IFLA 95: Collecting and Safeguarding the Oral Traditions (International Federation of Library Associations Publications Series)

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems. Contributors 8 Introduction 10 Keynote Address: Safeguarding Papua New Guinean culture in the next millennium: educational reforms and preservation of cultural traditions 12 General 36 UNESCO Memory of the World Programme and oral tradition 36 Technical aspects: care, handling and preservation: bibliography and glossary 41 Regional studies 53 AFRICA 53 The importance of oral tradition for children: the case of the countries of the Sahel 53 Oral tradition: from collection to digitization 60 Oral tradition and libraries 79 ASIA 84 Roles of libraries in promoting and preserving oral cultures 84 Oral tradition in Thailand: a development perspective 86 SEAMP (South East Asian Mountain Peoples’ Programmes) for culture and development 100 Inter-generational cultural transmission in Singapore 106 EUROPE 116 Collecting and preserving the French oral heritage : the role of a national library 116 LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN 123 The Cayman Islands Memory Bank: collecting and preserving oral history in small island societies 123 South America: two cases from Venezuela and Peru 130 NORTH AMERICA 139 Traditional knowledge and northern wildlife management: the Arctic Circumpolar Route 139 PACIFIC 151 The role of the Fiji (National) Museum in collecting oral traditions 151 The Oral Traditions Programme of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre 155 Closing paper 161 Beyond print: using the Internet for préservation and Stimulation of local culture 161 Seventeen papers from an August 1999 conference in Khon Kaen, Thailand, address issues of cultural preservation across the globe. The papers cover topics including technical aspects of preserving oral culture, the role of libraries in preserving oral traditions, preservation efforts in specific nations, the oral tradition and children, and using the Internet for the preservation and stimulation of local culture. There is no subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)