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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."
Additional models of library historical analysis include The New York Public Library: A History of Its Founding and Early Years by Phyllis Dain, a work that exemplified institutional history and The Power and the Dignity: Librarianship and Katharine L. Sharp by Laurel Grotzinger, a biographical study.
The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents.Topics of interest include accessibility of the collection, acquisition of materials, arrangement and finding tools, the book trade, the influence of the physical properties of the different writing materials, language distribution, role in education, rates of literacy, budgets, staffing, libraries for ...
The historical period divisions and merits of different types of readers' advisory services is a hotly debated topic among librarians. Bill Crowley, in his 2005 article, "Rediscovering the History of Readers Advisory Service," breaks down the historical period divisions of the service into four eras: [3]
The Library History Round Table official peer-reviewed journal is Libraries: Culture, History, and Society. [2] 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.
The work has since been revised as Serving LGBTIQ Library and Archives Users and remains influential. [1] In 1992, American Libraries published a photo of the Gay and Lesbian Task Force (now the Rainbow Round Table) on the cover of its July/August issue, drawing both criticism and praise from the library world. [4]
Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award is presented by the Library History Round Table [1] of the American Library Association every third year to recognize the best book written in English in the field of library history, including the history of libraries, librarianship, and book culture.
Round table is a form of academic discussion. Participants agree on a specific topic to discuss and debate. Participants agree on a specific topic to discuss and debate. Each person is given equal right to participate, as illustrated by the idea of a circular layout referred to in the term round table .