Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials

Carol Smallwood; Elaine Williams

doi:10.5771/9780810883598

Summary

Preservation of historical documents and library related materials is a growing problem in all library types and institutions. Fortunately, editors Carol Smallwood and Elaine Williams have pulled together the wisdom of practicing professionals to elucidate how to cope with the many problems that arise when preserving, managing, and digitizing important collections.

Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials contains informative chapters on physical preservation, collection management, cooperation with organizations and communities, various formats, and special projects. Each part covers the preservation of specific materials, from newspapers and scrapbooks to photographs and oral histories. 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.

Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials offers plenty to inspire anyone facing backlogs of unprocessed papers or boxes of artifacts. Stories of the rescue efforts of a group of volunteers, or the discovery of a lost diary, show that the hard work of preservation is well worth it. Libraries, archives, and historical and genealogical societies all have their role to play in preserving important historical materials, as do patrons, sponsors, and volunteers; such institutions and individuals will find this book extremely helpful in their preservation efforts.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-8358-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-8359-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 344
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
1. Ch01. Band-Aids and Superglue for the Cash-Strapped Local History Preservation Librarian No access
2. Ch02. Basic In-House Book and Paper Repair No access
3. Ch03. Emergency Preparedness No access
4. Ch04. You Can’t Keep It All No access
1. Ch05. Balancing Selection and Digitization: Selecting Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century NewspaperTitles for Online Access No access
2. Ch06. Indexing Your Local Newspapers on Microfilm No access
3. Ch07. Newspaper Preservation in Developing Countries: Issues and Strategies for Intervention No access
1. Ch08. How to Get Scrapbooks into the Hands of Users No access
2. Ch09. Keeping Scrapbooks Secure and Available No access
3. Ch10. Physical Properties of Scrapbooks No access
1. Ch11. Creating Local History Collection Development Guidelines No access
2. Ch12. Keeping a Past: Preservation Issues in Local History No access
3. Ch13. Minimizing Privacy and Copyright Concerns with Online Local HistoryCollections No access
4. Ch14. Lavaca County Records Retention Project No access
5. Ch15. Managing Archives in Local History Collections No access
1. Ch16. Partnering with Local Genealogical Societies No access
2. Ch17. Patron-Driven Family History Preservation No access
1. Ch18. Collecting and Preserving Photographic Materials No access
2. Ch19. Organizing and Indexing Photo Collections No access
3. Ch20. Photograph Selection, Access, and Preservation for the Public Librarian No access
1. Ch21. Digital Preservation of the Emilie Davis Diaries No access
2. Ch22. Preserving and “Publishing” Local Biographies No access
3. Ch23. Promoting Local History through the Catablog No access
4. Ch24.Reinventing the Obituary File for the Digital Age No access
1. Ch25. Preserving Born-Digital Oral Histories No access
2. Ch26. Preserving Indiana Women’s Voices: A University Oral History Project No access
3. Ch27. Steps in Preserving Oral Histories No access
1. Ch28. Affiliation Agreements No access
2. Ch29. Educating the Community: Preserving Tomorrow’s Treasures Today No access
3. Ch30. Historical Sheet Music Collections: Practical Wisdom, Racial Sensitivity No access
4. Ch31. Tracing History through Nontraditional Methods No access
Afterword No access Pages 325 - 326
Index No access Pages 327 - 336
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 337 - 344