Family history digital libraries / William Sims Bainbridge.

Intro; Contents; 1 Connections Between Family Data and Wider Meanings; 1.1 The Digital Library Initiative; 1.2 An Historical Trapper; 1.3 Connections to Nature; 1.4 A Professional Genealogist; 1.5 Applying Technology to Human History; 1.6 Conclusion; References; 2 Documenting and Digitally Presenting Family Photographs; 2.1 Accuracy and Completeness; 2.2 Identifying the Subject; 2.3 The HTML Approach to Documentation and Connection; 2.4 Adapting Conventional Software; 2.5 The Death of Children; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Evolution from Home Movies to Videos in Social Media

3.1 Documenting Old Home Movie Travelogues3.2 Understanding Home Movies that Did Not Involve Oneself; 3.3 Contemporary Videos; 3.4 Innovative Video Technologies; 3.5 The Game of Life; 3.6 Conclusion; References; 4 Producing Coherent Narratives from Family Diaries and Memoirs; 4.1 Expansion of Narratives from Diaries; 4.2 Controversy About an Explorer's Diary; 4.3 The Mysterious Plane Crash; 4.4 Correspondence; 4.5 Episodic Memories; 4.6 A Family Narrative Example; 4.7 Conclusion; References; 5 Exploratory Oral History Interviews of Family Members; 5.1 The History of Interviewing

5.2 Finding the Appropriate Conceptual Framework5.3 Open-Ended Questions; 5.4 The Process of Interviewing; 5.5 Conclusion; References; 6 Information Technologies for Cultivating Domestic Artifacts; 6.1 Documenting Artifacts In Situ; 6.2 A Brief In Situ Example of Preservation; 6.3 Toys, Play, and Reality; 6.4 Scanning and Searching; 6.5 Scanning Basics; 6.6 Free Camera Functional Preservation; 6.7 Conclusion; References; 7 Virtual World Representation of Family Homes; 7.1 Gramercy Park; 7.2 Bailiwick in 3-D; 7.3 Historic Virtual Reality; 7.4 Historical Virtual Worlds; 7.5 Conclusion

10.1 The Valley of the Shadow10.2 The Greenwich History Projects; 10.3 Durability of Communities; 10.4 Teaching a Profession; 10.5 Conclusion: A Research Agenda; References