Content tagged Library history

For those of you coming to Athens, please join us at our SIG business meeting: Sunday 25 August 2019 from 13.45 – 15.45 in Business Room 4 of the conference venue.  The IFLA...

News - 17 June 2019

Tags: Archives, Library history, Library History

With many thanks to the Editor of the IFLA Journal Steve Witt (and former convenor of the LIbary History SIG), the March 2019 edition of IFLA Journal is a Special Issue on Libraries in...

News - 11 March 2019

Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital humanities, Displaced persons, IFLA Journal, IFLA WLIC 2017, Library history, WLIC 2017, Library History

The IFLA SIG Library History decided to partner with a Section for IFLA 2019 in Athens and the Section on Genealogy and Local History (Genloc) agreed.  As you can see from the Call for Papers...

Event - 6 March 2019

Tags: Access to knowledge, Archives, Congress, Genealogy, Genealogy and Local History, Greece, History of Librarianship, Library history, Library History, Local History, Library History

The attached article was written by Dr Russell Cope, Parliamentary Librarian at the Parliament of New South Wales from 1962 until 1993 and a very active IFLA member.  It is a recollection of...

Publication - 27 November 2018

Tags: Library history, Publications, Library and Research Services for Parliaments

SIG Library History Session on Transform Libraries, Transform Societies: Library Outreach to Marginalized Populations - Historical Perspectives. The SIG Library History’s session at...

News - 3 October 2018

Tags: Digital preservation, Disadvantaged persons, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library history, Library Outreach, Malaysia, Marginalized Populations, Preservation, WLIC 2018, Library History

Library History SIG session at IFLA WLIC 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Sunday 26 August 2018, Session 095 Conference Hall 3, 9.30–11.30 a.m. – please join us. As earlier advised the...

News - 14 May 2018

Tags: Library history, Malaysia

The SIG Library History Action Plan for 2017-18 is now on our website and as you read it you will see that the SIG is planning a session for the IFLA conference in Kuala Lumpur in 2018 and the...

News - 29 November 2017

Tags: Cultural heritage, Library history, Library History

The SIG’s Committee has decided that the theme for our session at the 2018 IFLA conference will be: "Transform Libraries. Transform Societies: Library outreach to marginalized...

News - 29 November 2017

Tags: Cultural heritage, IFLA WLIC 2018, Library history, Malaysia, Library History

Annual Report 2017-2018 [in PDF] Annual Report 2016-2017 [in PDF]

Publication - 14 September 2017

Tags: Archives, Conferences, Cultural heritage, History of Librarianship, Library history, Library History, Annual reports, Library History

I do hope I get to meet up with those of you interested in library history at the IFLA conference in Poland.    After our session on Sunday 20 August, 2017,  and just...

News - 24 July 2017

Tags: Library history, Poland, Library History

The very difficult task of reviewing so many fine submissions has been finalised and as you can see from the Programme for IFLA Wroclaw 2017 http://2017.ifla.org/conference-programme  or http...

News - 23 May 2017

Tags: Cultural heritage, Library history, Multicultural populations

The SIG's Call for Papers: "Libraries in Times of Crisis: Historical Perspectives" was very successful such that we were unable to accept any late submissions.  With the help of...

News - 10 March 2017

Tags: Genealogy and Local History, IFLA 2017, IFLA2017, Library & Information History, Library and Information History Group, Library history, WLIC 2017, WLIC2017, Library History

Many thanks to the SIG Committee for their comments and support of our Call for Papers for the upcoming 2017 IFLA Conference in Wroclaw.  It can be found here: http://2017.ifla.org/cfp-calls/...

News - 24 November 2016

Tags: Conservation, Cultural heritage, IFLA2017, Library history, Poland, WLIC2017, Library History

The suggestion of a blog for the SIG Library History was raised during discussions at the IFLA 2016 Columbus and a need for something like this became more apparent to me as I tried to post photos...

