Be a voice for local history and genealogy librarians in the international information community.

Scope

Our mission is to be a voice for local history and genealogy librarians in the international information community, to facilitate networking among subject specialists and libraries, archives, museums, and related societies and institutions, and to encourage the development of genealogy and local history collections and user services.

Goals

  1. Facilitate and promote global networking among local history and genealogy professionals and between libraries, archives, and museums serving genealogists and family and local historians.
  2. Support and promote improved traditional and electronic local history and genealogy reference services.
  3. Proactively address data privacy and information access concerns that affect local history and genealogy collections and services.

This unit is part of the Professional Division A.