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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 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."
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 ]
Libraries & culture (1999): 135-150. online; Mifflin, Jessie. The Development of Public Library Services in Newfoundland, 1934-1972 (Halifax: Dalhousie University Libraries and School of Library Service, 1978) Obee, David. The Library Book: A History of Service to British Columbia (Vancouver: British Columbia Library Association, 2011)
There were other libraries open for African Americans before 1921, but the first African American library to open in Atlanta would not be until July 25, 1921. The library included many notable librarians including Annie McPheeters who developed the non-circulating “Negro History Collection.” The city, in 1949, built a second branch to ...
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter opened the first White House Conference on Library and Information Services stating that "libraries must be strengthened and the public made more aware of their potential: Libraries can be community resources for the consumer and small business on matters such as energy and marketing and technological innovation ...
Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House spoke to attendees at the Rooster Booster breakfast Thursday at the Owensboro Convention Center about the importance of libraries in the quest to gain knowledge ...
The Library of Congress is one of the largest research libraries in the world. A research library is a library that contains an in-depth collection of material on one or several subjects. [ 1 ] A research library will generally include an in-depth selection of materials on a particular topic or set of topics and contain primary sources as well ...