RUSA Guidelines for Developing and Maintaining Genealogy and Local History Collections Version 2023

Abstract

These guidelines are intended to assist librarians in developing and maintaining a collection for genealogy/family history and/or local history (hereafter “Collection”). These guidelines address not only collection development and maintenance but also services, personnel, access, preservation, and fiscal considerations. These guidelines are designed to support the needs of librarians and other library staff (hereafter “the librarian”) either in establishing a Collection that has not previously existed or in continuing to develop and maintain an existing Collection, including cases where a Collection may have been assigned to a new librarian.