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Newsletter Number 10 / July 2007

Table of contentsWords from the Chair……………………………….………1

New GENLOC Committee Members……………..……….2

The Work of the Section…………………….……………...3

The Strategic Plan 2007 – 2008……………………………4

Promoting GENLOC………………..…….…….….………..5

Family History the Australian and New Zealand way……………………………...…….…..6

Family history: The State Library of Queensland……………………………….……...…....6

Volume of Conference Papers……………………………8

News from Elsewhere

The Bar Convent Library, York….………………….….8

Who do you think you are? at Olympia………..……..9

IFLA Durban 2007: programme………………..………….9

IFLA satellite meeting 2008 Canada…………………….10

Words from the Chair

The Section now has a membership of 31associations and institutions and 6 personalaffiliates. As a result of elections in February, the

Standing Committee is now comprised of 17regular members and 4 corresponding membersrepresenting 14 countries. We need to increasesection membership to more than 50 during thecoming two years in order to ensure its survival aspart of the formal structure of IFLA. Therefore, weask you to consider how you can help us to attainthis goal.

IFLA membership categories include associations,institutions, institutional sub-units, one-personlibrary centres, school libraries, all personalaffiliates, and also student affiliates (seewww.ifla.org/III/members/index.htm for details andfees). Please support genealogy and local historylibrarianship in IFLA by encouraging your libraryassociation and work unit to join our Section or bybecoming a personal or student affiliate.

The Standing Committee is preparing thepublication of a volume of papers presented at itsopen sessions at IFLA’s annual meetings from2001-2005. The papers show the wide range ofinterests and concerns of genealogy and localhistory librarians from around the world. We hopethat it will be a useful addition to your referencecollection.

We look forward to another rewarding programmeat the forthcoming World Library and InformationCongress which will be held in Durban, SouthAfrica, 19

th – 23

rd August, 2007. The programme,

which is organised jointly with the IFLAAudiovisual and Multimedia Services Section, isfocused on oral history and traditions.

Melvin P Thatcher, Genealogical Society of Utah. Chair ofIFLA Genealogy and Local History Section

Genealogy and local history

Genealogie en Plaaslike Geskiedenis

Slægs- og lokalhistorie

족보족보족보족보 및및및및 지역사지역사지역사지역사GENEALOGI og LOKAL HISTORIE

Genealogía e Historia Local

家 家家家 家谱 谱

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New GENLOC Committee members 2007

Anne Burrows, Genealogy Librarian, State Library ofVictoria, Melbourne, Australia

Antonio Lechasseur, Director, Client Services Division,Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Russell Lynch, Family History Library, Salt Lake City,Utah, USA

Mattye Laverne Page, Area Specialist, Africa, Library ofCongress, Washington, DC, USA

Janet Tomkins, Genealogy Librarian, Fine Arts andHistory, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BritishColumbia, Canada

The Section has 37 members. It needs to reach atotal of 50 members or more in the next two years.

There are 18 representatives on the StandingCommittee and three corresponding members. Onthis page are just some of the new members of theGENLOC Standing Committee 2007. GENLOC ispleased to welcome them.

It is up to us all, officers, members of the StandingCommittee and members of GENLOC, topersuade and encourage the many otherinstitutions and libraries serving genealogists andlocal historians to join the Section.

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The work of the Section taken from theminutes of the April 2007 e-meeting.

Summary of subjects not noted elsewhere inthe Newsletter:

Ruth Hedegaard, the Section Secretary had theonerous task of collating the diverse strands of thee-meeting in April and the Committee thanks herfor all her efforts over the past year. TheCommittee has two sessions at the annual IFLAConference. However, as GENLOC does not yethave the funds to organise a mid-year face-to-facemeeting, this extra structured e-meeting has beeninformative, and, through it, the Section has beenable to respond to central IFLA documents.Thanks also to all the participants.

Ruth gives a good flavour of the debate:

Our e-discussion has been collated under theheadlines decided on at the start of the distancemeeting. All the relevant comments wereconsidered and covered in the final copy of theStrategic Plan. This Plan is included in thisNewsletter and will be published by Saur as an

extra appendix within the volume of ConferencePapers 2001 – 2005.

Mission statement

A discussion over the suitability of the wording inthe Mission Statement – ‘genealogy’ versus‘family history’ – ended as follows: The Sectionwill continue on as GENLOC and make liberal useof the terms ‘genealogy’ and ‘family history’ in theNewsletter, strategic plans, and other supportingdocumentation.

