A pioneer in oral history collection and preservation:the US Bancroft Library

• 作者: WANG Zizhou YIN Peili
• 来源期刊: 中国图书馆学报年刊(英文版)
• 学科: 社会科学
• 关键词: ORAL material ORAL history LIBRARIES Special COLLECTIONS
• 年，卷（期）: 2013,（1）
• 页码范围: 209-221
• 页数: 13页
• 分类号: G259.712

摘要

Bancroft Library started its collection and preservation of oral history materials in the 1870 s.It is more than half a century earlier than the establishment of Oral History Research Center in Columbia University(in 1948),which is the symbol of the birth of modern oral histoiy.The development of Bancroft Library’s oral history collection development has experienced two stages:the first stage is the 'Bancroft Dictations' from the 1870 s to the 1880s;the second stage is the revival stage from 1953 till now.The 'Bancroft Dictations' inspired early oral history programs in the US.At the same time,the successful practice the Bancroft Library has taken to improve the collection and use of the oral material set a good example to other libraries of the same type,including the establishment of a club named 'Friends of Bancroft Library' and Donated Tapes Collection Center together with the 'critical use' of the transcriptions.