Category Archives: International Librarianship

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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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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JLIS.it issue on peer review

Posted on 2023-04-29 by Peter Lor

  Most readers of this blog will have published articles in peer-reviewed journals. Many of us will have also spent many unpaid hours participating in the reviewing process. It is, in fact, an expensive process, expensive in terms of both … Continue reading →

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Global Gleanings #15: Disruption, disruption…

Posted on 2023-03-09 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.  Long Covid The worst of the disruptive Covid pandemic … Continue reading →

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Surveying copyright legislation in the Global South

Posted on 2023-01-14 by Peter Lor

Last year an announcement on IFLA’s e-mail discussion list, IFLA-L alerted me to the appearance of a new copyright guide for Brazilian libraries, Guia para bibliotecas: Direitos autorais  e acesso ao conhecimento, informação e cultura [Guide for libraries: Authors’rights and … Continue reading →

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Two accolades

Posted on 2022-11-11 by Peter Lor

I was honoured on 6 October this year when the S.A. Library and Information (SALI) Trust and the Library and Information Association of S.A. (LIASA) bestowed their Lifetime Achievement Award on me at the LIASA-SCECSAL Conference dinner.  This joint award … Continue reading →

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Researching IFLA’s history: archives

Posted on 2022-10-18 by Peter Lor

During the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) held in Dublin. Ireland. in July 2022. IFLA’s Special Interest Group for Library History (LibHist SIG) held an Open Session focusing on our preparation for IFLA ‘s centenary in 2027.  Here … Continue reading →

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Satellite Meeting on Global and Comparative Research Design in LIS

Posted on 2022-07-07 by Peter Lor

This event has been long in the planning. It was delayed by the Covid19 pandemic, but I’m happy to share that the planned satellite meeting will be held immediately after the upcoming IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) at … Continue reading →

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Cataloguing, with love from Italy

Posted on 2021-12-21 by Peter Lor

In a conversation in a faculty meeting in a leading South African LIS school in the early 1970s, I ventured the opinion that cataloguing is a central competency of any librarian. This was greeted with of derision. Since then, as … Continue reading →

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