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Local History and Genealogy Section Webinar on 24 September 2020

"What Librarians Need to Know about DNA" on 24 September 2020 Speaker:Drew Smith Associate Librarian, University of South Florida Libraries (USA)

Open Session at the 86th IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 - Cancelled

Open Session at the 86th IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 in Dublin, Ireland, 15-21 August by Local History and Genealogy Section with the Indigenous Matters Section and the Rare Books and Special Collections Section

Satellite Meetings Local History and Genealogy joint with Asia and Oceania - Cancelled

Date:12-13 August 2020 Venue:The National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 Cancelled

IFLA Headquarters announced in a press release and email today, April 9, that the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 has been cancelled.

An important message from IFLA Headquarters: Information on COVID-19

Here is an important message from IFLA Headquarters: Information on COVID-19

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Papers — Open Sessions: Local History and Genealogy joint with Indigenous Matters and Rare Books and Special Collections

Important dates 31 March 2020: Submission of abstract 15 April 2020: Notification of acceptance to author(s) 5 June 2020: Submission of full paper

Satellite Meetings Local History and Genealogy joint with Asia and Oceania - Cancelled

Theme: "Challenges and Opportunities for Genealogy, Local History and Regional Memory Fields in Libraries and Other Memory Institutions in a Highly Mobile Society"

Call for Papers — Open Session at the 86th IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020

Theme: “Local History and Genealogy Collection Classification, Preservation, Sharing, and Access Practices of Local Regional, and International Libraries and Institutions” By Local History and Genealogy Section with the Indigenous Matters Section and the Rare Books and Special Collections Section

LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY SECTION Chair’s Update

Season's Greetings! An update on what has been happening related to the Local History and Genealogy Section. Peace to all! Cecilia

Local History and Genealogy Section at WLIC 2019 in Athens

Call for Papers Deadline extended - Satellite Meeting to be held on 21- 22 August 2019, at the University Library Svetozar Markovic, Belgrade, Serbia

Local History and Genealogy Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section, would like to inform that deadline for submissions is extended to 15 April.

Call for Papers – Open Sessions Local History and Genealogy Section with the Asia and Oceania Section and the Library History Special Interest Group

Theme: "Local History Collections, Genealogy, and Oral History as Critical Information Services in Libraries"

Call for Papers — "Genealogy and Local History Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section and Rare Books and Special Collections Section" Open Sessions

Theme: "Genealogy and Local History Collection Development – Challenges and Opportunities"

Call for Papers / Genealogy and Local History Section joint with the Asia and Oceania Section

"Local Histories and Genealogies in Multicultural World"

GENLOC Call for Papers Wroclaw - Deadline Extended

We wish to inform that 1 April is the new deadline for submitting proposals for the session in Wroclaw.

WLIC 2017 Wroclaw - Open Sessions - Call for Papers

A joint open session hosted Monday 21 August. Theme, "New insights at the intersection of genealogy and other professional communities - including librarians, archivists, historians, demographers, linguists, anthropologists and geneticists"

Second Call for Papers - Satellite Meeting Vilnius 2017

“The Challenge of Multiple Identities - Multi-ethnicity in Genealogy, Local History and Regional Memory - Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries and Other Memory Institutions" is the theme for the main session. Genealogy and Local History Section (GENLOC) joint with Asia and Oceania Section and Information Technology Section invite proposals for papers to be presented at the session.

Satellite Meeting Vilnius - Call for Papers

“The Challenge of Multiple Identities - Multiethnicity in Genealogy, Local History and Regional Memory - Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries and Other Memory Institutions" is the theme for the main session at the Satellite Meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, 16-17 August 2017.

Call for Papers - Satellite Meetings Genealogy and Local History Section joint with Asia & Oceania Section and with IT Section

The Genealogy and Local History Section joint with the Asia & Oceania and the IT Section invite you to submit a summary for the Satellite Meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, August 15-17, 2017.

Proposed Focus for GenLoc Section

This documents represent the Proposed focus for the GenLoc Section as stated at IFLA Singapore 2013