Category Archives: LIS

Global Gleanings #28 (June 2026) AI: Awesome or Awful?

Posted on 2026-08-29 by Peter Lor

I apologise for the delayed posting of this column, which offers my usual, more or less regular news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information. It was written in March 2026 and appeared in the … Continue reading →

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Those Actes: Some Notes on the Proceedings of the International Library Committee, 1930-1939

Posted on 2026-03-26 by Peter Lor

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 →

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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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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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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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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 #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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Global Gleanings #17: South African contributions to the international LIS literature

Posted on 2023-09-07 by Peter Lor

This quarterly column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, appears in LIASA-in-Touch, the newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South Africa. Lost to local colleagues? Many scholars in the Global … Continue reading →

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A Milestone: Danton’s Dimensions of Comparative Librarianship published 50 years ago

Posted on 2023-06-15 by Peter Lor

The 1970s saw the publication of several noteworthy contributions to the theory and methodology of comparative librarianship. The first was Simsova and MacKee’s (1970) Handbook of comparative librarianship, a pioneering but ultimately disappointing work, of which a revised edition followed … Continue reading →

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IFLA Satellite Conference at the Mundaneum

Posted on 2023-05-31 by Peter Lor

I’m delighted to share that the IFLA Library History Special Interest Group has organized a Satellite Conference to be held from 17 to 19 August, in Mons, Belgium. The Satellite Conference will immediately precede IFLA’s 2023 World Library and Information … Continue reading →

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