GENLOC listserv

The Committee has not been able to moveforward on this point. The listserv is desirable, butthere is not much traffic and not much input. Themembers of the Committee must try to appoint aperson who will be responsible for the listserv.This position could be separate to that of theinformation co-ordinator. Also, as the Chairmanpointed out, the Standing Committee membersmust make a serious effort to be activeparticipants in order to stimulate responses fromother subscribers. All suggestions on the wayforward are welcome.

WEB 2.0 and blogs

It was thought that further discussion on Web 2.0and blogs could be one of the discussion themesat the Committee meetings in Durban.

Access to privacy material

There has been no specific reference to changingour goal, more an exchange of information.

Development of the Newsletter

So far both the content and style of the Newsletterhave been satisfactory. It is challenging filling theNewsletter with appropriate features and theEditor requested that all Standing Committeemembers try to submit material – or send ideas forarticles. She thanked everyone for their support.

Recruiting new section members

Thanks to Family History Library in Utah morethan 500 recruitment letters have been sent out,and appeals have been posted on GENLOC andGENEALIB listservs, hopefully bringing in newmembers. GENLOC needs to include 50 membersby the time of the 2009 elections to avoid beingdeleted as a Section. There is an option of joiningIFLA as a Personal Affiliate or a Student Affiliate –persons in these categories may register free ofcharge for one Section. The difficulty is the feebarrier, since IFLA registration fees are too highfor most genealogy and local history libraries and

Using your local library forFamily History resources

ГЕНЕАЛОГИИ И КРАЕВЕДЕНИЯ

Geneologia & Historia Lokalna

Genealogie şi Istoria Locală

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librarians. However, Committee members werestrongly requested to try to recruit more members.

Candidates for Chair and Secretary

At the Durban Committee Meeting, there will beelections for the Section Chair, the Secretary andthe Information Co-ordinator. Russell Lynch of theFamily History Library in Utah expressed hisinterest in the role of Information Co-ordinator.

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Genealogy and Local History SectionStrategic Plan 2007 - 2008

Mission

Our mission is to be a voice for genealogy andlocal history librarians in the internationalinformation community, to facilitate networkingamong subject specialists and libraries, archives,museums, and related societies and institutions,and to encourage the development of genealogyand local history collections and user services.

GOALS

Goal 1: Be a voice for genealogy and localhistory librarians in the internationalinformation community

(Professional Priority: supporting the role oflibraries in society. Pillars: society, profession.)

Actions

1.1 Organize open session programmes ongenealogy and local history topics and, whereappropriate, do so in collaboration with relevantIFLA sections to reflect the relevance of thesetopics across the information community.

1.2 Develop and promote a unified response tomajor developments in the internationalinformation community, where they impact ongenealogy and local history library services.

Goal 2: Facilitate and promote globalnetworking among genealogy and local historyprofessionals and between libraries, archives,and museums serving genealogists and familyand local historians

(Professional Priority: developing libraryprofessionals, supporting the infrastructure oflibrary associations. Pillars: profession, members.Partnerships: libraries, archives, and museums.)

Actions

2.1 Promote and increase active participation inthe GENLOC listserv by making it a useful sourceof ideas and information for genealogy and localhistory librarians.

2.2 Improve content of the semi-annual issues ofthe Section newsletter by attracting articles from abroader range of contributors.

2.3 Promote Section membership by contributingarticles to key genealogy and family and localhistory journals and speaking to interested userand professional groups.

2.4 Create an information packet and develop astrategy to promote the formation of genealogyand local history sections in national libraryassociations.

2.5 Promote co-operation between libraries,archives, and museums by developingrelationships and joint projects with relevantinternational organizations.

Goal 3: Support and promote improvedtraditional and electronic genealogy and localhistory reference services

(Professional Priority: promoting resourcesharing, developing library professionals,promoting standards, guidelines, and bestpractices. Pillars: society, profession.)

Actions

3.1 Survey national libraries for genealogy andlocal history services.

3.2 Collect guidelines for genealogy and familyand local history collections and services viaGENLOC and professional contacts.

3.3 Share information about genealogy andfamily and local history resources and bestpractices through IFLA conferences, the Sectionnewsletter, the GENLOC listserv, links on theGENLOC home page, and joint programs witharchives and museums.