News - 9 November 2016

Tags: Library history, Multicultural populations, Library History

What a wonderful Library History session at IFLA 2016 Columbus: "Libraries and Immigrants: Historical Perspectives"! I may be biased, but I thought the session went very well with three...

News - 29 August 2016

Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Library history, Multicultural populations, United States of America, Library History

Call For Papers Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (LCHS) We are delighted to announce that "Libraries: Culture, History, and Society" is now accepting submissions for...

News - 18 July 2016

Tags: Cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Library history

The combined Library History/Multicultural Libraries session: Libraries and Immigrants: Historical Perspectives session for the IFLA 2016 conference in Columbus progresses with 3 of the 4 papers...

News - 10 June 2016

Tags: Cultural heritage, Library history, Multicultural populations, United States of America, Library History

The IFLA Library History Special Interest Group and the Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section, invited proposals for papers to be presented at their joint Session No. 192 on...

Event - 2 May 2016

Tags: Congress, Library history, Multicultural populations, United States of America, Library History

Information History: Perspectives and Prospects | CILIP Library & Information History Group Annual Conference 2016 Date: Friday, 6 May 2016 Organized by: CILIP Library and...

News - 23 March 2016

Tags: CILIP, Library and Information History Group, Library history, LIHG, Preservation, Rare books and manuscripts, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Library History

The Library History SIG is sponsored by the IFLA Library Theory & Research Section so it was of interest to me as Convenor of the SIG when I was informed of the following news: We want...

News - 10 March 2016

Tags: Library history, Library theory and research, Library History

registration (EN+RU) | program plus latest updates: EN / RU We are happy to invite you to IFLAcamp Library Creative Laboratory: “A Hero of Our...

Event - 14 March 2014

Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Associations, Collection development, Collections, Communications, Communities of practice, Conference, Conferences, Cooperation, Copyright, Cultural heritage, cycling, Development, Digital divide, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Digitisation, Education and training, IFLAcampLab, Information professionals, Information technology, International cooperation, Knowledge society, Library as place, Library history, Meetings, Members, Networking, New professionals, NPSIG, Policy, Professional development, Russian Federation, unconference, New Professionals

The Government Information and Official Publications Section invites proposals for papers to be presented at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Lyon, France , August 16-22, 2014...

News - 19 December 2013

Tags: Cultural heritage, Development, Digital preservation, France, Government information, Information professionals, Library as place, Library history, Government Information and Official Publications

The aim of the conference is to provide a comparative history of librarianship. It will seek to highlight not only the history of practices and motivations driving the profession but to also...

Event - 15 November 2013

Tags: Conference, Library history, Rare Books and Special Collections

The library profession has existed since ancient times and has undergone many changes.  These shifts have been impacted by political, religious, educational, intellectual and cultural history...

News - 15 November 2013

Tags: Library history, Rare Books and Special Collections

Published in honor of the 85th anniversary of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 85 Years IFLA: A History and Chronology of Sessions 1927-2012...

Publication - 7 September 2012

Tags: IFLA, Library history, Publications

Following the pattern of the first volume, the second volume of Libraries in the early 21st century: An international perspective extends the range of countries covered. Each chapter covers a...

Publication - 1 August 2012

Tags: Library history, Publications

Following the pattern of the first volume, the second volume of Libraries in the early 21st century: An international perspective extends the range of countries covered. Each chapter covers a...

News - 1 August 2012

Tags: Library history

Libraries have been part of human civilization for centuries. They have been developed and destroyed many times due to acts of war and natural disasters, but they have kept up with the...

Publication - 13 December 2011

Tags: Library history, Publications

2018 World Library and Information Congress: 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 24-30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Theme: Transform Libraries....

Informational Page - 4 November 2009

Tags: Art history, Genealogy and Local History, History of Librarianship, Library & Information History, Library and Information History Group, Library history, Women's history, Library History

Scope This Special Interest Group is the continuation (as of 2009) of the former Library History Section. It aims to be the means within IFLA by which professionals specializing in all...

IFLA Group or Activity - 31 March 2009

Tags: Library history, Special Interest Groups, Library History