Thursday, 17th August:

PART III – GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY SESSION
09:30–17:00, CONFERENCE HALL (5th floor)

The Challenge of Multiple Identities.  Multiethnicity in Genealogy, Local History and Regional Memory – Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries and other Memory Institutions

Papers for the Genealogy and Local History Pre-conference are now available on: http://library.ifla.org/view/conferences/2017/2017-08-16/730.html

Chair: Cherie Bush (FamilySearch.org, United States)

09:30–10:00 Registration. Coffee/tea

10:00–10:10 Welcome & practical information

PRESENTATIONS – GROUP I
10:10–10:50

1. Promoting Historical and Cultural Memories Through Bookmark Exchange Project of the International Association of School Librarianship
Helen M.Y. Chan, Lam Tin Methodist Primary School, Hong Kong

2. A Progress on the Digital Collections of Local History at the Public Libraries and Other Memory Institutions in Japan
Takashi Nagatsuka, Tsurumi University, Japan

3. Generational Workshops in Brazil: Between the Socialization of the Individual and its Stories
Simone Borges Paiva, State University of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
* Simone is not able to come to Vilnius in person – her presentation will be shown during the conference on YouTube

4. “Vilnijos vartai” – Gates to Local History
Edita Sėdaitytė, Neringa Androšiūnaitė, Adomas Mickevičius Public Library of Vilnius County, Lithuania

10:50–11:20 Small table discussions (“World Cafe” method)

11:20–11:35 COFFEE BREAK

PRESENTATIONS – GROUP II
11:35–12:15

5. “All Our Memories”. The Outcomes of the  Europeana 1914–1918 Campaigns in Romania
Cristina Ioana Roiu, Romanian Academy Library, Romania

6. Using Oral History Method by Libraries
Dalia Cidzikaitė, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Lithuania

7. Book Inscriptions – an Expression of Cultural and National Identity
Angelė Mikelinskaitė, Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library of Panevėžys County, Lithuania

8. Practical application of Open edX platform teaching Local History and Genealogy
Vigintas Stancelis, Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University, Lithuania

12:15–12:45  Small table discussions (“World Cafe” method)

12:45–14:15  LUNCH BREAK

PART IV – GENEALOGY AND DNA SESSION
14:15–16:30, CONFERENCE HALL (5th floor)

14:15–14:20  Introduction to the DNA session

14:20–15:05  Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage: Integrating DNA and Family History

15:05–15:30 Discussion

15:30–15:40 COFFEE BREAK

15:40–16:10 Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage: MyHeritage’s Powerful and Unique Technologies for Genealogy Discoveries

16:10–16:25 Questions

16:25–16:30 Closing

16:30 LIBRARY VISIT:  MARTYNAS MAŽVYDAS NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LITHUANIA