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Author Archives: Peter Lor
Opinion: Happy World Book (and Copyright?) Day
Every year, when UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day comes around, I can’t help experiencing mixed feelings. I’m fine with having a world book day. UNESCO speaks of the day as a “celebration of the power of books”: Books are … Continue reading
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Responding to ResearchGate
Dear Colleagues, from time to time I receive requests from ResearchGate for copies of my articles. I am not averse to complying, but I am stymied by the system. I find ResearchGate is excruciatingly slow, and its pages do not … Continue reading
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The American Library in Paris: an experiment in internationalism
In the run-up to IFLA’s Centenary celebration in September 2027, IFLA’s Library History (LibHist) Special Interest Group is organising a series of webinars: the LIS Education Internationalisation Webinar Series. The first of these will take place at 15:00 on 27 … Continue reading
Global Gleanings #27 Literacy
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 … Continue reading
Those Actes: Some Notes on the Proceedings of the International Library Committee, 1930-1939
In preparing a chapter for the IFLA Centenary book that is to be published in 2027, I’ve made heavy use of the published proceedings of the International Library Committee (ILC) for information on the period from 1926 to 1939. I … Continue reading
Libri 2026 call for best student research papers
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.
Published articles about IFLA personalities
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
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
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
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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