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

by Rhonda L. Clark, Nicole Wedemeyer Miller

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610695428
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/22/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	269
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

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.

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