Agora Progress Update III
Website: Agora’s website will be hosted under the CLDR’s page. It will be primarily for providing information and making project requests. The launch of the Agora page awaits the completion of the CDLR’s. Most of the content that will be up on the site has already been written.
Recording: Agora’s mobile unit has been set up and tested. We have switched to Quicktime Pro and have employed our new XML conference mic, which works wonderfully. Our recording apparatus is now much slimmer and easier to use than it was at the beginning of the summer.
Archiving: For archiving purposes, Agora technicians will fill out a detailed production log, which is now online.
Distributing: We have chosen to put Agora content on Oxy’s YouTube page. I have not yet been able to carve out a distinct space for Agora videos on the YouTube page. This will have to happen in the first few weeks of school, when ITS and Communications are not so bogged down with work.
Labor: See "agora PA" form. The position is still pending approval.
Legal Matters: Communications has already devised a release form to be signed by all incoming students. This will cover students, while the Agora release forms we drew up in the spring with serve for all visitors. I am working on a plain-English translation of the release form, to be posted to our website. This will ensure that Agora PA's are well trained and professional in explaining the consequences of signing it.
I have finished my summer pay period at the CDLR and will not be in the Library on a regular basis. Currently I am in Los Angeles recovering from a surgery. You may reach me by phone or email, but please be understanding if my response is delayed.