GOAL 4: Proactively address data privacy andinformation access concerns that affectgenealogy and local history collections andservices

(Professional Priority: supporting the role oflibraries in society, defending principles offreedom of information. Pillars: society.)

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Actions

4.1 Use the GENLOC listserv to identify andshare information about data privacy issues andlegislation and other issues affecting access toinformation.

4.2 Work with FAIFE to develop a code of ethicsor guidelines for responsibly providing access togenealogy and local history indices and sourcedocuments on the Web.

4.3 Establish communications with internationaland national archives, library, and museumassociations to encourage working with theproponents of data privacy in developinglegislation that addresses their concerns whilepreserving access to information for legitimategenealogical and local historical purposes.

Project to promote the Section inGenealogical Journals and Magazines

I did complete work on one of the commitmentsthat I made at Oslo 2005, which was to submit asmall article on the Section to some of the morepopular genealogy magazines in order to promotethe Section and its work. The intent was to makethe wider genealogy community aware of theSection's existence, and hopefully to encourageorganisations and other interested individuals tofeed us information on issues like access togenealogical and historical information and so on.I sent a report on the project to the StandingCommittee meetings in Seoul 2006, and thereisn’t a great deal to add since then. I havesummarized below.

Overall, I am inclined to consider this projectcomplete. It would require a huge amount of effortto follow-up with every magazine/journal that wascontacted, and although it would be nice to knowfor certain exactly when and where an article waspublished, I am not sure if this is worthwhile. We

know that a focused effort was made, that thearticle appeared in some publications and that theSection did get some exposure.

The Popular Magazines

The ‘popular’ article was published in the highprofile generalist magazines with a widecirculation, Family History Monthly (U.K.) and onEastman’s Online Genealogy News blog. I alsounderstand that it was published in Ancestors(U.K.) and Family Chronicle Magazine (Canada)though I didn’t actually see the articles as my ownlibrary doesn’t receive these magazines.

The article, A voice for Genealogists in the LibraryWorld, appeared in Issue 59 (3rd quarter 2006) ofIrish Roots Magazine.

Receipt of the article was acknowledged byNewsleaf (Ontario Genealogical Society, Canada).

Family: A Forum for Family History (Denmark)said that they might publish it in Summer 2006.Ruth saw the article in Slaegten forum forslaegtshistorie, nr. 35, januar, s. 62-64, 2007.This is the Danish journal for the Association ofGenealogical Societies. The article had beengiven two bylines in the publication:Greetings from the Vancouver Public Library inBritish Columbia, Canada and A voice forGenealogists in the Library World.

Seven magazines did not reply.

Professional Journals

inCite (Australian Library and InformationAssociation) and Library Life (Library andInformation Association of New Zealand Aotearoa)said that they would publish the article, but I havenot had the opportunity to actually look for or seethe articles.

Receipt of the article was acknowledged byFeliciter (Canadian Library Association), but Ididn’t hear further.

I am not sure about the Welsh Library Associationjournal, Newyddion.

American Libraries (American Library Association)and Library Journal (U.S.) said that they would notpublish.

I did not hear from four other journals, though Ibelieve that the article may have been publishedby some of them.

Janet Tomkins, Genealogy Librarian, Vancouver PublicLibrary, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Family history the Australian and NewZealand way

As a recently elected member of the SectionStanding Committee I thought it would be useful togive librarians around the world some insights intothe way major libraries in Australia and NewZealand provide services to genealogists. In thisissue there is a focus on the recently redevelopedState Library of Queensland with an article byStephanie Ryan, their Senior Librarian, FamilyHistory.

My own experience in the genealogy field beganat the State Library of South Australia in Adelaidein the early 1990s where for four years I wasFamily History Librarian. During my time in thisrole, I set up a small Family History Collection.This amalgamated a few collections, which hadexisted around the Library into one self-servicecollection containing basic items for anyoneresearching Australian or overseas family history.

In late 2000 I moved to the State Library ofVictoria, Melbourne as Genealogy Librarian.

The State Library of Victoria, Melbourne

This position has responsibility for the collectionsand services of the Library’s Helen MacphersonSmith Genealogy Centre, officially opened inOctober 2003 in its own dedicated courtyardspace although based on a collection begun aboutthirty years earlier and located in a number oftemporary homes.

One of the most popular destinations for Libraryusers, the Helen McPherson Smith GenealogyCentre is the starting point for genealogyresearch, offering a range of Australian andoverseas resources invaluable to anyoneinterested in researching their family history and

providing the means to locate individuals in aparticular place at a particular time.

