Die ontwerp van 'n ordeningstelsel en vindmiddel vir 'n kultuurhistoriese navorsingsentrum

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:A research centre for cultural history is an important key to the study of cultural heritage.The Research Centre for Cultural History at the University of Stellenbosch is at present(2000), as far as could be ascertained, the only centre of its kind in South Africa, althoughthe conservation of certain aspects of cultural heritage is also practised by a number ofrelated institutions. There is a need for a system of arrangement and finding aids throughwhich the contents of these institutions and specifically research centres for cultural historycan be made accessible to researchers.In this study a system is proposed in answer to the above mentioned deficiency. It is basedon a thesaurus in which the most important themes of cultural history are identified andassigned to a number of main categories. The system consists of a set of guidelines, ratherthan a prescribed framework and it should therefore be appliable to ail cultures in SouthAfrica as well as cultural groups and institutions outside the South African context.A variety of media found in research centres for cultural history are identified. Thecontents of the Research Centre for Cultural History at the University of Stellenboschserve as an important model in this regard. It is suggested that the different media arehoused separately in the centre and that there is a code assigned to each by which they canbe identified in the integrated finding aid.It was found that the proposed system could be applied to research centres for culturalhistory and related institutions in a variety of ways. It provides the .researcher with animage of the structure and nature of cultural history. It can also be used as a tool in theresearch and collection of oral history and the structuring of research projects. Otherapplications of the system will be revealed by usage.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University