Genealogy Jobs

Often a Genealogy Job is not a Genealogy Job.

It is a role that is hidden in a Reference position. The jobs listed below are specifically archival or local history, but will be relevant for new librarians or librarians looking for a job in a genealogy centre or working with historical collections.

Case in point:
Senior Library Assistant – Public Services – Temporary, Part-time
Squamish, BC
Position Date: August – December, 2016
Close Date: July 29, 2016
‘Assists with the maintenance of the library’s non-fiction, reference, and local history collections‘

Rare Books & Special Collections Librarian   Vancouver, BC
Full-Time | UBC Library
Close date: Aug.7, 2016

Archives Librarian – Whitehorse, YT
yukongovernment.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/1810
Close date: Aug.3, 2016

Executive Director – Toronto, ON
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Toronto, ON
Close date: July 30, 2016
http://www.clga.ca/job-postings 

Archival Technician – York Region, Newmarket, ON.
Office of the Regional Clerk
Temporary Full-Time, approx. 5 months
Link to Post
Close date: July 25, 2016

Customer Services Specialist
Part time: 20-24 hrs/week
Local History Genealogy
Main Library  Columbus, OH

New York Public Library
LHG SASB U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy – The Irma and Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy is the main collection of historical and genealogical material at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.
Librarian II
Research Services Manager
Close date: ??

Ancestry ProGenealogists – Silver Spring, MD
Posted: July 22, 2016
Genealogist Researcher

Some of these postings were found on the Association of Canadian Archivists – Jobs Page
http://www.archivists.ca/jobs/

IFLA GENLOC Preconference on August 10 – 11, 2016 at ACPL, Fort Wayne, Indiana

The Allen County Public Library is pleased to support an IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) Genealogy & Local History Preconference on August 10 – 11, 2016 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

This preconference (free to attend) will feature presentations and discussions on technologies and strategies for finding, saving and presenting (1) records, (2) family histories and (3) living memory in the twenty-first century as well as how these resources are made available worldwide. Come for the first day of interactive presentations and stay for the second day of unconference sessions and tours if your schedule permits.

International organizations will discuss their current efforts, technologies, and resources; state and regional organizations will demonstrate successful projects; and a second group of offerings will highlight the importance of story and interviewing techniques for preserving life stories. A theme woven through this preconference is recognizing and building virtual information networks to both preserve and present records, stories, and living memory.

Program details, registration, lodging information, and travel data, as well as a form for unconference session suggestions, can be found at the following URL.

http://genealogycenter.info/IFLAglh/

Award for community programming

Governor General’s History Award for Community Programming

Supporting documents

http://www.canadashistory.ca/Awards/Community-Programming

Canada’s History is looking for unique Apply or nominate a project that you believe has worked hard to receive well deserved recognition.

 

http://www.canadashistory.ca/getattachment/Awards/Community-Programming/CommunityProgrammingApplicationFormENG.doc.aspx

Deadline is July 15, 2016

Questions?
Contact:   Joanne DeCosse
jdecosse@canadashistory.ca
1.866.952.3444 x 225

The Value of Annotated Books

Finding books in the stacks that have been annotated by their owners provides an insight into the psyche of that moment in time.

University of Virginia librarians explain their Book Traces project as finding 19th century books that were at risk of ‘deaccessioning’ but often containing hidden value. They were fortunate to acquire funding that allowed them to hire graduate students to seek out these volumes and bring them back to the librarians to be evaluated. Some items needed careful conservation and some were put aside into special storage containers.

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/hidden-plain-sight/

The article via American Libraries Magazine captures how they carried this project out, why they decided to do this, as well as describing their challenges with metadata and modifying the bibliographic record.

This quote: “Just because two books have the same OCLC record does not mean they have the same value.” particularly resonated with me as we often find digital items of interest for our users on archive.org or via WorldCat. A ‘clean’ copy of an item provides the content, but perhaps this particular item does not place the reader in touch with a specific period of time in history.

 

Genealogy Conference @ACPL

Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana is the site for the next IFLA GENLOC Preconference.

