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• How UConn is using TheirStory to expand access to oral history collections

Library Technology Guides reports that "The University of Connecticut has become one of TheirStory's leading academic partners, using the platform to support oral history research, teaching, and community engagement across Connecticut. Through UConn's statewide oral history program, more than 50 partners – including public libraries, museums, K-12 educators, historical societies, nonprofits, and individual researchers – use TheirStory to record, preserve, and share audiovisual collections.

"According to Dr. Fiona Vernal, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at UConn, adopting TheirStory shifted the focus from managing technology to growing a statewide community of practice. ..."

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