The Awakening: Genealogy as It Relates to Library Service

Abstract

Dr. Bidlack's original article, Genealogy As It Relates to Library Service, appeared in the 1978 ALA Yearbook.1 In it he documented the increase in use of libraries by geneal ogists and the changes in service by libraries attempting to manage this shift in demand. The following article is based upon a follow-up survey which he conducted in prepara tion for a presentation at the seminar for reference librari ans, 6 'Genealogists and Libraries: The Present and the Fu ture, during the National Genealogical Society's Third Annual Conference in the States, held in Fort Worth, Texas, April 8, 1983. Although this new survey relates the problems of limited budgets and trained personnel in pro viding service to these patrons, it emphasizes that the sup port of local genealogists can be a valuable asset to libraries as well. In this account of his long-time personal interest in genealogy, Dr. Bidlack illustrates what this second survey confirms?the growth of interest in genealogical research by persons of all ages and backgrounds is a continuing phe nomenon with which reference librarians will be expected to dead.

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