Author Archives: Peter Lor

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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.

Italian translation of International and comparative librarianship

Posted on 2025-01-28 by Peter Lor

I am happy to announce that the Italian translation of the first two parts (six chapters) of my book, International and comparative librarianship: concepts and methods for global studies (Berlin; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2019) has been published by the … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings # 22: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Posted on 2024-12-08 by Peter Lor

This column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, was written in September and appeared in the December 2024 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 # 21: South African contributions to the international literature

Posted on 2024-09-01 by Peter Lor

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

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Mauro Guerrini honoured

Posted on 2024-07-28 by Peter Lor

I’m pleased to report that my good friend, Professor Mauro Guerrini, who recently retired from the University of Florence, has been awarded the title of Emeritus Professor. Mauro was Professor of Library Science, Cataloguing, Metadata and Classification, and served as … Continue reading →

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IFLA centenary book: call for chapters

Posted on 2024-07-20 by Peter Lor

I’m delighted to report that IFLA’s Library History Special Interest Group has issued a call for chapters for a book that is planned to mark IFLA’s Centenary in 2027. The intended scope of this book, which will be published by … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings # 20: Celebrating Books, reading, and libraries

Posted on 2024-06-10 by Peter Lor

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

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La biblioteconomia comparata: New Italian contribution to comparative librarianship

Posted on 2024-05-02 by Peter Lor

Bilotta, Anna. 2022. Principi, approcci e applicazioni della biblioteconomia comparata. Florence: Firenze University Press. It’s difficult to keep up with all the topics I would like to blog about. Often interesting opportunities pass by uncommented. But better late than never, … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings # 19: More disruption: perplexity and ‘burstiness’

Posted on 2024-04-01 by Peter Lor

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

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Sjoerd Koopman’s Library Postcard Collection

Posted on 2024-01-18 by Peter Lor

My friend and former colleague, Sjoerd Koopman, retired in 2010 as Director of Professional Programmes at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). A great communicator, throughout his career Sjoerd built up an extensive network of colleagues and … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings #18: From Paris to King Louis I

Posted on 2023-12-20 by Peter Lor

This quarterly column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, appeared in the December 2023 issue of LIASA-in-Touch, the newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South Africa.   It all happened … Continue reading →

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