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  2. Library History Round Table - Wikipedia

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    The Library History Round Table encourages research and publication on library history and promotes awareness and discussion of historical issues in librarianship. It "exists to facilitate communication among scholars and students of library history, to support research in library history, and to be active in issues, such as preservation, that concern library historians."

  3. Louis Shores - Wikipedia

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    Shores and Wayne Shirley were instrumental in founding the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association in 1947. [15] In 1961 Shores founded the Library History Seminars. [16] One of the highlights of Shore's career was the American Library Association accreditation of his Library School at FSU in 1953. [17]

  4. Table-setting - Wikipedia

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    Fanny Brate's 1901 A Day of Celebration shows two girls decorating a table; the background is a painting of an undecorated medieval table surround by waiting diners.. Early dining tables were purely functional; the term "setting the table" originated in the middle ages to describe setting a board on two trestles to provide a temporary surface on which to set food. [4]

  5. Library history - Wikipedia

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    Library history is a subdiscipline within library science and library and information science focusing on the history of libraries and their role in societies and cultures. [1] Some see the field as a subset of information history . [ 2 ]

  6. Justin Winsor Prize (library) - Wikipedia

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    LHRT News and Notes is the blog of the Library History Round Table. [3] The Library History Round Table publishes the "Bibliography of Library History" database. [4] The Library History Round Table, was established in 1947. Historical articles appeared on the 50th anniversary in the journal, Libraries & Culture [5] and the 75th in the journal ...

  7. Round Table - Wikipedia

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    The Winchester Round Table is a large tabletop hanging in Winchester Castle and bearing the names of various knights of Arthur's court, was probably created for a Round Table tournament. [18] The table is 5.5 metres (18 ft) in diameter and weighs 1.2 tonnes (2,600 lb). [ 19 ]

  8. Wayne A. Wiegand - Wikipedia

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    In 2011, he received a Short-Term Fellowship from the New York Public Library. In 2024 the Library History Round Table awarded Wiegand the Distinguished Service in Library History Award which honors the career of a person who has a lifetime of scholarship and service in the field of library history. [1]

  9. Louise S. Robbins - Wikipedia

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    Louise S. Robbins is an American academic and formerly director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Library and Information Studies.. Robbins has won awards for her articles and books dealing with the history of librarians [1] and intellectual freedom in the United States.