Access to Oral History: A National Agenda

Access to oral history collections has suffered from the neglect of oral historians and archivists. The author advocates five items as the basis of a national agenda to improve bibliographic control and access to oral history interviews. Prominent among the recommendations are the establishment of MARC AMC records and interlibrary loan for interviews. This article was originally presented at the 1991 annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.