Download or read book Developing Local History Programs in Community Libraries written by James H. Conrad and published by Chicago : American Library Association. This book was released on 1989 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more adults are using the local public library to research their family history or the history of the community. Conrad (university archivist and coordinator of oral history, East Texas State U.) covers the essentials of getting a new local history program underway: planning, need analysis,