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

"Preservation of historical documents and library related materials is a growing problem in all library types and institutions.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."--;Band-aids and superglue for the cash-strapped local history 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 19th and early-20th 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 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 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 non-traditional methods / Emily Griffin.