Fostering family history services a guide for librarians, archivists, and volunteers
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. Discusses the reference environment and offers tips for strategic planning for lo...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, California :
Libraries Unlimited,
[2016]
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| Summary: | 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. Discusses the reference environment and offers tips for strategic planning for local studies. Includes hints of how to assess, organize, discard, or donate family heirlooms. Offers suggestions for caring for family history archives, including physical enclosures, digital copies, and the importance of data backups. Features templates for partnership agreements with other organizations. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781610695411 1610695410 |
| Author Notes: | Rhonda L. Clark , PhD, is associate professor of information and library science at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. |
