Tag Archives: History

Library ABC and other updates

Posted on 2025-02-10 by Peter Lor

My Library ABC for New Year 2025 has been posted. In the past I only posted page 2, which presents the three library pictures with brief accompanying text. From 2025 both pages are posted. The first page is a brief … 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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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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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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Global Gleanings 13: LIASA in the Literature. Part 2: from baby steps to adulthood

Posted on 2022-09-01 by Peter Lor

In this edition of Global Gleanings, I continue my overview of the literature on LIASA, with references and some personal recollections.  Part 1 dealt with LIASA’s “prehistory”, the processes that led to its founding in 1997 and its first annual … Continue reading →

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Global gleanings no 12:  LIASA in the Literature. Part 1: the beginnings

Posted on 2022-06-21 by Peter Lor

Twenty-five years! It calls for a celebration, and so this edition of my column and the next are devoted to what has been written about LIASA, both here and internationally. It comes in two parts. In Part 1 I deal … Continue reading →

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