Many thanks to LHRTer Hermina Anghelescu for sending news of this special event to
LHRT News & Notes blog!:
The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto: A Story of Moral Resistance [The Zekelman Holocaust Center]
"In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, author Dr. David E. Fishman will discuss the incredible story he wrote about in
The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis, and the exhibit based on his book." Find more details about this exciting Zoom event on the blog at
https://lhrt.news/library-history-news/And, if you have not already, keep scrolling down the
news feed to catch up on some more library history developments:
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USA Today's podcast on the heroes of library integration in Jackson, MS.
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EdSurge's podcast on the history of Google's attempt to create the world's largest electronic library
--New publication on libraries and progressivism
--The reactivation of
The Library History Buff Blog by Larry Nix!
--New York Public Library's intriguing Cabinet of Wonders
Do you know of a recent news story related to library history? If so, please let us know at the blog by emailing us at
lhrtnewsandnotes@gmail.comBest Wishes,
Brett Spencer
Editor, LHRT News & Notes
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Brett Spencer
Reference Librarian
Thun Library, Penn State Berks
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