Research Catalog

Title

Preserving local writers, genealogy, photographs, newspapers, and related materials / edited by Carol Smallwood and Elaine Williams.

Publication

• Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012.
• ©2012

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Details

Additional Authors

• Smallwood, Carol, 1939-
• Williams, Elaine, 1968-
• Scarecrow Press, publisher.

Description

xi, 344 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Preservation of historical documents and related library materials is a growing problem in all types of libraries and institutions. Editors Carol Smallwood and Elaine Williams have pulled together the wisdom of practicing professionals to aid in dealing with the many issues that arise when preserving, managing, and digitizing important collections. This book contains chapters on physical preservation, collection management, cooperation with organizations and communities, various formats, and special projects. In addition, chapters cover repair and restoration of materials while taking into consideration the current state of funding for agencies with an interest in history. Contributors also shed light on how the racial, economic, and political dynamics of the past affect how collections are gathered, maintained, and presented today.

Subject

• Libraries > Special collections > History, Local > Sources
• Libraries > United States > Special collections > History, Local > Sources
• Local history materials > Conservation and restoration

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Band-aids and superglue for the cash-strapped local history preservation librarian / Chad Leinaweaver -- Basic in-house book and paper repair / Karen E.K Brown -- Emergency preparedness / Dyani Feige -- You can't keep it all / Rochelle LeMaster -- Balancing selection and digitization : selecting nineteenth- and early twentieth-century newspaper titles for online access / Athena Jackson -- Indexing your local newspapers on microfilm / Kelly Zackmann -- Newspaper preservation in developing countries : issues and strategies for intervention / Goodluck Israel Ifijeh -- How to get scrapbooks into the hands of users / Anastasia S. Weigle -- Keeping scrapbooks secure and available / Erin Foley -- Physical properties of scrapbooks / Jennifer Hain Teper -- Creating local history development guidelines / William Helling -- Keeping a past : preservation issues in local history / Nancy Richey -- Minimizing privacy and copyright concerns with online local history collections / David Gwynn -- Lavaca County Records Retention Project / Brenda Lincke Fisseler -- Managing archives in local history collections / Sarah Welland -- Partnering with local genealogical societies / Lisa Fraser -- Patron-driven family history preservation / Howard C. Bybee -- Collecting and preserving photographic materials / Amanda Drost -- Organizing and indexing photo collections / Rose Fortier -- Photograph selection, access, and preservation for the public librarian / Rebekah Tabah -- Digital preservation of the Emilie Davis diaries / Alexia Hudson -- Preserving and 'publishing' local biographies / Elizabeth B. Cooksey -- Promoting local history through the catablog / Cyndi Harbeson -- Reinventing the obituary file for the digital age / Kerry A. FitzGerald -- Preserving born-digital oral histories / Juliana Nykolaiszyn -- Preserving Indiana women's voices : a university oral history project / Theresa McDevitt -- Steps in preserving oral histories / Suellyn Lathrop -- Affiliation agreements / Tomaro Taylor -- Educating the community : preserving tomorrow's treasures today / Jessica Phillips -- Historical sheet music collections : practical wisdom, racial sensitivity / Karl Madden -- Tracing history through nontraditional methods / Emily Griffin.

Call Number

Z688.L8

ISBN

• 9780810883581
• 0810883589
• 9780810883598 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2011045068

OCLC

760978627

Title

Preserving local writers, genealogy, photographs, newspapers, and related materials / edited by Carol Smallwood and Elaine Williams.

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012.

Copyright Date

©2012

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Smallwood, Carol, 1939-

Williams, Elaine, 1968-

Scarecrow Press, publisher.

Research Call Number

*R-USLHG Z688.L8 P74 2012