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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."
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 ]
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]
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.
Pages in category "Library history" ... Library History Round Table; N. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; National Library Symbol; O.
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]
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.
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 .