Awesome Resources—Genealogy and Local History Services Worldwide in the 21st Century
IFLA 2016 Genealogy & Local History Preconference
August 10-11, 2016

This preconference of the main IFLA Conference 2016 will feature presentations and discussions on technologies and strategies for finding, saving and presenting records, family histories and living memory in the twenty-first century and how these resources are made available worldwide. The preconference is free of charge to those attending IFLA Conference 2016.

The IFLA GENLOC committee is a standing committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. IFLA is a global voice for librarians around the world. IFLA celebrated it’s 75th anniversary in 2002 in Glasgow, Scotland. With 1500 members in 150 countries around the world, there is a real sense of community and collaboration on a global scale.

GENLOC 2008 Ottawa, Genealogy and Local Studies for All :  Services to Multicultural Communities

 

Genealogy and Local Studies (GENLOC) actively organizes a yearly preconference in a location nearby to the main IFLA conference. This is the 15th Annual Preconference.

The Past Conferences page provides links to speakers presentations and have a wide international scope.

These conferences focus on genealogy services, local studies collections and current practices serving the public in these fields. Anyone who works or has an interest in this field of librarianship is welcome to join. Members on the committee represent China, England, Lithuania, Norway, South Africa, Uganda and the United States.

Please contact the secretary:

Kathryn James Philip, Academic Librarian UN-UYO Researcher
University of Uyo, (UN); Nigeria
e: kathphilip@yahoo.com

for more information.

 

 

Genealogy Bootcamp Follow Up

Would you like to learn more about what happened during the Ontario Library Association and Ontario Genealogy Society sponsored Genealogy Bootcamp for Librarians? (Thurs. 2 June 2016)

Each of the talks event’s powerpoint slides have been uploaded to the OLA website and gosh, do they look fab! Amongst the talks are: great tips about the basics of genealogy for librarians, a very interesting collection of digital diaries and  great marketing tips!

Caution: the links in the list below will download the slides directly (the files are also quite large), so please use the link further down the page  if you would prefer an overview.

1. Morning Keynote Speaker – Carolyn Abraham
2. There is a Genealogist in my Library: What Do I Do?
   Speaker: Marian Press (Marian is a librarian at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, teaches for the Toronto branch of the OGS and The National Institute of Genealogical Studies.)
3. Family Tree Fun Time! Introducing Kids to Genealogy
   Speaker: Cate Nicholls, Barrie Public Library
4. Local History Lightning Rounds
   1. One Story at a Time – Laura Lukasik, Hamilton Public Library
   2. Doors Open at the Archives of Ontario – Jay Young, Archives of Ontario
   3. Bringing Local History to Life – Carole Stuart, Collingwood Public Library
   4. The Rural Diary Archives – Dr. Catharine Wilson, University of Guelph
5. Primary Sources: The Habits and Needs of Genealogy Researchers
   Speakers: Panel tbd
6. Taking Your Genealogy Collection to the World
   Speakers: Loren Fantin, Walter Lewis, Our Digital World
7. Stop. Drop. And MARKET.
   Speakers: Barbara Myrvold, Toronto Public Library; Shannon Bryan, Coordinator of Information and Web Services, Belleville Public Library; Gina Coady, Elgin County Library

OLA Genealogy Bootcamp for Librarians

 

opportunity: Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts

Job opportunity seen via Twitter:

George Amos Poole III
Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts
Division: Collections and Library Services
The Newberry Library, Chicago

From their website:

“Unless otherwise directed in the job posting, please send cover letter and résumé to the Human Resources Director. When emailing, please combine cover letter and résumé as one Word or PDF document and submit that document as an email attachment.”

Qualifications: MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution or international equivalent and an advanced degree in a humanities discipline relevant to the Newberry’s collection; or a PhD in a relevant discipline and training in bibliography and book history.

Human Resources Director
The Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610-7324
Email: hr@newberry.org

http://www.newberry.org/employment#gap

DHCP funds awarded to Canadian Archives and Libraries

Very happy to see these deserving programs awarded funding by the DHCP Documentary Heritage Communities Program 2016-17. Especially the smaller archives such as Oliver and District Heritage Society, Terrace and District Museum Society and Teslin Tlingit Council.

They include:

Alberta : Glenbow Museum-Glenbow Alberta Institute; Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta; Archives Society of Alberta.

