TLA Annual Conference 2000, Houston, Texas
"Censorship and the Internet: Where Do You Stand?" Conference Program. Thursday, April 13, 8:30 a.m.
The program will feature two speakers:
- Pat Ensor, Director, University of Houston-Downtown Library has written and spoken widely on many library issues including censorship questions. She is the editor of the recently published book Cyberlibrarian II.
- Gretchen McCord Hoffmann brings her perspective as a librarian and law student to the program. She will speak on what the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and state law say about this important and provocative topic.
"Genealogy: Finding Your Family's Roots with Library Resources" Half-day Preconference. Tuesday, April 11, 1-5 p.m.
This half-day preconference will feature four expert speakers:
- Wendy Clark, Texas State Library & Archives Commission, Austin
- Marje Harris, Clayton Genealogy Library, Houston
- Bill Page, Genealogy Specialist, Texas A&M
- Von Maszewski, Genealogy and Local Historian, Fort Bend County Library
Many aspects of Genealogy searching will be covered, including:
- Helping the beginning genealogist
- Use of government documents in genealogy searching
- Genealogy sources for a small library
- Ethnic genealogy