Gaby Koenig talks to the LSG Blog as UK Libchat turns it’s mind to local studies………
For those of you not familiar with #uklibchat it’s a monthly live chat held on twitter talking about library and information topics. People taking part will follow the hashtag #uklibchat at the set time (6.30pm UK time, mostly the first Tuesday of the month) and will be guided through questions they have helped set on a shared agenda published in advance. The chat leader is one of a small group of volunteers who facilitates questions and keeps things moving. This month is my turn!
We’ve covered a wide range of topics across all library sectors and this month we are turning to a topic requested by one of our participants – Penny Allen – Family History and we’ve also added in Local History to the discussion. We would like people who work in libraries, archives and other sources of family and local history to come and join and talk about the challenges and solutions of answering enquiries from people in this field.
If you would like to add questions to be discussed please do on our googledoc – anyone can add questions even without a google account Supporting Local and Family History Enquiries #uklibchat Agenda 6th December 2016
And if you can come and join in and discuss the topic, please do! The chat will be on Tuesday 6 December at 6.30pm.
CILIP Local Studies Group 