Strategic Plan 2011-2012: Genealogy and Local History Section

Abstract

The committee’s activities have been focused in four areas: 1) Be a voice for genealogy and local history information professionals in the international information community; 2) Facilitate and promote global networking among genealogy and local history professionals and between libraries, archives, museums, and educational institutions serving genealogists and family and local historians; 3) Support traditional genealogy and local history services while actively promoting web access to digital content and services freely available from libraries, archives, societies, and professional associations around the world; and 4) Proactively address data privacy and information access concerns that affect genealogy and local history collections and services.