Skip to:ContentBottom
Cover image for Preserving local writers, genealogy, photographs, newspapers, and related materials
Preserving local writers, genealogy, photographs, newspapers, and related materials
Title:
Preserving local writers, genealogy, photographs, newspapers, and related materials
Publication Information:
Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012.
Physical Description:
xi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Band-aids and superglue for the cash-strapped local history preservation librarian / Basic in-house book and paper repair / Emergency preparedness / You can't keep it all / Balancing selection and digitization : selecting nineteenth- and early twentieth-century newspaper titles for online access / Indexing your local newspapers on microfilm / Newspaper preservation in developing countries : issues and strategies for intervention / How to get scrapbooks into the hands of users / Keeping scrapbooks secure and available / Physical properties of scrapbooks / Creating local history development guidelines / Keeping a past : preservation issues in local history / Minimizing privacy and copyright concerns with online local history collections / Lavaca County Records Retention Project / Managing archives in local history collections / Partnering with local genealogical societies / Patron-driven family history preservation / Collecting and preserving photographic materials / Organizing and indexing photo collections / Photograph selection, access, and preservation for the public librarian / Digital preservation of the Emilie Davis diaries / Preserving and 'publishing' local biographies / Promoting local history through the catablog / Reinventing the obituary file for the digital age / Preserving born-digital oral histories / Preserving Indiana women's voices : a university oral history project / Steps in preserving oral histories / Affiliation agreements / Educating the community : preserving tomorrow's treasures today / Historical sheet music collections : practical wisdom, racial sensitivity / Tracing history through nontraditional methods
Go to:Top of Page