British Columbia: Heiltsuk Cultural Education Centre; Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre and Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre of Toronto; Oliver and District Heritage Society; Bulkley Valley Historical and Museum Society; Terrace and District Museum Society; Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia; Vancouver Holocaust Centre Society for Education and Remembrance; Vancouver Police Historical Society.

Manitoba: Winnipeg Art Gallery; La societe historique de Saint-Boniface.

New Brunswick: Council of Archives New Brunswick and Council of Nova Scotia Archives

Nova Scotia: Mahone Bay Founders’ Society / Mahone Bay Museum

Ontario: Jewish Federation of Ottawa – Ottawa Jewish Archives; Canadian Council Archives; Canadiana.org; Brant County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society; Archives Association of Ontario; Toronto International Film Festival; Multicultural History Society of Ontario; Connexions Archive & Library.

PEI: The Rector, Wardens and Vestry of St. Peter’s Cathedral

Quebec: Société d’histoire de Drummond; Centre d’archives régional des Iles; Corporation du centre régional  d’archives de Lanaudière; McCord Museum; Jewish Public Library Archives; Réseau des archives du Québec; Association des archivistes du Québec; Literary and Historical Society of Quebec; Musée régional de Rimouski; Comité du patrimoine de Ripon;

Saskatchewan: Société historique de la Saskatchewan.

Yukon: Teslin Tlingit Council

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/services/documentary-heritage-communities-program/Pages/funding-history-2016-2017.aspx

Discover Genealogy records on Worldcat

Are you aware that in March 2014, OCLC announced that they partnered with Family Search to provide access to genealogy records via WorldCat.

Genealogy Records on WorldCat

According to a post on OCLC’s blog:

“More than 1 million FamilySearch genealogical records are now discoverable in WorldCat, the world’s largest database of records representing resources in libraries worldwide. Links to WorldCat are now available on FamilySearch.org.”

This is a really positive initiative to encourage use of your genealogy library collection, as well as to direct customers to other libraries that hold a specific genealogy title. As well, it will facilitate inter-library loans between  libraries and create a genealogy library community!

Searching WorldCat example:

genealogy books

Here Be Dragons: Navigational Hazards for the Canadian Family Researcher

• Top three results of libraries’ holdings were LAC (Ottawa), Kingston and Montreal QC
• The results were numerous and although my location shows as Ottawa, numerous US libraries were quite highly ranked.

specific authors

• Dave Obee
  • Top three results of libraries’ holdings were LAC (Ottawa), Kingston, and Montreal QC
  • In the details area of the catalogue record, there is an option to find out more about the author, which details out more titles written by the author
  • Publication Timeline: highlights the years of publication, very interesting!

Suggestion

Create a WorldCat account for your library, then create a specific list for genealogy titles. These can then be shared out to the WWW or specifically to users who are interested in genealogy.

Genealogy Bootcamp

Very excited to hear that the Ontario Library Association is co-sponsoring a one day pre-conference with the Ontario Genealogical Society. This will be an opportunity for librarians who work with family historians and genealogy records to gain more insights and learn from other librarians as well as hear from patrons themselves!

The genealogy conference will then follow on June 3, 4, & 5th.

http://tinyurl.com/jcnzn4w

 

Thursday, June 2, 2016
International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Road
Toronto, Ontario

More information about the programs can be found on the link above, however, here is a short list.

1. Morning Keynote Speaker – Carolyn Abraham
2. There is a Genealogist in my Library: What Do I Do?
   Speaker: Marian Press
3. Family Tree Fun Time! Introducing Kids to Genealogy
   Speaker: Cate Nicholls, Barrie Public Library
4. Local History Lightning Rounds
5. Primary Sources: The Habits and Needs of Genealogy Researchers
   Speakers: Panel tbd
6. Taking Your Genealogy Collection to the World
   Speakers: Loren Fantin, Walter Lewis, Our Digital World
7. Stop. Drop. And MARKET.
   Speakers: Barbara Myrvold, Toronto Public Library; Shannon Bryan, Belleville Public Library; Gina Coady, Elgin County Library

Very keen to hear any feedback from attendees.

Hopefully, this will entice other library associations to carry on with this great idea!