Video and Audio Archive

Extent:
296.752859 Gigabytes
Scope and content:

The University of Virginia School of Law maintains a public archive of videos and audio recordings on its website that documents and promotes the School's work. The archive includes recordings of interviews, lectures, commencement celebrations, and significant events. Also, it links to podcast recordings and promotional videos created by staff and faculty affiliated with the School of Law.

The recordings in this archive were originally hosted on various online platforms, including YouTube and SoundCloud. However, researchers can access the recordings locally without using these platforms.

The School of Law's Communications and Media Relations Department added features to the archive that facilitate access and research. The department included brief descriptions of most of the recordings in the archive and sometimes provided copies of recording transcripts. The University of Virginia Law Library did not capture the topical filters in the original archive, and that feature does not work in the materials described here.

Acquisition information:
Staff members at the University of Virginia Law Library annually capture the Video and Audio Archive from the Internet.
Appraisal information:

Archivists at the University of Virginia Law Library divided the Online Video and Audio Archive into smaller annual collections of recordings, except from 2006 to 2009. They made these divisions to facilitate preservation and access.

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Parent restrictions:
The materials in this collection have no access restrictions.
Parent terms of access:
Because of the nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the materials. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. The University may grant permission to publish or reproduce intellectual property it owns in the name of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia.

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