Leveraging Collaboration to Manage, Preserve, and Provide Access to the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Records

Abstract

This paper takes as a case study broadcasts produced by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), exploring efforts by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives (HILA) at Stanford University to build a transnational archiving consortium with other repositories for RFE/RL content across Europe and North America. Addressing the successes and limitations of these efforts, the paper argues the continued need and value for coordination of radio preservation efforts across national boundaries, while flagging some of the logistical difficulties that such work entails