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About Peter Lor

Peter Johan Lor is a Netherlands-born South African librarian and academic. In retirement he continues to pursue scholarly interests as a research fellow in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Libri 2026 call for best student research papers

Posted on 2026-02-24 by Peter Lor

The prestigious LIS journal Libri has published its call for paper submissions for the 2026 Best Student Research Paper Award. See the call, which gives full detail on eligibility and other conditions here.

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Published articles about IFLA personalities

Posted on 2025-12-31 by Peter Lor

For the use of authors contributing chapters to IFLA’s Centenary volume, and others,  I’m posting this list of biographies, obituaries, and interviews that I have so far encountered in the course of my research on the history of IFLA. I’ll … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings #26 Bugs, bad actors, citizen science, AI

Posted on 2025-12-27 by Peter Lor

This column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, was written in September 2025 and appeared the December 2025 issue of LIASA-in-Touch, the quarterly newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings #25 South African contributions to the international literature

Posted on 2025-09-22 by Peter Lor

This column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, was written in July 2025 and appeared the September 2025 issue of LIASA-in-Touch, the quarterly newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South Africa. … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings # 24: Information wars

Posted on 2025-06-15 by Peter Lor

This column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, was written in March 2025 and appeared the June 2025 issue of LIASA-in-Touch, the quarterly newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South Africa. … Continue reading →

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A Zotero milestone

Posted on 2025-06-03 by Peter Lor

After a period of quite intense writing and editing, I happened to notice on 28 January this year that there were 10,001 items in my Zotero database. I had started using Zotero on 2 May 2009, now fifteen years ago. … Continue reading →

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Following Ariadne’s thread

Posted on 2025-05-23 by Peter Lor

A recent blog post, Two Ariadne threads through the bibliographic labyrinth, by Katherine McCook, evokes the myth of Ariadne’s thread, which helped Theseus find his way back out after he had entered the labyrinth of Ariadne’s father, King Minos, and … Continue reading →

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Libri Best Student Research Paper Award 2025

Posted on 2025-03-31 by Peter Lor

Since 1950, through 74 volumes, Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies has been a leader among scholarly journals in the international library and information science world. As part of its strategy to remain one of the premier library … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings # 23: The world will not end today; it’s already tomorrow in New Zealand

Posted on 2025-03-01 by Peter Lor

This column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, was written in December 2024 and appeared the March 2025 issue of LIASA-in-Touch, the quarterly newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South Africa. … Continue reading →

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Archival research on IFLA and FID, September-October 2025

Posted on 2025-02-15 by Peter Lor

In September-October last year I was able to visit The Hague (the Netherlands) and Mons (Belgium) in September/October to continue my archival research into the history of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and IFLA’s relationship with … Continue reading →

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