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E-Books & Bytes: The Ever Expanding Library. Chicago. July 8th



ALA Annual Conference
History Section Meetings (RUSA)
Chicago

Saturday, July 8th
E-Books & Bytes: The Ever Expanding Library.
Sponsored by the Genealogy & Local History Discussion Group and the Genealogy
Committee.
A discussion of the growing role that eBooks and eContent are taking in
libraries. With over 3,000 local history and genealogy books now online and
the launch of the complete US census, 1790-1920, digital resources are making
even the smallest libraries genealogical powerhouses.

Moderator: Tom Kemp, Chair of the ALA Genealogy Committee & Genealogy & Local
History Discussion Group.

Speakers:
Susan Stekel, Library and Archives Specialist; Manager, Brookhaven Press,
Northern Micrographics, <http://www.brookhavenpress.com/> who will discuss
their CD-ROM & print reprints of local histories from 12 states, created in
cooperation with the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Brad Steuart, Heritage Quest, <http://www.heritagequest.com>, will discuss
their launch of the online US Federal Census Schedules...all 12,555 rolls of
microfilm. This incredible online resource will make even the smallest
library a branch of the National Archives.

Rod Brewer, Digital Publishing Group, <http://www.pdflibrary.com>, will
discuss DSI's growing list of 80 eBooks available on CD-ROM & hardcopy,
focused on Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Indians, Lewis & Clark and early
American history etc.

Location:
Saturday, July 8, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Hyatt, Grand Ballroom E.

Monday, July 10th
We Have History Too: Documenting Our Local History.
Sponsored by the ALA Local History Committee.

Learn about the history and activities of the Chicago Historical Society, one
of the foremost local history collections in the country.

Moderator: Ed Frank, Chair, Local History Committee.

Speakers:
Russell Lewis, Andrew W. Mellon Director for Collections and Research, and
Ralph Pugh, Public Historian, both of the Chicago Historical Society. They
will discuss the collections of the Chicago Historical Society.
See: <http://www.chicagohistory.org/chshome.html>.

Location:
Monday, July 10th, 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Sheraton, Ballroom VIII

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