Access to Genealogical Data: Data Protection Versus Unlocking the Records

World Library and Information Congress:
10-14 August 2008, Quebec, Canada

Papers Presented at the Open Session
Genealogy and Local History Section (in collaboration with Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression Committee)

• Serving the Genealogical and Historical Research Communities: An Overview of Records Access and Data Privacy Issues
  / Au service des généalogistes et des historiens: questions de l’accès à la documentation vis-à-vis la confidentialité des données personnelles
  Wayne J. Metcalfe and Melvin P. Thatcher
  Genealogical Society of Utah/FamilySearch
  Salt Lake City, U.S.A.
• What a Pistarckle!: Access to Caribbean Records for Family History Research / Quel cauchemar! L’accès à la documentation aux fins de la recherche généalogique aux Caraïbes
  Susan Laura Lugo
  Caribbean Genealogy Library
  St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.S.A.
• Protection des personnes et exigences scientifiques : les enjeux de la réforme sur l’accès aux archives en France /
  Protection of individuals versus the needs of research:
  what is at stake in the reform of archival access in
  France
  Philippe Columb
  Bibliothèque Cujas
  Paris, France
• The Release of Canada’s Historic Census / La diffusion du recensement historique du Canada>
  Lorna Milne, Senator
  The Parliament of Canada
  Ottawa, Canada