Fostering Family History Services: A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Volunteers

Author:   Rhonda L. Clark ,  Nicole Wedemeyer Miller
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Edition:   Annotated edition
ISBN:  

9781610695411


Pages:   290
Publication Date:   22 February 2016
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Paperback
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Fostering Family History Services: A Guide for Librarians, Archivists, and Volunteers


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Here is everything you need to promote your library as a center for genealogical study by leveraging your collection to help patrons conduct research on ancestors, document family stories, and archive family heirlooms. Websites, social media, and the Internet have made research on family history accessible. Your library can tap into the popularity of the do-it-yourself genealogy movement by promoting your role as both a preserver of local community history as well as a source for helping your patrons archive what's important to their family. This professional guide will teach you how to integrate family history programming into your educational outreach tools and services to the community. The book is divided into three sections: the first introduces methods for creating a program to help your clients trace their roots; the second provides library science instruction in reference and planning for local collections; and the third part focuses on the use of specific types of resources in local collections. Additional information features methods for preserving photographs, letters, diaries, documents, memorabilia, and ephemera. The text also includes bibliographies, appendices, checklists, and links to online aids to further assist with valuating and organizing important family mementos.

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Author:   Rhonda L. Clark ,  Nicole Wedemeyer Miller
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
Edition:   Annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9781610695411


ISBN 10:   1610695410
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   22 February 2016
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Preface Introduction: Why Providing Family History Services is a Great Idea Chapter 1: Thinking Outside the Collection Box Chapter 2: Record It: Preserving Family and Community History Chapter 3: Tell It: Oral History for the 21st Century Chapter 4: Sort It: Assessing and Storing Home Sources Chapter 5: Picture It: Gathering, Analyzing and Storing Family Photographs Chapter 6: The Negotiators: Asking and Answering Questions Chapter 7: Maximizing Access to Family History Materials Chapter 8: Mining the Riches Chapter 9: Pooling Our Resources: The Digital Portal Appendix A: Annotated Lists of Family History Titles Appendix B: The Locality Guide Appendix C: Associations Related to Local Studies Appendix D: Forms Index

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Readers will appreciate the plethora of programming ideas presented throughout the work as well as the tips for creating a guide of other local organizations supporting family history research... Anyone who wishes to develop or expand a family history program will turn to this resource again and again. - Library Journal, Starred Review Offers practical advice, with bibliographical notes, on how to establish a family history service within the framework of existing programming and outreach. - American Libraries


Readers will appreciate the plethora of programming ideas presented throughout the work as well as the tips for creating a guide of other local organizations supporting family history research. . . . Anyone who wishes to develop or expand a family history program will turn to this resource again and again. - Library Journal, Starred Review


Author Information

Rhonda L. Clark, PhD, is associate professor of information and library science at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Nicole Wedemeyer Miller, MA, MLS, teaches a course on genealogy and library service at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign.

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