[Genealib] History Section Program at ALA DC Annual -- "All History is Local in a Digital World"

[Mary K. Mannix]

History Section Program at ALA DC Annual -- "All History is Local in a
Digital World"

How can libraries work to provide local history to non-local residents
in a digital age?

How can the curious traveler, student, or genealogist learn about a
locale that might
not be their own?

The RUSA-HS panel "All History is Local in a Digital World, Sunday,
June 24, 2007 from 1:30-3:30 pm at the Washington Convention Center,
Room 144 A-C will answer those questions.

Hear about examples of local digital projects that are combinations of
academic libraries, public libraries, museums and archives collaborating
to do what one cannot alone.

Panelists will be:

Nancy Allen, Dean & Dir. of the Penrose Library at the University of
Denver. She will be speaking on the Collaborative Digitization Program
and its effect.

Judy Graves, Digital Projects Coordinator, Library of Congress, who will
talk about using online local history e.g., the American Memory and the
National Digital Newspaper Project, to connect people to places.

Erich Kesse, Director of the Digital Library Center, University of
Florida. He will discuss Florida's "Ephemeral Cities," which examines
the footprint of history through dynamic mapping of digitized resources,
using the map interface as a visual layer for research in local history.

Panelists will note successes and failures in digital space and allow
time for questions.

Moderator will be Susan Malbin, Senior Program Officer, Institute of
Museum and Library Services.

This program is sponsored by the RUSA, History Section, Local History Committee.