral histories with other resources, as well as containing a video of the project launch, audio files, summaries and associated photos. Additionally, it allows for extensive metadata, geotags and linking to other related objects.” Above: Screenshot of the Voices of the Hunter project website @oldbooklibrarian and Instagram Daniel Wee is a Librarian currently working with the Victorian and Australian Printed Collection and Manuscripts Collection at State Library Victoria. Daniel previously
functionality we made an online A to Z index of the tapes so individuals from the community could easily look for family members. This was made available in our online exhibition (). We also linked the Soundcloud interviews to summaries of the topics discussed in the interviews. The online exhibition gave a ‘jumping off point’ for those new to the project, promoting access and helped by breaking the interviews into categories of topical interest which made this huge collection more browseable. During workshops we taught community members how to record their own oral histories as well as encouraging them to use the Voices of the Hunter collection, showing them the online exhibition and SoundCloud. By the final stage of the project we had acquired a new multimedia digital repository and community engagement platform, Recollect. Our Recollect site, Living Histories @ UON (), has full-text search ability which allows people to search for names, events, businesses and topics throughout the collection and to cross-check the oral histories with other resources, as well as containing a video of the project launch, audio files, summaries and associated photos. Additionally, it allows for extensive metadata, geotags and linking to other related objects.” Above: Screenshot of the Voices of the Hunter project website @oldbooklibrarian and Instagram Daniel Wee is a Librarian currently working with the Victorian and Australian Printed Collection and Manuscripts Collection at State Library Victoria. Daniel previously
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