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Remembering Charles Beard
The Southeastern Librarian
Charles Beard, beloved member of SELA and a pillar of leadership in the association for decades, passed away on June 2, 2004. Several days before his passing, a retirement party was held for Charles at the State University of West Georgia. The tributes on the following pages were written by close colleagues both for this occasion and upon the news of his death. The Southeastern Library Association dedicates this issue to the memory of Charles E. Beard. A full obituary can be found later in this issue.
The Obituary Index Project: A Collaborative Gateway To Local History, Gerald F. Patout Jr.
The Obituary Index Project: A Collaborative Gateway To Local History, Gerald F. Patout Jr.
The Southeastern Librarian
Genealogists and local historians are converging on libraries and information repositories in record numbers, armed with questions and determined to locate answers buried in the documentary annals of the past. This crusade is sometimes met with the same confounding and perplexing problems that challenge library genealogy and local history professionals - a proliferation of information resources, the questionable accuracy and validity of certain sources and the daunting and repetitive task of instructing end users in meaningful inquiry and research. In response to these changes, the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) and The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) are collaborating on …