THE ORAL-HISTORY PROGRAM - I - PERSONAL VIEWS OF HEALTH-SCIENCES LIBRARIANSHIP AND THE MEDICAL-LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

Authors
MCKENZIE D PIFALO V
Citation
D. Mckenzie et V. Pifalo, THE ORAL-HISTORY PROGRAM - I - PERSONAL VIEWS OF HEALTH-SCIENCES LIBRARIANSHIP AND THE MEDICAL-LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 86(2), 1998, pp. 166-182
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257338
Volume
86
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
166 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7338(1998)86:2<166:TOP-I->2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The Medical Library Association Oral History Program uses accepted ora l history techniques to collect and preserve interviews with members, The original taped interviews and transcripts are kept in the Medical Library Association archives and made available for research purposes; edited copies of the interviews are distributed through the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, and members are encouraged to borrow and read the histories. Summaries of forty-three interviews provide p ersonal views on health sciences librarianship and the Medical Library Association.