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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.

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New Resource for Library History Research: Eighteenth-Century Libraries Online

  • 1.  New Resource for Library History Research: Eighteenth-Century Libraries Online

    Posted Mar 23, 2026 01:04 PM

    "Eighteenth-Century Libraries Online is the result of a five-year Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project investigating the contribution of books to social, cultural and political change in North America and the British Isles during the eighteenth century."

    "This project uses cutting-edge digital techniques to capture, interpret and make freely available online surviving documentary evidence relating to the books acquired and circulated by more than 80 libraries on either side of the Atlantic..."  –From the About page.

    Learn more at LHRT News & Notes: https://lhrt.news/2026/03/23/fabulous-new-online-collection-for-library-historians/



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    Brett Spencer
    Reference Librarian
    Thun Library, Penn State Berks
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