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.

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  • Judith Hoffberg (1934 – 2009), was cofounder of the Art Libraries Society of North America in 1972. She was a librarian, archivist, lecturer, curator and art writer, ...

  • Dr. Peggy Sullivan (Librarians We Have Lost, ALA Sesquicentennial Memories 1976–2026) Dr. Peggy Sullivan (1929-2020) was Chair of the Centennial ...

  • 𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨,, 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ...

  • Alex Poole received the Justin Winsor Prize from the ALA's Library History Round Table in 2024 for his paper which has also been awarded the Wynar Research Paper Award 2025 ...

  • Goldhor, H. (1947). Training of soldier-librarians in the European theater. Library Quarterly , 17 , 171–184. ------------------------------ Kathleen de la Peña McCook ...

  • Margaret E. Monroe (1914-2004) Margaret E. Monroe served as Professor and Director of the Library School at the University of Wisconsin – Madison from 1963 until 1970 (Now ...

  • Thanks to everyone who generously answered my questions here in recent months and participated in the survey on ALA's Bartz v. Anthropic amicus brief. The final results were ...



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