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Oral history in USM library: supporting reference and research needs

Oral history has usually referred to as an account of historical event, person or place, a first person memory of the past, by an eyewitness. It is regarded as living memories which have great importance in the history of mankind. It has also become a key resource for reconstructing, recreating and...

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Main Authors: Fesal, Fujica Azura, Mohamad, Radia Banu Jan, Jaafar, Cik Ramlah Che, Jan, Noor Azlinda Wan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Persatuan Sejarah Lisan Malaysia dan Pertubuhan Pentadbiran Wilayah Satun 2016
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AZ(20)-999 History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
D1-2027 History (General)
DS1-937 History of Asia
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/31272/1/SASL2016_KertasKerja_17_%281%29.pdf
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http://www.sejarahlisan.org.my
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spelling my.usm.eprints.31272 http://eprints.usm.my/31272/ Oral history in USM library: supporting reference and research needs Fesal, Fujica Azura Mohamad, Radia Banu Jan Jaafar, Cik Ramlah Che Jan, Noor Azlinda Wan AZ(20)-999 History of scholarship and learning. The humanities D1-2027 History (General) DS1-937 History of Asia Oral history has usually referred to as an account of historical event, person or place, a first person memory of the past, by an eyewitness. It is regarded as living memories which have great importance in the history of mankind. It has also become a key resource for reconstructing, recreating and recording past and present knowledge of society. Academic libraries have assisted as repositories for books and manuscripts that support in revealing the stories of world’s civilization for centuries. The compilation of oral history at the library could help in reference and research if only the effort to record, document, preserve and promote information resources are well planned. Current technology could be of great help to be utilized in relaying the access to the researchers. Through institutional repositories, the visibility of the information could be increased. This paper will explain the importance of oral history, the background of the collection at USM Library and the initiatives taken to promote it as the primary and reliable sources that could play a role in historical research activities in the future. Persatuan Sejarah Lisan Malaysia dan Pertubuhan Pentadbiran Wilayah Satun 2016-12-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://eprints.usm.my/31272/1/SASL2016_KertasKerja_17_%281%29.pdf Fesal, Fujica Azura and Mohamad, Radia Banu Jan and Jaafar, Cik Ramlah Che and Jan, Noor Azlinda Wan (2016) Oral history in USM library: supporting reference and research needs. In: Seminar Antarabangsa Sejarah Lisan 2016 Dari Perspektif Sejarah, Warisan dan Kebudayaan Malaysia-Thailand, December, 2-4 2016, Satun, Thailand. http://www.sejarahlisan.org.my
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
building Hamzah Sendut Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Sains Malaysia
content_source USM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://eprints.usm.my/
language English
topic AZ(20)-999 History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
D1-2027 History (General)
DS1-937 History of Asia
spellingShingle AZ(20)-999 History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
D1-2027 History (General)
DS1-937 History of Asia
Fesal, Fujica Azura
Mohamad, Radia Banu Jan
Jaafar, Cik Ramlah Che
Jan, Noor Azlinda Wan
Oral history in USM library: supporting reference and research needs
description Oral history has usually referred to as an account of historical event, person or place, a first person memory of the past, by an eyewitness. It is regarded as living memories which have great importance in the history of mankind. It has also become a key resource for reconstructing, recreating and recording past and present knowledge of society. Academic libraries have assisted as repositories for books and manuscripts that support in revealing the stories of world’s civilization for centuries. The compilation of oral history at the library could help in reference and research if only the effort to record, document, preserve and promote information resources are well planned. Current technology could be of great help to be utilized in relaying the access to the researchers. Through institutional repositories, the visibility of the information could be increased. This paper will explain the importance of oral history, the background of the collection at USM Library and the initiatives taken to promote it as the primary and reliable sources that could play a role in historical research activities in the future.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Fesal, Fujica Azura
Mohamad, Radia Banu Jan
Jaafar, Cik Ramlah Che
Jan, Noor Azlinda Wan
author_facet Fesal, Fujica Azura
Mohamad, Radia Banu Jan
Jaafar, Cik Ramlah Che
Jan, Noor Azlinda Wan
author_sort Fesal, Fujica Azura
title Oral history in USM library: supporting reference and research needs
title_short Oral history in USM library: supporting reference and research needs
title_full Oral history in USM library: supporting reference and research needs
title_fullStr Oral history in USM library: supporting reference and research needs
title_full_unstemmed Oral history in USM library: supporting reference and research needs
title_sort oral history in usm library: supporting reference and research needs
publisher Persatuan Sejarah Lisan Malaysia dan Pertubuhan Pentadbiran Wilayah Satun
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.usm.my/31272/1/SASL2016_KertasKerja_17_%281%29.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/31272/
http://www.sejarahlisan.org.my
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