The oral history program at the University of Kentucky Libraries was established in 1973 by Charles Atcher.
This free and open-source software system, designed by Nunn Center director Doug Boyd, Ph.D., enhances access to online oral history by empowering users to link from their search results to corresponding moments in the oral history interview.
[6] The OHMS system was featured in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education in July 2011.
[7] In October 2011, the Nunn Center launched SPOKEdb, the online catalog and repository containing records for each oral history interview and project in the Nunn Center's archival collection.
Designed by Doug Boyd, Ph.D., SPOKEdb functions as the primary access point for the Nunn Center's oral history collection.