Librarians Serving Genealogists (LSG): Collection Development and Preservation

Last updated: 23 December 2005

Collection Development Guidelines and Policies

"Collection Development", written in 1996 by Linda Caldwell McCleary, Arizona Department of Library, Archives and Public Records
"Guidelines for Developing Beginning Genealogical Collections and Services", prepared by the Genealogy Committee, History Section, Reference and User Services Association, American Library Association. Original version prepared 1991, revised 1999. Approved by the RUSA Board of Directors in June 1999.
"Creating a Collection Development Policy for Local Historical Records in Public Libraries", April 1998, Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board, Wisconsin Council for Local History

"Heavily Used Ready Reference Sources in Genealogy", maintained by Drew Smith, last updated 2 May 2004
"Genealogy in Fiction", maintained by Julie Kidd, last updated 14 January 2004

"Guidelines for Preservation, Conservation, and Restoration of Local History and Local Genealogical Materials", Genealogy and Local History Committee, History Section, Reference and Adult Services Division (now the Reference and User Services Association), American Library Association. Reviewed by the ALA Standards Committee and adopted by the Reference and Adult Services Division Board of Directors, June 1992.
"Preservation", Library of Congress
"Preservation and Archives Professionals", National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)