WYES Informed Sources
Scope and Contents
The Informed Sources collection consists of DVDs, originally recorded in both VHS and Betacam formats. The tapes are fragile and becoming more unstable with each viewing. In order to preserve the shows for future researchers, the tapes have been transferred to DVDs. However, as recording technology progresses, DVDs themselves are expected to become obsolete. As each DVD was prepared, the data was saved onto a 1-terabyte hard drive which was, itself, backed up on another 1-terabyte hard drive, from which more DVDs (or other devices of the future) can be recorded and viewed. The size of the collection expands as the show continues to broadcast and the programs are transferred from WYES to the Loyola University Monroe Library Special Collections & Archives for cataloging and safekeeping. Just as there are no plans to discontinue Informed Sources, the cataloging process will be ongoing.
Dates
- Created: 1984-present
- Other: Date acquired: 05/12/2012
Creator
- WYES-TV (Television station : New Orleans, La.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Digitized copies of the VHS tapes are available in the Louisiana Digital Library: http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p16313coll96. The metadata for each digital file is publicly available but the digital videos themselves may only be viewed from Special Collections & Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the J. Edgar and Louis S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright Laws.
Extent
6.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically by the episode air date.
Source of Acquisition
WYES-TV (Television station : New Orleans, La.)
Method of Acquisition
Gift, 2012.04
Existence and Location of Originals
multi-part note content
Processing Information
Finding aid written by Ann Sale, 2008. Revised by Katherine Kuhl Rivet, 2013.
Creator
- WYES-TV (Television station : New Orleans, La.) (Organization)
- Title
- WYES Informed Sources Archive
- Author
- Sale, Ann; ed. 2013 Katherine Kuhl Rivet
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the J. Edgar and Louis S. Monroe Library, Special Collections & Archives Repository