National Library Board Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2A · National Archives of Singapore and Oral History Centres
23. Oral history centres
Feedback & supportThe Board may, in addition to any oral history centre transferred under section 24, establish any other oral history centre for the purposes of this Act.
The purposes of any oral history centre transferred to the Board under section 24 or established by the Board under this section are —
to collect, document and disseminate information on the history of Singapore through oral history methodology or other means;
to interview persons who have influenced or participated in the history of Singapore, to preserve these interviews and to produce transcripts of selected interviews;
to preserve and care for the recordings and transcripts of such interviews;
to allow access to the recordings and transcripts of such interviews to persons seeking to inspect them in connection with study or research subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed by the interviewee or the Board; and
to disseminate information on the collection and work of the centre by any means, including publications, audiovisual educational packages, exhibitions, consultations, research and heritage promotional activities.[14J