More on the Helen Macpherson Smith GenealogyCentre in the next issue of GENLOC Newsletter.

Anne Burrows, Genealogy Librarian, State Library ofVictoria, Swanston Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000http://slv.vic.gov.auaburrows@slv.vic.gov.au

Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer, former Premier of Queenslandc1870. John Oxley Library, from: Picture Queensland –image from the State Library of Queensland

Family history: the State Library ofQueensland

In November 2006 an enlarged, refurbished StateLibrary of Queensland opened on the South Bankof the Brisbane River across from the northerncentre of the city. The building is situated in theprecinct where Brisbane had its early 19

th century

beginnings. Each floor of the Library opens up tothe river view and the city heart, though glasswalls on the river side, while the subtropicalvegetation around the Library gives it thedistinctive subtropical Brisbane feel. New readerprinters, a significantly increased collection, andmany new visitors, marked the move back to thecity after three years in one of Brisbane’s suburbs!

The family history service has been relocated towhere it was originally intended on Level 3 whenthe building was first constructed in 1988. (It wasnot placed there at that time because a new rarebooks collection claimed the space.) Airconditioning has been adapted in the area tomaintain the collection in the best conditionpossible. The service is based around the StateLibrary’s microfilm and fiche collection which isgrouped together regardless of whether it dealswith material specific to the State or not.

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There are distinct advantages in having acollection such as this in one format with one bankof machines in one location. Firstly, it makes themost efficient use of very expensive equipment.Secondly, as family history researchers are by farthe major users of this material, it is a convenientarrangement by which they can checknewspapers and other archival material in thesame place as other more specific family historyon microform. Researchers interested in localhistory as well as other historical and biographicaltopics also find the combination of resourcesuseful. Cleaning, maintenance and trouble-shooting are also carried out more efficientlyunder this arrangement.

Adjoining the reading room is the Tim FairfaxNewspaper Room. A selection of currentQueensland newspapers, major Australian dailiesand overseas titles such as the London Times andthe New Zealand Herald are available. Fornewspaper readers there is generally a seamlessflow between hard copy and microform formatunless the paper has not been filmed and it isquite old.

The new machines, which read and print film andfiche, allow researchers to scan a selected imageand save it to a memory stick, burn it to a CD,email it or print it at a fraction of the previous costwhile getting a much better print. This aspect ofthe service is extremely popular. There is only oneprinter in the reading room but researchers can goto an adjoining copying room to access their printjobs if there is a queue. Readers for eithermicrofilm or fiche, which do not print, supplementthe dozen reader printers.

While not all film and fiche materials are on openaccess, the popular items are. Films in the readingroom are stored in trays which take 9-10 reelsmaking the most efficient use of the spaceavailable. Fiches are stored in folders or incabinets depending on the popularity and type ofusage. Folders are used where there is a need togroup items together with instructions, or materialis in constant use. All microform and books instorage are in the building and can usually beretrieved within an hour.

The information desk with the collection is staffedfrom 10am-8pm Monday to Thursday; 10am-5pmFriday to Sunday and public holidays. From 10am-5pm on any day the Library is open, there are twostaff on desk. One staff member has extensivefamily history experience and the other bringsexpertise from the State Reference service orfrom the John Oxley (Queensland) collection.Indigenous staff are part of John Oxley and theymake a valuable contribution to family historyreference advice.

Because there are four experienced family historystaff working in the area, it has been possible todevelop indexes and finding aids. These areincreasingly in electronic format. Some may befound at www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh#electronic

The purpose of these aids is to assist the public infinding helpful information where they might nototherwise look and to do so as quickly aspossible. Some of these indexes are on the StateLibrary website. A major index of convicts sent toAustralia compiled from the National Archives(UK) convict transportation registers and filmed aspart of the Australian Joint Copying Project iscurrently in the process of being checked and willbe available on the State Library website later thisyear.

The State Library has also compiled critiquedwebsites in an easily navigated site NetLinks.There is a collection for family history athttp://netlinks.slq.qld.gov.au/hufh.htmIncreasingly information on CD-ROM and on theweb is making the search for family history aquicker process. It also means more resourcesare available in digital and electronic format. TheState Library has doubled the CD-ROM collectionavailable within the last year.

