Title Collecting and safeguarding the oral traditions : an international conference, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 16-19 August 1999, organized as a Satellite Meeting of the 65th IFLA General Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand, 1999 / edited by John McIlwaine and Jean Whiffrin [i.e. Whiffin].

Descript 1 online resource (168 pages) : illustrations Series IFLA publications, 0344-6891 ; 95 IFLA publications ; 95. 0344-6891 Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references. Contents Safeguarding Papua New Guinean culture in the next millennium: educational reforms and preservation of cultural traditions / John D. Waiko 1 -- UNESCO Memory of the World Programme and oral tradition / Malama S. Meleisea 25 -- Technical aspects: care, handling and preservation: bibliography and glossary / Dietrich Schuller, Kevin Bradley 30 -- Regional studies -- Africa -- Importance of oral tradition for children: the case of the countries of the Sahel / Mbathio Sall 42 -- Oral tradition: from collection to digitization / A. Raphael Ndiaye 49 -- Oral tradition and libraries / Fatogoma Diakite 68 -- Asia -- Roles of libraries in promoting and preserving oral cultures / Khunying Maenmas Chavalit 73 -- Oral tradition in Thailand: a development perspective / Saneh Chamarik 75 -- SEAMP (South East Asian Mountain Peoples' Programmes) for culture and development / Leo Alting von Geusau 89 -- Inter-generational cultural transmission in Singapore / Chong Ching Liang 95 -- Europe -- Collecting and preserving the French oral heritage: the role of a national library / Joelle Garcia 105 -- Latin America & the Caribbean -- Cayman Islands Memory Bank: collecting and preserving oral history in small island societies / Heather R. McLaughlin 112 -- South America: two cases from Venezuela and Peru / Haydee Seijas 119 -- North America -- Traditional knowledge and northern wildlife management: the Arctic Circumpolar Route / Magdalena A.K. Muir, Lloyd N. Binder 128 -- Pacific -- Role of the Fiji (National) Museum in collecting oral traditions / Sagale Buodromo 140 -- Oral Traditions Programme of the Vanuatu Cultural Centre / Martha Kaltal 144 -- Beyond print: using the Internet for preservation and stimulation of local culture / Steve Cisler 150. Note English. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Oral tradition -- Congresses. Oral history -- Congresses. Cultural property -- Protection -- Congresses. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. Cultural property -- Protection. (OCoLC)fst00885019 Oral history. (OCoLC)fst01047055 Oral tradition. (OCoLC)fst01047117 Mondelinge overlevering. Mondelinge literatuur. Collectievorming. Preservatie. HISTORIA ORAL -- CONGRESOS. TRADICION ORAL -- CONGRESOS. Bibliothek -- Mu⁺ndliche U⁺berlieferung -- Kulturerbe -- Schutz -- Kongress -- Muang Khon Kaen <1999>. Mu⁺ndliche U⁺berlieferung -- Kulturerbe -- Bibliothek -- Schutz -- Kongress -- Muang Khon Kaen <1999>. Kulturerbe -- Mu⁺ndliche U⁺berlieferung -- Bibliothek -- Schutz -- Kongress -- Muang Khon Kaen <1999>. Alt Author McIlwaine, John. Whiffin, Jean. IFLA General Conference (65th : 1999 : Bangkok, Thailand) ISBN 9783110955439 (e-book) 3110955431 (e-book) 3598218257 9783598218255