The Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society of Indexers Spring 2003 Workshop
Challenges of Indexing Oral History

Presented by Richard Cándida Smith, Ph.D., Director of the Regional Oral History Office at the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley

Saturday, May 17, 2003
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Orinda Library Gallery Room
24 Orinda Way
Orinda, CA 94563

Registration fees:

The early registration fees (until April 30) are $10 for ASI members/$15 for non-members. Fees for registrations postmarked after April 30 are $15 for ASI members/$20 for non-members. Students currently registered in the the USDA course qualify for the member rate.

Mail payment to:

Naomi Linzer
GGASI Treasurer
P.O. Box 1341
Redway, CA 95560-1341

Richard Cándida Smith, Ph.D. is Professor of History at UC Berkeley, as well as being Director of the Regional Oral History Office at the Bancroft Library. His degrees are in United States History and Theater Arts, and his fields of focus are nineteenth and twentieth-century U.S and European cultural and intellectual history; oral history theory and methodology; memory, personal narrative, and representations of identity. He has also been Professor of History at the University of Michigan and Director of its program in American Culture, as well as Associate Director and Principal Editor of the Oral History Program at the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Smith has authored and edited books with titles ranging from Utopia and Dissent: Art, Poetry and Politics in California to The Feminist as Thinker: The Intellectual Contributions of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as well as numerous essays published in the U.S. and overseas. He has served as advisor on oral history methodology for a number of major projects, and won awards for research and scholarship in oral history, and filled leadership positions in the Oral History Association since 1986.

When invited to speak to us, Dr. Smith was asked to tell us about "ROHO" (the Regional Office of Oral History at UC) including what is done there, how it is done and anything and everything about its processes of research and information organization. He replied that he would speak about his experience with indexes and oral history and what some of his concerns on that subject are. Several of his staff advised that he is a superb speaker and very enthusiastic about his work, so it promises to be an interesting, entertaining and highly educational workshop.

The workshop will consist of:

10:00 - 10:15 Networking and introductions
10:15 - 11:15 Richard Cándida Smith presentation
11:15 - 11:45 Q&A Brown Bag Lunch and networking (soft drinks provided)
11:45 - 1:00 Brown Bag Lunch and networking (soft drinks provided)

Free parking is available both on the street and under the library. For
those who would prefer to buy lunch, there are several places to do within
walking distance of the library.

Directions:
The freeway into and out of Orinda is Highway 24. It connects with 80 and
17 in Oakland, and with 680 in Walnut Creek.

From eastbound 24 (Oakland/Berkeley) - take the Orinda exit to the stop light. Turn left onto Camino Pablo, then right at the first light onto Santa Maria Way, then left onto Orinda Way. The Library is at 24 Orinda Way, on the right side of the street as you come from the freeway.

From westbound 24 (Walnut Creek) - take the Orinda/Orinda Village exit (NOT the St. Stephens Drive exit, but the next one), staying in the right lane leading into Santa Maria Way. Turn left onto Orinda Way. and the library is 24 Orinda Way, on the right side of the street as you come from the freeway.

The Orinda Library is walking distance from the Orinda Bart Station, on the Orinda Village side, at 24 Orinda Way, on the right side of the street.