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.
Dr. Shiflett wrote the classic paper on the importance of library history, "Clio's Claim: The Role of Historical Research in Library and Information Science." (1984).
Lee received the Master of Library Service from Rutgers University and the doctorate in Library Science from Florida State University in 1979.
Dr. Shiflett was Acquisitions Librarian and Coordinator of Technical Services at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. After receiving the PhD, he was Professor at the Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science until 2001. He then became Professor and Chair of the Department of Library and Information Studies at University of North Carolina-Greensboro until 2009 when he returned to teaching full time.
Dr. Shiflett was active in the American Library Association, serving as Chair of the Library History Round Table and on various ACRL and Library Research Round Table committees. He also served the Association for Library and Information Science Education in various capacities, including co-chairing the 2002 ALISE conference.
Dr. Shiflett was a scholar. His first book, The Origins of American Academic Librarianship, is recognized as a classic text on the history of American academic libraries and has been noted as the primary source for information on literature and research on this topic published prior to 1980.