About the Example Section

Scope

The Genealogy and Local History Section aims to provide a voice for genealogy and local history librarians in the international information community, to facilitate networking among subject specialists and libraries, archives, museums, and related societies and institutions, and to encourage the development of genealogy and local history collections and user services.

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Strategic plan

2007-2008 | 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005

Newsletters

Section Leaflet

Revised versions (June 2008) Afrikaans Chinese (simplified) Chinese (traditional) English French Japanese Korean Norwegian Portuguese Russian Spanish Previous version (will be replaced soon)Arabic

Annual Report

Other Reports

Conferences

Current Conference

World Library and Information Congress: 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy Theme: Opening Up Our Cultural Heritage Through Digitisation and Collaboration

Past Conferences

  • World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Quebec, Canada Theme: Access to Genealogical Data: Data Protection versus Unlocking the Records

Minutes of Meetings

Mailing list:

GENLOC - Genealogy and Local History Section mailing list. The purpose of the list is to provide an international forum for genealogy and local history librarians to exchange ideas and experiences and to find help in answering patron questions. Submissions: GENLOC@infoserv.inist.fr Web interface: http://infoserv.inist.fr/wwsympa.fcgi/info/genloc GENLOC2 - Genealogy and Local History Section list is to facilitate communication among the Standing Committee Members and to allow to exchange of materials and proposals between Coordinating Board meetings. Submissions: GENLOC2@infoserv.inist.fr Web interface: http://infoserv.inist.fr/wwsympa.fcgi/info/genloc2

Useful Addresses

List of Standing Committee Members

Chair: Ruth Hedegaard Librarian Frederikshavn City Archives Parallelvej 16 9900 Frederikshavn Denmark Tel. +(45)96241060 Fax +(45)96241051 E-mail: rhe@stofanet.dk

Secretary: Russell S. Lynch Reference Manager Family History Library 35 N West Temple street SALT LAKE CITY, Utah 84150 United States Tel. + (1)(801)2401315 Fax +(1)(801)2402639 E-mail: lynchrs@familysearch.org

Treasurer: Janice McFarlane Enquiries and Reference Services Manager National Library of Scotland George IV Bridge EDINBURGH, Scotland, EH1 1EW United Kingdom Tel. +(44)(131)6233824 Fax +(44)(131)6233830 E-mail: j.mcfarlane@nls.uk

Information Coordinator: Janet Tomkins Fine Arts and History Vancouver Public Library 350 West Georgia Street VANCOUVER, B.C. V6M 6B1 Canada Tel.+(1)(604)313724 Fax +(1)(604)3313720 E-mail: janettom@vpl.ca

Editor of Newsletter: Elizabeth Anne Melrose 5 Albion Street, Skeldergate YORK Y01 6HJ United Kingdom Tel. +(44)(1904)644335 E-mail: elizabeth.melrose@btinternet.com

Members-at-Large:

Anne Burrows
Genealogy Librarian, Access and Information Division
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000
AUSTRALIA
Tel. +(61)(3)86647190
Fax +(61)(3)96393854
E-mail: aburrows@slv.vic.gov.au

Lijing Chen
Deputy Director of the Ancient Books Library
The National Library of China
7 Wenjingjie
Beijing, 100034
CHINA
Tel. +(86)(10)66126182
Fax +(86)(10)66175547
E-mail: ljchen@nlc.gov.cn

Richard Eynon Huws
Head of Reader Services
The National Library of Wales
Penglais
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3BU
UNITED KINGDOM Tel. +(44)(1970)632810
Fax +(44)(1970)632882
E-mail: rehuws@aol.com

Antonio Lechasseur
Associate Director General
Strategic Office
550 boul. de la Cite
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0N4, CANADA Tel.+ (1)(819)9345860
Fax +(1)(819)9345835
E-mail: antonio.lechasseur@lac-bac.gc.ca

Gerard Long
Assistant Keeper
National Library of Ireland
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
IRELAND

Tel. +(353)(1)6030210
Fax +(353)(1)6766690
E-mail: goluing@nli.ie

Susan Laura Lugo
(Corresponding Member)
Territorial Coordinator for Archives
Government of the Virgin Islands
and
President, Caribbean Genealogy Library, Inc.
P.O. Box 717
St. Thomas, VIRGIN ISLANDS

00804-0717
Cell: 340-690-0531
E-mail: susanlauralugo@gmail.com or Susan.Lugo@dpnr.gov.vi


Louise McCarron
(Corresponding Member)
Head of Reference Services
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh, SCOTLAND EH1 1EW
Tel. +(44)(131)6233825
E-mail: l.mccarron@nls.uk

Wayne J Metcalfe
Vice President
Genealogical Society of Utah/Family Search
50 East North Temple Street, Room 590
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
UNITED STATES
Tel. +(1)(801)2402311
Fax + (1)(801)2401448
E-mail: Metcalfewj@GenSocietyofUtah.org

Mattye Laverne Page
Area Specialist
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, D.C. 20540-4821
UNITED STATES Tel. +(1)(202)7071979
fAX +(1)(202)2523180
E-mail: mpag@loc.gov

Paul Smart
Accredited Genealogist, Outreach Manager
FamilySearch
50 East North Temple Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
UNITED STATES
Tel. +(1)(801)2402306
Fax +(1)(801)2401893
E-mail: SmartPF@familysearch.org

Jurgen Warmbrunn
Head Librarian
Herder-Institut, Bibliothek
Gisonenweg 5-7
D-35037 Marburg GERMANY Tel. +(49)(6421)184150
Fax +(49)(6421)184139
E-mail: warmbrun@staff.uni-marburg.de

Gui Won Lee
Responsable de la section des livres anciens et des manuscrits orientaux
National Library of Korea
San 60-1, Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu
137702 Seoul

REPUBLIC OF KOREA Tel. +(82)(2)5900574
Fax +(82)(2)5900712
E-mail: leegw@mail.nl.go.kr

Gu Yan
(Corresponding Member)
Genealogy Librarian
Shanghai Library
1555 Huai Hai Zhong Lu
Shanghai 200031
CHINA
Tel. +(86)(21)64455004
Fax +(86)(21)64455006
E-mail: ygu@libnet.sh.cn

Hsiao-ming Yu
Director, Acquisition Division
National Central Library
20, ChungShan S. Road
Taipei 10001, Taiwan
CHINA
Tel. + (886)(2)2361-9132 ext. 129
Fax + (886)(2)23147325
E-mail: hmyu@msg.ncl.edu.tw

Last update: 25 August 2009