The History Section’s will present a one-day institute “Behind the Genealogy Reference Desk: From Birthplace of a Nation to the Digital Age,” on Friday, January 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.
“This institute will give you the skills you need to offer patrons great service by providing them with the best and most up-to-date genealogy information and resources,” said Janice Schultz, institute committee chair. “Historic Philadelphia will be the backdrop as you join other librarians in a quest for knowledge from the Colonial Age to the present and on to the future.”
Institute attendees will learn about early American genealogical documents, current ancestry research resources available on the Internet, and preview of future resources. The institute is being held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (www.hsp.org) one of the oldest historical societies in the United States, and will include a tour of its special collections. The Society houses some 600,000 printed items and over 19 million manuscript and graphic items.
To register for the institute, visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2008/registration.htm