International genealogy and local history
Subtitle: papers presented by the Genealogy and Local History Section at IFLA General Conferences, 2001-2005
By: edited by Ruth Hedegaard and Elizabeth Anne Melrose.
Contributors: Hedegaard, Ruth.; Melrose, Elizabeth Anne.; International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Genealogy and Local History Section.
Series: IFLA publications -- 130
Publisher: K.G. Saur
Published: 2008
Place of publication: München
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9783598220364
Subjects: Genealogy -- Library resources -- Congresses; Genealogy -- Archival resources -- Congresses; Local history -- Archival resources -- Congresses; Local history -- Library resources -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Genealogy at the Library of Congress / Judith Prowse Roach; title: Building on the past, investing in the future through genealogy and local history services / Patrick Cadell; title: Wales to the world, the world to Wales / Rhidian Griffiths; title: Serving genealogy and local history researchers : experiences in the analogical past and a peek into the digital future / Margareta Bovin; title: Digital access to archives : the Scottish Archive Network Project / George MacKenzie; title: A Chinese cultural project : the compilation of the general catalogue of Chinese genealogy / Gu Yan; title: The benefits of archives, libraries, and museums working together / Ruth Hedegaard; title: Co-operation and change : archives, libraries, and museums in the United States / Robert S. Martin; title: If we can do it, so can you : the UK North Yorkshire digitization project / Elizabeth Anne Melrose; title: Library innovation is hard work : lessons from a Norwegian case study / Bozena Rasmussen; title: European emigration records, 1820-1925 / George R. Ryskamp; title: Jewish settlements and Jewish genealogical research in Argentina / Paul Armony; title: Holocaust remembrance 2004 in East Renfrewshire, Scotland / Liz McGettigan, David McMenemy, and Alan Poulter; title: From Europe to Misiones : sources for the study of immigration / Belarmina Benítez de Vendrell; title: Using GIS to map genealogical data : getting started / Anita K. Oser; title: The English Jurisdictions Mapping Project / Stephen C. Young; title: Presenting maps and other spatial information on the Internet / Peter Korsgaard; title: Library and information literacy for "non-traditional"/mature students : some aspects of the Irish third-level experience / Vibeke Kallar and Michael O'hAodha; title: Chinese-Canadians in search of immigrant ancestors : current and potential resources / Janet Tomkins; title: The power of DNA : discovering lost and hidden relationships : how DNA analysis techniques are assisting in the great search for our ancestors / Ugo A. Perego; title: Can archivists, librarians, and curators join hands to do a better job? / Sanjica Faletar; title: Local history world wide : an international Internet inventory / Ragnhild Hutchison.