Local History and Genealogy Section Webinar on 24 September 2020
7 September 2020"What Librarians Need to Know about DNA" on 24 September 2020 Speaker:Drew Smith Associate Librarian, University of South Florida Libraries (USA)
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"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 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
Date:12-13 August 2020 Venue:The National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
IFLA Headquarters announced in a press release and email today, April 9, that the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 has been cancelled.
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Important dates 31 March 2020: Submission of abstract 15 April 2020: Notification of acceptance to author(s) 5 June 2020: Submission of full paper
Theme: "Challenges and Opportunities for Genealogy, Local History and Regional Memory Fields in Libraries and Other Memory Institutions in a Highly Mobile Society"
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
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Local History and Genealogy Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section, would like to inform that deadline for submissions is extended to 15 April.
Theme: "Local History Collections, Genealogy, and Oral History as Critical Information Services in Libraries"
Theme: "Genealogy and Local History Collection Development – Challenges and Opportunities"
"Local Histories and Genealogies in Multicultural World"
We wish to inform that 1 April is the new deadline for submitting proposals for the session in Wroclaw.
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"
“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.
“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.
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.
This documents represent the Proposed focus for the GenLoc Section as stated at IFLA Singapore 2013