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Caring For The Family Tree: Helping Patrons Select Genealogy Software, Beth Transue, Rob Lesher
Caring For The Family Tree: Helping Patrons Select Genealogy Software, Beth Transue, Rob Lesher
Library Staff Presentations & Publications
Caring for the Family Tree: Helping Patrons Select Genealogy Software
Presentation by: Rob Lesher, PA Library Association PA Forward Manager and Beth Transue, Messiah University Information Literacy Librarian
Presented at the PA Library Association annual conference, October 2023, Kalahari Resort, Poconos, PA
Objectives:
- Help patrons determine genealogy research goals and budget parameters
- Explore genealogy software options
- Assist patrons to select genealogy software options based on research goals and budget parameters
This Civic & Social Literacy focused presentation will help librarians work with patrons to select genealogy software. As the hobby of genealogy grows in popularity, there is a multitude of …
The Design Librarian: Graphic Design As An Essential Skill, Sarah-Anne Kennedy
The Design Librarian: Graphic Design As An Essential Skill, Sarah-Anne Kennedy
Conference Papers
Developing the Library Workforce
Emerging and future skills required in the Library workforce.
The Design Librarian -graphic design as an essential skill.
In 2017 the Library carried out an audit of Library signage. In line with graphic design best practice, institute guidelines, the Official Languages Act 2003, branding and design guidelines were developed. Design guidelines for people with a disability were also incorporated. A team was established to look after all signage design, marketing, and social media. Over the last year, the team has developed a cohesive Library visual identity that promotes our services and resources across a range of …
Queering The Library Of Congress, Carlos R. Fernandez
Queering The Library Of Congress, Carlos R. Fernandez
Works of the FIU Libraries
This poster will attempt to apply the techniques used in Queer Theory to explore library and information science’s use and misuse of library classification systems; and to examine how “queering” these philosophical categories can not only improve libraries, but also help change social constructs.
For millennia, philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle, have used and expounded upon categories and systems of classification. Their purpose is to make research and the retrieval of information easier. Unfortunately, the rules used to categorize and catalog make information retrieval more challenging for some, due to social constructs such as heteronormality.
The importance of this …