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RE: Library History Timeline

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 19, 2025 09:12 PM
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I hope every LHRT member reviews this and sends in the survey. There is so much more needed. More responses from LHRT are important. Here is what I responded. 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛� ...

Judith Hoffberg- Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 14, 2025 08:31 PM
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Judith Hoffberg (1934 – 2009), was cofounder of the Art Libraries Society of North America in 1972. She was a librarian, archivist, lecturer, curator and art writer, and editor and publisher of Umbrella, a newsletter on artist's books, mail art, and Fluxus art. Judith Hoffberg earned the B.A. in Political ...

Dr. Peggy Sullivan- Librarians We Have Lost, ALA Sesquicentennial Memories 1976–2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 13, 2025 03:42 PM
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Dr. Peggy Sullivan (Librarians We Have Lost, ALA Sesquicentennial Memories 1976–2026) Dr. Peggy Sullivan (1929-2020) was Chair of the Centennial Celebration of the American Library Association in 1976. Peggy Sullivan earned the Ph.D., University of Chicago Graduate Library School. 1972; ...

50 Year Classic-“Library Catalog in a Computerized Environment.”

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 12, 2025 06:26 AM
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50 Year Classic-"Library Catalog in a Computerized Environment."

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 12, 2025 06:26 AM
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𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨,, 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭� ...

Alex Poole- Wins ALISE Wynar Award- 2025

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 11, 2025 09:13 PM
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Alex Poole received the Justin Winsor Prize from the ALA's Library History Round Table in 2024 for his paper which has also been awarded the Wynar Research Paper Award 2025 by the Association for Library And Information Science Education as announced in this press release: Alex Poole, PhD, Receives ...

Veterans Day-Remembering Soldier Librarians

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 11, 2025 09:34 AM
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Goldhor, H. (1947). Training of soldier-librarians in the European theater. Library Quarterly, 17, 171–184. ------------------------------ Kathleen de la Peña McCook Distinguished University Professor School of Information University of South Florida ------------------------------

Veterans Day-Remembering Soldier Librarians

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 11, 2025 09:33 AM
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Margaret E. Monroe -Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 06, 2025 07:22 AM
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Margaret E. Monroe (1914-2004) Margaret E. Monroe served as Professor and Director of the Library School at the University of Wisconsin – Madison from 1963 until 1970 (Now the The Information School at UW-Madison ). Monroe was on the forefront of the movement to develop library services for persons ...

Margaret E. Monroe -Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026

Posted By Kathleen McCook Nov 06, 2025 07:21 AM
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Paul Fasana -Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Oct 21, 2025 07:52 AM
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Paul Fasana- 1933-2021. Paul Fasana served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, then graduated from UC Berkeley; first in 1959 with a B.A. and then 1960 with a Masters of Library Science. Armed with those degrees, he began a long career in library administration; first at the New York Public Library ...

Alex Poole-Justin Winsor Prize (2024) received the 2025 ALISE Wynar Research Paper Award

Posted By Kathleen McCook Oct 17, 2025 12:24 PM
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Alex Poole's 2024 Justin Winsor Prize paper, "If I'm fighting for myself, it is so that whoever stands on my shoulders can go further than I": The Intellectual Community of Black Women Children's Librarians in the mid-Twentieth Century United States," has also been honored with the 2025 Bohdan S. Wynar ...

RE: Open Letter to the Editors of Libraries: Culture, History & Society

Posted By Kathleen McCook Oct 07, 2025 07:14 AM
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Thank you for your observations, Dr. Coleman. Expanding on two points you present: *LIS studies may be under‑disseminated, under‑recognized, siloed. I've been a frequent writer of external letters for promotion and tenure committees. Since these letters are addressed to the university (not only to ...

Wayne A. Wiegand & SEVEN University Presses (1979-2025)

Posted By Kathleen McCook Oct 06, 2025 07:08 AM
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All, I have been assessing LIS publishing for our scope and inclusion in highly valued publishing outlets outside of the LIS literature. The most published author of monographs about librarianship by university presses is Dr. Wayne A. Wiegand who has published at seven University Presses. Johns Hopkins ...

RE: Further Thoughts

Posted By Kathleen McCook Oct 04, 2025 08:21 PM
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Reviews are important. I was able to recommend In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries for purchase based on this review: *Kamela, M. "In Silence or Indifference: Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries." Choice (Middletown) 2025: 669–669. ...

Graduate Library School  at the University of Chicago- A library school we have lost-Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Oct 04, 2025 06:52 AM
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"Crescat scientia; vita excolatur" ( "Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched") The University of Chicago Graduate Library School (GLS) was the graduate-level librarianship school from 1928 to 1989 at the University of Chicago. It was established in 1928 to develop a program ...

RE: Joining Dr. Wiegand's Open Letter to _Libraries: Culture, History, and Society_

Posted By Kathleen McCook Oct 03, 2025 10:10 PM
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Over recent years LHRT recognitions (Holley Lecture, Awards) have recognized a diversity of speakers/authors. The Edward G. Holley Memorial Lecture, established in memory of Holley is held at the American Library Association Conference. The endowment fundraising for the lecture began with contribution ...

Nettie Lee Benson -Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Sep 28, 2025 05:22 PM
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Dr. Nettie Lee Benson (1905 – 1993) worked at the Latin American Collection at the University of Texas for 34 years, later renamed as the Benson Latin American Collection in her honor. She earned degrees at the University of Texas-Austin including the PhD. As head librarian Benson developed a world-class ...

Dr. George P. D'Elia- Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Sep 24, 2025 07:36 AM
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Dr. George P. D'Elia- Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026. Dr. George P. D'Elia dedicated his life's work to the advancement of library services through research and the education of librarians and library and information studies faculty. He died September 16, 2010. He made ...

Dr. Barbara F. Immroth-Librarians We Have Lost-Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026.

Posted By Kathleen McCook Sep 21, 2025 03:29 PM
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Dr. Barbara F. Immroth (1942–2021) was a librarian, educator, and advocate for children's and school librarianship. She dedicated her career to promoting equitable access to information, particularly for underserved communities, and mentoring future librarians. Dr. Immroth was a faculty member at the ...