The IFLA Local History and Genealogy Section hosted a satellite meeting at KU Leuven Libraries in Leuven, Belgium, on 17-18 August 2023. The hybrid conference featured over 15 sessions from speakers around the world. Since the talks were broadcast via Zoom, we were able to record some of the presentations for later viewing.

Click below to watch videos of sessions, when available. If the video isn’t available, a link to the papers will be linked to the presentations.

Day 1, 17 August 2023

Session 1 [Recording]

Moderator, Cherie Bush, FamilySearch, USA

Welcome
Cherie Bush, Local History and Genealogy Section Chair, FamilySearch, USA

Prof. Hilde Van Kiel, Director of KU Leuven Libraries
KU Leuven Libraries in challenging times – Activities and Projects

Marie Cappart, MyHeritage, Belgium
Together is stronger: How to become better actors in the genealogical world?

Cristina Roiu, Romanian Academy Library, Romania
Introducing the Digital Storytelling Workshop (part 1)
Digital Storytelling with Europeana and HUMAP, Brainstorming session

Memories Blackboard: Stories from my home (all participants)

Session 2

Moderator, Cristina Roiu, Romanian Academy Library, Romania

Anna Krahmer, University of North Texas, USA; William Scarborough, PhD, University of North Texas, USA; Sarah Lynn Fisher, University of North Texas, USA
Using Digitised Historical Newspapers to Engage Sociology Students in Local History

Cristina Roiu, Romanian Academy Library, Romania
Digital Storytelling Workshop (part 2)
Brainstorming session & team work

Patrick Urru, Italian Provincial Library ”Claudia Augusta,” Italy 
Local History in the Library: Listening to South Tyrolean Stories

Memories Blackboard: Stories from my home (all participants) 

Session 3 [Recording]

Moderator, Maja Markhouss, Boxholms Kommun, Sweden

Steve Ching, Run Run Shaw Library, Hong Kong; Richard Wong, Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections, City University of Hong Kong, China
Using digital storytelling with local history: Waglan Island Lighthouse and Father of Fishermen in Hong Kong

Gaetan Boisson, National University of Singapore, Singapore 
Revealing the Bukit Brown cemetery underground artefacts 

Carlos Alberto Della Paschoa and Elisete de Sousa Melo. Instituto Cervantes de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
Preservation of Hispanic Memory in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil: The Local Collection of the Nelida Pinon Library of the Instituto Cervantes

Janet Curtiss, St. Clair County Library System, Port Huron, USA 
Buried in the Archives 

Memories Blackboard : Stories from my home (all participants)

Day 2, 18 August 2023

Session 4 [Recording]

Moderator, Jennifer Brannock, The University of Southern Mississippi, USA

Takashi Nagatsuka, Tsurumi University, Japan. 
An Openness of Municipal Digital PR Magazines as a Local History Material 

Jingzhu Wei and Tongrui Zhang, Sun Yat-sen University, China 
Public Cultural Crowdfunding: A New Approach to Engage individuals in Local History Appreciation and Creation

Elvira Basibas Lapuz, Eunice Ann Yutuc Chua, A.B. Gideon Nallonar de Castro, University library of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines 
Getting in touch with the past and the present: Marketing the Filipiniana Collection of the Philippine LAMs through a Filipinized visual identity guide 

Session 5 [Recording]

Moderator, Cristina Roiu, Romanian Academy Library, Romania

Jennifer Brannock, University of Southern Mississippi, USA 
Cookbooks as Local History and Genealogy Source

Cecilia Lizama Salvatore, Dominican University in River Forest, USA
Engaging community and technology in ensuring diverse local history collections

Cristina Roiu, Romanian Academy Library, Romania
Digital Storytelling Workshop (part 3)

Memories Blackboard : Stories from my home – Gallery view