MISSION Our mission is to be a voice for genealogy and local history information professionals in the international information community, to facilitate networking among subject specialists and libraries, archives, museums, and related societies and institutions, and to encourage the development of genealogy and local history collections and user services. Read More
2023 Satellite Meeting at Mundaneum 17-19 August 2023, Mons (Belgium) Title: Preserving Our Origins: Approaches to the Organization, Curation, and Historiography of the Cecord of National and International organizations in Libraries, Information, and Documentation. Featuring Keynote Address by Dr. Boyd Rayward on “The emergence of a Post World War II… Read More
MISSION Our mission is to be a voice for genealogy and local history librarians in the international information community, to facilitate networking among subject specialists and libraries, archives, museums, and related societies and institutions, and to encourage the development of genealogy and local history collections and user services. Read More
World Library and Information Congress: 18-24 August 2002, Glasgow, United Kingdom Papers Presented at the Open Session Genealogy and Local History Section Building on the Past, Investing in the Future Through Genealogy and Local History Services Patrick Cadell Edinburgh, United Kingdom… Read More
World Library and Information Congress: 22-27 August 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina Papers Presented at the Open Session Genealogy and Local History Section European Emigration Records, 1820-1925 / Les archives de l’émigration européene, 1820-1925 George R. Ryskamp Brigham Young University… Read More
World Library and Information Congress: 14-18 August 2005, Oslo, Norway Papers Presented at the Open Session Genealogy and Local History Section (in collaboration with Geography and Maps Section) Using GIS to Map Genealogical Data; Getting Started Anita K. Oser Western California University… Read More
Summer 2024 2024 IFLA International News Media Conference CFP for 2024 Mid-Term Meeting by News Media Section with Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship SIG, Preservation & Conservation Section, and Information Literacy Section. Summer 2023 CFP for 2023 WLIC Open Session by News Media Section Summer… Read More
2022 World Library and Information Congress: 87th IFLA Congress and General Assembly: July, 2022, Dublin, Ireland. Theme: Envisioning Post-pandemic Reference & Information Services and Support in a Shifting World 2019 World Library and Information Congress: 85th IFLA Congress and General Assembly: August, 2019 Athens, Greece. Theme:… Read More
World Library and Information Congress: 19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa Papers Presented at the Open Session Genealogy and Local History Section (in collaboration with Audiovisual and Multimedia Section) African Oral Genealogy: Collecting and Preserving Yesterday for Tomorrow Osei-Agyemang Bonsu Area Support Manager,… Read More
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… Read More