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Genealogical Librarians' Seminar
Friday, 9 October 2009, from 9:30am-3:15 pm at
the OGS Library in
Mansfield, Ohio
An educational gathering for professionals who
work in the genealogy and local history field in Ohio’s libraries.
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| Schedule of Events: |
| 9:00am |
Registration opens |
| 9:30am |
Welcome |
| 9:45am |
Russ Pollitt (Genealogy Subject Specialist, Columbus Metropolitan Library)
Online Resources for Finding Family History Introducing HeritageQuest, Google Books, BYU’s Family History Archive, and WorldCat.org to find digitized full text copies of family, county and community histories. |
| 11:00am |
Lauren K. Landis (Manager, Genealogy Division, Stark Co District Library)
How to Enhance Collections with No Money This year especially, it will be important to learn how to best serve patrons in your local history/genealogy room with much less support from normal funding sources. |
| 12:00pm |
Lunch (Box Lunch or Nearby Restaurants) |
| 1:00pm |
Maggie Marconi (Museum Curator, Sandusky Library/Follett House Museum)
Taking the Fear out of Technology: Blogs, Podcasts & other Forms of Communication Have you used social networking sites or podcasting to promote your library events? This new technology is generally free, easy to use, and may reach new groups of users. |
| 2:15pm |
Tom Neel (Library Director, Ohio Genealogical Society)
Just in Case you Missed it: Some Things Hidden on FamilySearch.com |
| 3:00pm-5:00pm |
Questions/Discussion and OGS Library is open for research |
Registration: Fee $15.00. With box lunch
included $25.00.
Register online using PayPal:
| Seminar Fee with no lunch (price $15) |
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| Seminar Fee including lunch (price $25) |
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Prefer paying by mail? Click here for a printable registration form.
Seating is limited so register early! |
