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.  Reminder: LHRT Reads 2023

    Posted Feb 13, 2023 09:53 PM

    Greetings and Happy 2023 Library History Roundtable!

    We're pleased to invite you to the next LHRT Reads event and to announce the selections for LHRT Reads 2023.

    Feb 16, 2023

    The next LHRT Reads will take place Feb 16, 2023 at 7pm Eastern Time. We'll discuss Alain Resnais' 1956 documentary, Toute la Mémoire du Monde.  The film explores the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris and how humanity remembers itself. The documentary is available to watch online. Please watch the film in advance and bring a few questions.

    Advance registration is required, please click on this link to register for our February 16th event.

    Future Events

    The selections for LHRT Reads 2023 are:

    • Toute la mémoire du monde by Alain Resnais - Feb 16, 2023
    • Apostles of CultureThe Public Librarian and American Society, 1876-1920 by Dee Garrison - May 18, 2023
    • The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett - Aug 24, 2023
    • American Public School Librarianship: A History by Wayne A. Wiegand - Oct 26, 2023
    • Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age by Dennis Duncan - December 14, 2023


      We hope that you can join us. Happy reading!



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      Michele Fenton
      Librarian I/Cataloger
      Indiana State Library
      Indianapolis, IN
      mfenton@library.in.gov
      (317) 234-4937
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