The Local Studies Toolkit
Using Heritage Collections to Engage Communities
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher American Library Association
- Date of Publication 19 June 2026
- ISBN 9781783308118
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 454 g
- Language English 700
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Long description:
The Local Studies Toolkit is a comprehensive and practical resource to help support and inspire local studies professionals and the wider heritage sector to provide an excellent heritage service within their community. Written by members of the CILIP Local Studies Group, the toolkit covers all aspects of local studies and contains tips and advice throughout on how to structure a local studies collection and ensure an effective service. Topics covered include
- why local studies matter;
- working with volunteers and fellow heritage professionals, crowdfunding, and community archives;
- budgeting, measuring impact, and emergency planning;
- marketing, social media, and exhibitions;
- project management;
- copyright, cataloging, and classification;
- collection development, conservation, and digital preservation;
- making the most out of local history resources such as maps, newspapers, photographs, and ephemera; and
- local studies in a global context.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: Why local studies matters
- Appeals to Heads of Library Services, Councillors and Local Studies Librarians
Part 2: What is a local studies librarian?
- What is the role of local studies librarians & local studies para-professionals?
- Continual Professional Development
Part 3: Relationships
- Who uses a local studies collection?
- Volunteers
- Friends groups
- Crowdfunding
- Supporting community projects
- Community archives
- Co-ordinating local studies across a service
- Relationships with fellow heritage, library and local government professionals
Part 4: Planning & priorities
- Linking in with local authority priorities
- Community engagement planning
- Measuring impact
- Budgeting
- Emergency planning
- Business continuity planning
Part 5: Creating & running large projects
- Before you start
- Finding out more about your target audiences
- Partnerships
- Financing your project
- Evaluation
Part 6: Marketing & promotions
- Social media
- Virtual events
- Apps
- Exhibitions
Part 7: Copyright & Cataloguing
- Copyright
- Metadata, cataloguing & classification
Part 8: Resources
- The Local Studies Library as a space
- Collection development
- Conservation
- Book stock
- Maps & plans
- Oral history
- Photographs & other visual material
- Newspapers
- Ephemera
- Directories
- Digital preservation
- Archives
- Subscription websites
- Indexes & transcriptions
- General web-based resources
Part 9: Local Studies in Scotland
- Organisations
- Resources
Part 10: Local Studies in a global context * The part local history plays in world history
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