List of Contributions

Database for Library History

Posted By Brett Spencer Apr 24, 2024 09:23 PM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Super exciting news for the library history community and the library profession in general! Please see Eric Novotny's announcement on the blog about the launch of the Library History Bibliography Database!: Library History Bibliography Database Launch! LHRT NEWS AND NOTES remove preview ...

Librariana Exhibit on LHRT News & Notes

Posted By Brett Spencer Apr 12, 2024 10:03 AM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

This week is National Library Week in the United States, and at the blog we would like to announce a new feature to salute libraries in the United States and around the world. In building up to National Library Week over the past couple of months, we've sent out calls asking for "donations" of "virtual ...

National Library Week Celebration!: Social Media Campaign & Request for Pictures for the Blog

Posted By Brett Spencer Mar 05, 2024 04:16 PM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Hello LHRT Members: Here's to a happy National Library Week! Please help us post this call widely to other groups you might be part of! Best, Brett National Library Week Celebration!: Social Media Campaign & Request for Pictures for the Blog Hello: The American Library Association's ...

Call for Nominations: Intellectual Freedom Round Table's Oboler Award Committee

Posted By Brett Spencer Nov 26, 2023 08:21 PM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Hello LHRT members! Please see the details of this exciting call for nominations from our colleagues in the ALA Intellectual Freedom Round Table!: Call for Nominations: Intellectual Freedom Round Table's Oboler Award Committee Holiday Best, Brett ------------------------------ Brett Spencer ...

CHOICE Webinar about History of Libraries

Posted By Brett Spencer Oct 25, 2023 06:49 PM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Hello everyone, Apologies for cross-posting this to the blog and ALA Connect...I wanted to ensure everyone heard about this excellent CHOICE Media Channel webinar video: From the official description: "Join us for the 2023 Annual Register Edmund Burke Lecture, featuring Richard Ovenden, Director ...

LHRT 75th Anniversary Celebration Page

Posted By Brett Spencer Jul 14, 2023 10:08 AM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Hello everyone, Hope your summer is proceeding well! To help mark LHRT's 75th Anniversary, Andrew Wertheimer, David M. Hovde, Emily Spunaugle, and Cara Bertram at the ALA Archives have graciously provided photos from LHRT's past for a special celebration page on LHRT News & Notes at: https:// ...

New Papers on the Blog about Censorship, Capitalism

Posted By Brett Spencer May 12, 2023 06:56 PM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

LHRT News & Notes is pleased to announce the publication of two new papers in our "Themes Through the Ages" column!: https://lhrt.news/themes-in-library-history/ Jacob Shriner has written a paper about the history of censorship in America. Megan Shepherd has composed a piece about the links ...

Beyond Words…An Extraordinary Exhibit

Posted By Brett Spencer Apr 06, 2023 09:29 PM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Hello LHRT! Amanda Belantara, who is an LHRT member, audiovisual artist-anthropologist, and librarian, has co-curated an extraordinary physical and virtual exhibit with A.M. Alpin that you can read more about on the blog: Beyond Words...An Extraordinary Exhibit I think every LHRT member will ...

Calling All LIS Students and Faculty

Posted By Brett Spencer Nov 28, 2022 09:53 PM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Hello everyone, Are you a student finishing up a paper on library history? If so, please consider submitting your paper to LHRT News & Notes! Find more details through the CFP for LIS Students and through our video appeal to LIS students. Are you a faculty member teaching a library history course ...

Ukrainian Libraries, Their History, & Ways to Help

Posted By Brett Spencer Mar 07, 2022 07:20 PM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Hello: The News & Notes blog team has compiled a resource list about Ukrainian libraries, their history, and ways library historians can support them during the invasion: Supporting Ukrainian Libraries However, we need your help! Please email us at lhrtnewsandnotes@gmail.com if you know of ...

The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto: A Story of Moral Resistance [The Zekelman Holocaust Center]

Posted By Brett Spencer Jan 24, 2022 10:14 AM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Many thanks to LHRTer Hermina Anghelescu for sending news of this special event to LHRT News & Notes blog!: The Book Smugglers of the Vilna Ghetto: A Story of Moral Resistance [The Zekelman Holocaust Center] "In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, author Dr. David E. Fishman will ...

New Members: Are You Subscribed to LHRT News & Notes Blog?

Posted By Brett Spencer Nov 15, 2021 01:13 PM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Hello all: Hope autumn is bringing good things your way! 🍂 A Big Welcome to all our new LHRT members who have joined these past few months! I wanted to invite everyone--new or returning members--to subscribe to LHRT's blog, LHRT News & Notes if you have not already. You can subscribe with ...

CFP: The Pasts and Futures of the Library

Posted By Brett Spencer Aug 31, 2021 11:29 AM
Found In Egroup: LHRT (Library History Round Table) \ view thread

Hello everyone, I received this exciting CFP today at the blog, for full details please see: CFP: The Pasts and Futures of the Library LHRT NEWS AND NOTES remove preview CFP: The Pasts and Futures of the Library The Pasts and Futures of the Library: A Call for ...

Divisions

Round Tables