Family history staff provide a workshop andhandbook for Queensland librarians in searching

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Elimu ya vinasaba nahistoria ya kienyeji

Screenshot of websitewww.slq.qld.gov.au/info/ind linked to StateLibrary of Queensland webpage ‘Informationfor Indigenous People’

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family history on the internet. They also dopresentations for the public at the Library and inlocal libraries and in society meeting rooms aswell as taking part in combined events.

The family history service at the State Library ofQueensland is a very popular one. Many newusers have discovered the collection – and manyformer users have re-discovered it – since theState Library re-opened in November and thefamily history service returned to South Bank.The first priority is to provide a service toQueenslanders, and then to others from interstateand overseas who are seeking information whichonly the State Library holds. As the population ofQueensland swells with those from interstate andoverseas, resources which link them to other partsof the country and other countries are increasinglyimportant. There is a limit of two hours freeresearch per enquiry. Those living in the greaterBrisbane area are strongly encouraged to visit theLibrary unless they are older or handicapped. Theoff-site reference service, Ask a librarian can beaccessed via the State Library’s home pagewww.slq.qld.gov.au under ‘Quick links’.

There is a continuing challenge to keep up-to-datewith the latest resources, changing technologyand the needs of the public. Some of our newequipment and resources help us meet thischallenge, but the commitment and expertise ofthe staff are the important factors in using what wehave to the best advantage for our clients.Stephanie Ryan, Senior Librarian, Family History, ClientServices and Collections, State Library of Queensland,Brisbane

Publication of Conference papers

A volume of the GENLOC Conference Papers2001 – 2005 is nearing completion. The text isgoing through a final editing process before beingpassed to K.G.Saur Verlag for publication.

Ruth Hedegaard and Elizabeth Melrose would liketo thank all the contributors, along with RichardHuws, Colette O’Flaherty and Mattye LavernePaige for their work in proofing the volume.

News from Elsewhere

A York ‘treasure’ –

The Bar Convent Library in York, England

The Bar Convent in York is the oldest livingconvent in England, established in 1686 byFrancis Bedingfield, an early member of MaryWard’s Institute. Mary Ward (1584-1645) was apioneer of education for women, championing theright of nuns to pursue a variety of ministriesoutside the convent walls. The early community inYork lived during a time of turbulent history,suffering dire poverty, persecution andimprisonment. It survived to enjoy greater stability,and to give aid to refugees from the FrenchRevolution, hoping to spread their ministry tocontinental Europe once the refugees returnedsafely home.

Sister Gregory, a very sprightly 96 year old nun,organises planned visits from the magnificententrance hall up the narrow stairs to the Libraryand Archives, the Catholic Study and ResearchCentre. The Library houses a rare collection ofbooks dating from 1508 to 1850, devoted mainlyto the history of the Catholic religion, along withthe Annals of the Bar Convent and the BarConvent School (letters, journals and registers)through its recusant period and up to the presentday. A special collection of account books datingfrom 1733 gives a picture of school and conventlife.

In a small ante-room of the Library, there aremany examples of ancient prayer and otherreligious books – some donated by illustrious

A corner of the Bar Convent Library, York

2007 David Sant, Cookridge, Leeds, UK

Généalogie et histoire locale

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visitors – kept by the nuns who lived there. Manyof the books have their own story. One example isa small prayer book neatly bound in fine leather.This has very tiny seams patterning the cover,which could have been because book bindingmaterials were hard to come by for the early nunsto repair their books, and possibly the nuns werenot averse to ‘recycling’ a visitor’s kid leathergloves (left by mistake, of course) to turn into abook cover!

The Convent also boasts a Chapel – a light, airyroom, neo-classical in architecture, immaculatelykept with fine gold leaf. Completed in 1769 by theYork architect Thomas Atkinson, it was completelyobscured from view from the outside to protect thethen illegal worshippers. Leading off from theChapel are eight doors, plus a priest hole belowthe floor, which, in the days of the recusants,provided a swift escape from the magistrate’suntimely raids!By permission of the author, Alison Harling, Editor of YLNNewsletter Summer 2007 in which this article firstappeared.The Editor of the GENLOC Newsletter would like to thankAlison Harling and David Sant for the use of thisinteresting material.

Who do you think you are? at Olympia,London, May 2007

The Who do you think you are? live Exhibition atOlympia, London, over the Spring Bank holidaywas great success, with huge numbers of visitors.Over 12,000 people attended the event onSaturday, 6

th May, the busiest day.

