LHRT (Library History Round Table)

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The mission of the Library History Round Table (LHRT) is to encourage research and publication on library history and promote awareness and discussion of historical issues in librarianship.

Learn more about LHRT on the ALA website.

  • 1.  LHRT Events in Orlando

    Posted Jun 14, 2016 09:09 AM

    All are invited to join the Library History Round Table for an exciting slate of library history events at ALA Annual.   Conveniently, everything is in the same hotel, so no need to brave the harsh summer sun between meetings.  I look forward to seeing many of you there and having a fun and informative day talking about history!   




     




    Cheers,




    Eric Novotny




     




     





    Library History Round Table Meetings and Programs
    Annual Conference Sessions: ALA Orlando, 2016




    LHRT Executive Board Meeting
    6/26/2016, 8:30AM - 10:00AM   
    HYATT - Columbia 37

    Business meeting for the Library History Round Table.  Agenda forthcoming


     


    LHRT Edward G. Holley Memorial Lecture
    "History, Childhood, Memory, and Imagination"


    6/26/16   10:30AM - 11:30AM
    HYATT - Barrel Springs I


    John Cech, Director of the Center for the Study of Children's Literature & Culture at the University of Florida, will share insights from a lifetime researching children's literature in his talk entitled "History, Childhood, Memory, and Imagination".  Professor Cech was the Producer and Host of the Public Radio program, “Recess!,” (1998–2007). He is the author of Imagination and Innovation: The Story of Weston WoodsAngels and Wild Things; The Archetypal Poetics of Maurice Sendak, and the editor of American Writers for Children, 1900–1960.


     


    LHRT Research Forum: 
    "History of Reading and Readers in Libraries"
    6/26/2016, 1:00PM - 2:30PM   
    HYATT - Bayhill 27




    • Amy Breimaier:  Caleb Bingham's Vision for America: A Case Study of the
      Youth's Library 1806 Catalogue

    • Mary Carroll: Exiled and isolated: Libraries in the early penal
      settlements of Van Dieman’s Land.

    • Dr. Emily Knox:   "Dirty" Materials Out of Place: Inappropriate Books and
      Social Classification

    • Brian Shetler: "Never Read Any But Famed Books": 19th Century Libraries
      and the Middlebrow Reader.