StoryCorps is a new, nationwide project that's working to preserve our oral culture through technology. StoryCorps' mission is to provide you with the resources you need to collect and record the stories of the most interesting and meaningful people in your life. They'll help you preserve the history of your grandma, your favorite professor, or even one of your coworkers, and give you something that you can pass down for generations to come. StoryCorps uses soundproof booths called StoryBooths to record participants in broadcast quality sound with the help of a professionally trained facilitator. StoryCorps has been preserving memories for the last three years, with plans to continually expand in the future. In addition to the permanent StoryBooths, StoryCorps also has MobileBooths that tour across the country.

StoryCorps is working to make archiving your memories as easy as possible. They'll help with everything from figuring out what questions to ask, to handling the technical parts of the recording, to making sure you get a copy of your interview on a CD â€" and all for only $10. StoryCorps main goal is to see to it that the stories that make up our cultural fabric don't get lost, in an effort to keep oral tradition alive, all interviews are also being archived in the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is modeled around the Works Progress Administration of the 1930's that recorded (amongst other things) interviews with everyday citizens around the country. StoryCorps' mission is to preserve, celebrate, and share the timeless stories that bond generations, and to find inspiration and encouragement in the changes that occur in interviewers and interviewees throughout the recording process.