Chapter 1: Introduction to oral documentation
1.1 What is oral tradition?
1.2 What is oral history?
1.3 Relationship between oral tradition and oral history
1.4 Why oral documentation is important?
1.5 Evolution of oral documentation in the cultural activities
1.6 Oral history as a research method


Chapter 2: Development of oral history program
2.1 Overview
2.2 What is happening in the world?
2.3 What is happening in Malaysia?


Chapter 3. Legal and ethical aspects of oral history
3.1 Policies governing legal and ethical aspects of oral history

Chapter 4: Structure of oral history program
4.1 Planning and preparation
4.2 The selection of resource person
4.3 Communication
4.4 Interview techniques
4.5 Preparation and editing the transcript
4.6 Technical aspect, e.g. media of interviews and equipment


Chapter 5: Medium and recording operation
5.1 Project information
5.2 Voice recording quality


Chapter 6: Archival management of oral history resources
6.1 Storage/retrieval
6.2 Dissemination program
6.3 Preservation


Chapter 7: Contemporary Issues

Q1 : How to begin an oral history project?
A1 : Find out as much as you can about the topics and historical period to be discussed and develop an outline or list of topics to cover in the interview.

Q2 : What are the essential aspects of conducting an oral history project?
A2 : The purpose of the interview, the narrators and the main focus of the project (topic or event).