Past Conferences

2012

• Theme: Users and portals: digital newspapers, usability, and genealogy
  World Library and Information Congress: 11-17 August 2012
  Helsinki, Finland

2011

• Theme: Dispossed Persons: Preserving Culture in an Age of Migration
  World Library and Information Congress: 13-18 August 2011
  San Juan, Puerto Rico

2010

• Theme: Family and local history - an enduring legacy for the next generation
  World Library and Information Congress: 10-15 August 2010
  Gothenburg, Sweden

2009

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

2008

• Theme: Access to Genealogical Data: Data Protection versus Unlocking the Records
  (in collaboration with Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression Committee)
  World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008
  Quebec, Canada

• Theme: Genealogy and Local History for All: Services to Multicultural Communities
  (in collaboration with Reference and Information Services Section)
  Satellite Pre-Conference: 6-7 August 2008
  Ottawa, Canada

2007

• Theme: Stories Without Writing: Genealogy and Local History Beyond the Written Word
  (in collaboration with Audiovisual and Multimedia Section)
  World Library and Information Congress: 19-23 August 2007
  Durban, South Africa

2006

• Theme: Local History: A Dynamic Partnership between Libraries, Archives, and Museums
  World Library and Information Congress: 20-24 August 2006
  Seoul, Korea

• Theme: Korean Genealogy: A Dynamic Tradition
  Workshop: 21 August 2006
  Seoul, Korea

2005

• Theme: Navigating the World of Our Ancestors
  (in collaboration with Geography and Map Libraries)
  World Library and Information Congress: 14-18 August 2005
  Oslo, Norway

2004

• Theme: Resources for Immigrant History: Their Origins, Lives and Contributions
  World Library and Information Congress: 22-27 August 2004
  Buenos Aires, Argentina

2003

• Theme: Cooperation among Archives, Libraries and Museums
  World Library and Information Congress: 1-9 August 2003
  Berlin, Germany

2002

• Theme: Building on the Past: Investing in the Future
  World Library and Information Congress: 18-24 August 2002
  Glasgow, Scotland

2001

• Theme: Genealogy and Local History Librarians Making a Difference to Society in Social and Cultural Development
  World Library and Information Congress: 16-25 August 2001 Boston, U.S.A.
  Panel Discussion: Genealogy and Local History Librarians Making a Difference to Society in Social and Cultural Development

Genealogy and Local History

Last update: 5 November 2012