Tag Archives: Research

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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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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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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Global Gleanings #14: South African LIS research in international journals

Posted on 2022-12-08 by Peter Lor

Global Gleanings no. 14 This is a slightly expanded version of my column of news, views and snippets from the international literature of books, libraries, and information, which appears in LIASA-in-Touch, the newsletter of the Library and Information Association of South … Continue reading →

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Webinar on International LIS Research: video & documents

Posted on 2021-06-08 by Peter Lor

A video recording of the Webinar on International Research in LIS, held by the Library Theory and Research (LTR) Section of IFLA on 27 May, is now available at https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/93943?og=5794. My presentation (at 4:41) was followed by a quite interesting … Continue reading →

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Webinar on International Research in LIS

Posted on 2021-05-04 by Peter Lor

I’m pleased to post here the announcement of a forthcoming webinar on International Research in LIS organized by IFLA’s section for Library Theory and Research. IFLA Webinar: International Research in LIS Wednesday, May 26 at 17:00 – 18:30 Central European … Continue reading →

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