The National Library of Wales like all theexhibitors had a hectic time, and had theopportunity to welcome some very distinguished

visitors. The Library's stand concentrated this yearon the family of Prime Minister David Lloyd-George. His great-grand-daughter, the verydistinguished Canadian broadcaster AnneMcMillan, together with her husband Peter Snow,another eminent broadcaster, were among thefirst to visit the stand.

Other visitors included Rolf Harris and his wifeAlwen, both of whom have very strong Welshroots. Rolf's grandfather, George Frederick Harriswas a portrait painter from Merthyr Tydfil. Hepainted a portrait of King George V, which nowhangs in the Mansion House in Cardiff. In 1920 hesold three of his paintings to pay for the family toemigrate to Australia, where they settled inWestern Australia. Rolf’s wife's family hail fromnorth Wales.

Rolf Harris recently returned to Merthyr Tydfil aspart of the BBC Wales Documentary seriesComing Home. He brought with him his wife,daughter and grandson to introduce them to theirWelsh heritage.

Richard E Huws, National Library of WalesGENLOC Standing Committee Member

IFLA: World Library and InformationCongress,Durban, South Africa, August 2007

The Section theme for the IFLA Conference inDurban in August is ‘Stories without writing: localand family history beyond the written word.’GENLOC is collaborating with the Audiovisual andMultimedia Section and the double OpenSessions include many exciting presentations.

• African oral genealogy: collecting andpreserving yesterday for tomorrowOsei-Agyemang Bonsu (Ghana) & Melvin PThatcher (USA)

• Indigenous oral tradition in southern LatinAmerica. Edgardo Civallero (Argentina)

Rolf & Alwen Harris with Lloyd-George at Olympia

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• A library's efforts in a journey of salvaging thevanishing cultureZhang Hongxia (China) & Zhan Changzhi(China)

• Earned wisdom: the library's role inencouraging inter-generational storytellingLiz Weir (Northern Ireland)

• Oral histories online: the human perspectiveof historic Boston, USAMaura Marx (USA) & John David Perry (USA)(Website only)

• Oral History and public outreachprogrammes in the KwaZulu-Natal ArchivesPumla Zodwa R Dlamini (South Africa)

• 'It was another Alexandria': an oral narrativeof a cosmopolitan citySahar Hamouda (Egypt)

• Vancouver in 1907: a case study of archivalfilm as a source of local history Janet Tomkins (Canada) and Andrew Martin(Canada)

• Developing digital communities: the WarDetectives projectElaine Fulton (Scotland)

The IFLA Durban programme can be seen onlineat:www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/Programme2007.htm

Scroll down the page to the programmes onTuesday 21

st August 8.30am – 10.30am and

Tuesday 21st August 10.45am – 12.45pm.

The presentations can then be downloaded byclicking on the titles. But if you are coming toDurban, the GENLOC Standing Committeemembers will be delighted to welcome you to ourjoint sessions with the Audiovisual andMultimedia Section

The GENLOC Study Tour

This full day study tour will take place at the IFLAConference in Durban on Wednesday 22

nd

August 2007, joining up with the Audiovisual andMultimedia Section. The Groups will depart fromthe Conference Centre at 8.30am, returning at4.30pm.

The participants will visit the Durban ArchivesDepot and the Killie Campbell Africana Library inthe morning and the Hidden Years Music Archive,

KwaZulu-Natal University, Howard Campusin the afternoon. Everyone will be welcome.

IFLA Quebec 2008

Satellite Meeting in Ottawa

The Section is planning a joint pre-conferencesatellite meeting in Ottawa, Canada, before the2008 IFLA Conference in Quebec. Janet Tomkinsis liaising with GENLOC Standing Committeemember Antonio Lechasseur from Library andArchives Canada, and with colleagues in the IFLAReference Section.

More details will emerge shortly. A possible themecould be ‘Genealogy and local history for all’, witha focus on inclusive genealogy, family and localhistory collections and reference services formulti-cultural communities. As Director of theClient Services Division at Library and ArchivesCanada. Antonio Lechasseur is responsible forthe Canadian Genealogy Centre. And he says, ‘Inthe Canadian context, the relationship withaboriginal and multi-cultural communities is ofparticular importance.’

For more information about the Section and itsactivities, please visit our website:

www.ifla.org/VII/s37/index.htm

A leaflet promoting the work of the Section isavailable in the following languages: Afrikaans,English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese,

French, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian,Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Please email the Editor, GENLOC Newsletter at eam@freeuk.com with any comments on the

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