?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+sound+library+%3A+sound+documents+and+collections+as+means+of+recovering+and+protecting+endangerred+languages&rft.creator=Civallero%2C+Edgardo&rft.subject=BZ.+None+of+these%2C+but+in+this+section.&rft.description=Oral+tradition+is+still+a+strong+mean+of+communicating+information+and+knowledge%2C+not+only+among+traditional+peoples+or+in+rural+areas%2C+but+also+inside+urban+societies.+Oral+transmission%2C+besides+of+perpetuate+intangible+cultural+heritage%2C+compels+to+the+prolix+and+creative+use+of+the+own+language.+By+employing+the+words+of+native+idioms%2C+a+specific+culture+can+be+expressed+in+all+its+richness.+By+this+spoken+process%2C+illiterate+societies+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%93human+groups+lacking+writing+systems+and+therefore%2C+lacking+books-+try+to+preserve+their+cultural+store%2C+currently+threatened+by+the+pressures+of+dominant+cultures+(mass-media%2C+official+education+and+religion%2C+etc.).+Sounds+allow+memory+to+survive%2C+even+under+strong+influences.+Sound+reservoires+and+documents%2C+collected+and+managed+by+libraries%2C+could+become+powerful+tools+for+the+study%2C+preservation+and+revitalization+of+languages%2C+specially+minority%2C+indigenous+and+endangered+idioms.+By+using+audiovisual+technologies%2C+linguistic+diversity+could+be+protected+and+the+fulfillment+of+language+and+human+rights%2C+encouraged+and+accomplished.+However%2C+the+management+of+oral+resources+has+not+been+widely+developed+inside+the+theoretical+frame+of+Library+%26+Information+Sciences+(LIS).+In+fact%2C+a+general+absence+of+concepts%2C+techniques%2C+operational+tools+and+methodologies+concerning+these+special+sources+can+be+detected+in+Librarianship.+Even+if+elements+coming+from+History+and+Sociology+are+used%2C+there+is+an+important+lack+of+specific+work+of+LIS+in+this+area.+Experiences+in+the+generation+of+oral+libraries+in+aboriginal+communities+in+Chaco+region+(northeastern+Argentina)+provide(d)+wide+information+on+important+issues+related+to+the+work+with+spoken+documents%3A+recording+and+interviewing%2C+catalogation%2C+transcription%2C+support+materials%2C+physical+organization%2C+linguistic+studies%2C+documental+analysis%2C+diffusion+and+intellectual+rights+on+contents.+General+information+on+these+topics+is+provided+in+this+paper%2C+aiming+at+initiating%2C+through+the+examples+of+such+experiences%2C+the+development+of+specific+tools%2C+terms%2C+theories+and+methods+for+oral+documents+by+LIS.&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F4372%2F1%2FThe_sound_library.doc&rft.identifier=Civallero%2C+Edgardo+(2005)+The+sound+library+%3A+sound+documents+and+collections+as+means+of+recovering+and+protecting+endangerred+languages.+.+In+IFLA+Council+and+General+Conference+(71st+%3A+2005+%3A+Oslo)%2C+Oslo+(Norway)%2C+14th+-+18th+August+2005.+[Conference+Paper]+(Unpublished)&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F4372%2F