[Genealib] Genealogy & Local History Discussion Group at ALA Midwinter, January 12th

[Curt Witcher]

The Genealogy & Local History Discussion Group of ALA's Reference and Users Services Association announces its Midwinter 2008 meeting for Saturday, January 12, 2008, from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm at the Philadelphia Marriott next to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in downtown Philadelphia, PA.  The meeting will be in room Franklin 11.  

As a follow-on to the RUSA Local History Committee's excellent summer 2007 program, "All History is Local in a Digital World," the Genealogy & Local History Discussion Group will be exploring what libraries around the country are digitizing in the local history and genealogy areas.  We invite you to: "Digital Directions: An Update on Some Genealogy & Local History Digitizing Projects Around the Country."  

We intend for this to be a welcoming opportunity to share what your library has been doing in the digital arena regarding local and family histories.  It will be a great chance to hear what your colleagues are doing to make more genealogy and local history materials available on the web.  Discussion starters will be Jack Simpson of the Newberry Library in Chicago talking about ChicagoAncestors.org, Mike Hall of the Family History Library talking about Family History Archive <www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/>, and Curt Witcher discussing WeRelate.org.  We are very informal and quite informative!  Please join us if you are in Philadelphia for ALA Midwinter.  Please also forward this to any of your colleagues who may be interested.






Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, IGSF
Manager, Genealogy Center
NE Director, Indiana Genealogical Society
Allen County Public Library
P. O. Box 2270, 900 Library Plaza
Fort Wayne, IN  46801-2270
CWitcher at ACPL.Lib.in.us
260-421-1226
Fax: 260-421-1386
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