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.  Library History Books Available

    Posted 5 days ago
    Edited by Bernadette Lear 3 days ago

    UPDATE, 10/29/2024 : All the books have been claimed!

    Hi friends -- 

    I am cleaning up my office and I have several boxes of library history books to offer. Most are ex-library copies or have marginalia, but they are decent for personal reading or scholarly use. 

    There are 7 lots, listed below. See photos. If interested, contact me personally off-list at BAL19@psu.edu. I'd prefer people take all the books in the lot as a group (no requests for individual titles).  

    The cost is $10 per lot, plus shipping (U.S. media mail will cost about $20 per lot). When I mail your box, I will share the post office receipt and then you can pay me through PayPal or Venmo.  

    First come, first served! 

    Lot 1: International Librarianship and the Library of Congress. Includes Books and Libraries in Wartime (1945) by Pierce Butler, Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress (2005), and Information Hunters by Kathy Peiss (2020), among others. 

    Books on International Librarianship
    Lot 2: Dictionaries and Reference. Includes 2 copies of Introduction to Reference Works by Bill Katz (1969), an ALA Glossary of LIbrary and Information Science (1983), and Index, a History of, by Dennis Duncan (2022), among others.  
    Dictionaries and Reference
    Lot 3: Black and Women's Library History. Includes a List of Books for Girls and Women and Their Clubs (1895), An Illuminated Life (biography of Bella da Costa Greene by Heidi Ardizzone (2007), and Public in Name Only (2022) by Brenda Mitchell-Powell, among others. 
    Books on Black and Women's Library History
    Lot 4: Public Libraries. Includes Introduction to United States Government Information Sources, 5th edition, by Joe Morehead (1996), The Meaning of the Library (2015) by Alice Crawford, and Reading Publics (about the history of New York Public Library, 2017) by Tom Glynn, among others.  
    Books about Public Libraries
    Lot 5: 19th/early 20th Century Primary Sources. Includes an 1899 edition of Library School Rules by Melvil Dewey, early issues of Public Libraries, and several Library Bureau catalogs from 1900-1910, among others. 
    19th and Early 20th Century Primary Sources
    Lot 6: Buildings and Technical Services. Includes Books and Blueprints (1991) by Donald Oehlert, an uncommon history of DEMCO, and The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information (2021) by Craig Robertson, among others.  
    Buildings and Technical Services
    Lot 7: Library History Seminar Proceedings. Includes the 1968 and 1980-1995 conferences. 
    Library History Seminar Proceedings
    Bernadette  :)



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    Bernadette A. Lear
    Education, Behavioral Sciences, and Social Sciences Librarian
    Penn State University Libraries
    She/Her/Hers/Ms.
    (former LHRT Chair 2009-2010, 2013-2014, 2020-2021; former editor of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society, 2015-2023)
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  • 2.  RE: Library History Books Available

    Posted 3 days ago

    UPDATE, 10/29/2024 : All the books have been claimed!

    Bernadette  :)



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    Bernadette Lear
    Education, Behavioral Sciences, and Social Sciences Librarian
    Penn State University Libraries
    She/Her/Hers,Ms.
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