International Genealogy and Local History (eBook)

Papers presented by the Genealogy and Local History Section at IFLA General Conferences 2001-2005

Ruth Hedegaard, Elizabeth Anne Melrose (Herausgeber)

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2008
287 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-598-44090-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book contains the papers delivered at sessions organised by the Genealogy and Local History Section at the annual conferences of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) between 2001 and 2005; many of these are updated versions of the original presentations. The authors, all experts in their own fields, address those engaged in delivering genealogy and local history services in libraries, archives and museums across the world.

Ruth Hedegaard, Vendsyssel historical Museum, Historical Archives, Hjoerring, Denmark; Elizabeth Anne Melrose , IFLA Genealogy and Local History Section, York, United Kingdom

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Ruth Hedegaard, Vendsyssel historical Museum, Historical Archives, Hjoerring, Denmark; Elizabeth Anne Melrose , IFLA Genealogy and Local History Section, York, United Kingdom

Inhalt

Frontmatter 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
INTRODUCTION 9
GENEALOGY AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 13
BUILDING ON THE PAST, INVESTING IN THE FUTURE THROUGH GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY SERVICES 19
WALES TO THE WORLD, THE WORLD TO WALES 29
SERVING GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCHERS – EXPERIENCES IN THE ANALOGICAL PAST AND A PEEK INTO THE DIGITAL FUTURE 35
DIGITAL ACCESS TO ARCHIVES – THE SCOTTISH ARCHIVE NETWORK PROJECT 41
A CHINESE CULTURAL PROJECT: THE COMPILATION OF THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF CHINESE GENEALOGY 47
THE BENEFITS OF ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS WORKING TOGETHER 53
CO-OPERATION AND CHANGE: ARCHIVES, LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS IN THE UNITED STATES 65
IF WE CAN DO IT, SO CAN YOU 77
LIBRARY INNOVATION IS HARD WORK: LESSONS FROM A NORWEGIAN CASE STUDY 87
EUROPEAN EMIGRATION RECORDS, 1820–1925 99
JEWISH SETTLEMENTS AND GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ARGENTINA 111
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE 2004 IN EAST RENFREWSHIRE 127
FROM EUROPE TO MISIONES: SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF IMMIGRATION 137
USING GIS TO MAP GENEALOGICAL DATA: GETTING STARTED 163
THE ENGLISH JURISDICTIONS MAPPING PROJECT 173
PRESENTING MAPS AND OTHER SPATIAL INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET 183
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION LITERACY FOR ‘NON-TRADITIONAL’/MATURE STUDENTS: SOME ASPECTS OF THE IRISH THIRD-LEVEL EXPERIENCE 193
CHINESE-CANADIANS IN SEARCH OF IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS: CURRENT AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES 203
DNA AND GENEALOGY 231
CAN ARCHIVISTS, LIBRARIANS AND CURATORS JOIN HANDS TO DO A BETTER JOB? 247
LOCAL HISTORY WORLD WIDE: AN INTERNATIONAL INTERNET INVENTORY 265
Backmatter 275

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.8.2008
• Reihe/Serie: IFLA Publications
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Verlagsort: Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Genealogie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 3-598-44090-1 / 3598440901
• ISBN-13: 978-3-598-44090-8 / 9783598440908