Oral history is a method of collecting and storing historical information with interview recordings from past figures or witnesses through its life outlook. It covers the stories of one’s life or about personal experiences passed by the interviewer.

To view the list of oral history collection, you may click on the following links:-

• Oral History Collection (Casset)
• Oral History Collection (DVD)

The term Malaysiana is defined to mean all works about Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam. Journals that are published in Malaysia are included in this collection. Non-book materials are excluded as they require different conditions of storage from the printed materials. To enable the Library user to identify the Malaysiana items, prefix rbm is used in the call number in the Library Catalogue.

Informational materials in the form of articles, pamphlets etc. on Malaysia are kept in this collection. A separate database, using Win/ISIS is used to keep record of this collection.

This part consists of some indexes include the following links:

Southeast Asia Peranakans Collection

The establishment of the Southeast Asian Peranakans Collection at Hamzah Sendut Library is the inspiration of Prof Tan Sri Dato ‘Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, USM Vice-Chancellor during Opening Ceremony of Penang Chinese Peranakans and Chinese Muslim Conference in 2008. He wished to perceive the information of peranakans group are collected and united. Due to the relevancy and proximity of this peranakans relationship with the Malay community and culture, it is necessary to preserve the information on this community as a historical and research materials

It is a huge wished that with the establishment of this Southeast Asian Peranakans Collection will be utilized for researchers and future generations instead of being the information center for collection, storage and distribution related to the South East Asia. The existence of South East Asian Peranakans is a uniqueness that need to be preserved as a historical material of South-East Asia that has been formed for decades ago.

Objectives

• To spread the information regarding Southeast Asian Peranakan Collection at Hamzah Sendut Library.
• To deliver the information to public on the roles of Peranakans in Southeast Asia

*Please click on the link for more information http://www.kaumperanakan.usm.my/

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