ALISE 2018, Denver, CO, February 6-9, 2018 Historical Perspectives Special Interest Group (SIG) Call for Papers DEADLINE: July 15, 2017 The ALISE Historical Perspectives SIG invites the submission of abstracts … Read more ALISE Historical Perspectives Special Interest Group (SIG) Call for Papers
Libraries: Culture, History, and Society is now accepting submissions for our second issue, to be published in Fall 2017. A semiannual peer-reviewed publication from the Library History Round Table of … Read more CFP: Libraries: Culture, History, and Society
From Bernadette Lear and Eric Novotny: **CFP** Libraries: Culture, History, and Society We are delighted to announce that Libraries: Culture, History, and Society is now accepting submissions for our premiere … Read more CFP for a new journal: Libraries: Culture, History, and Society
ALISE 2016, Boston, MA, January 5-8, 2016 Historical Perspectives Special Interest Group Call for Papers DEADLINE: June 30, 2015 In keeping with the 2016 ALISE Conference Theme, “Radical Change: Inclusion … Read more CFP – Radical Change: Inclusion and Innovation (ALISE Historical Perspectives SIG)
Roots and Flowers: The Life and Work of the Afro-Cuban Librarian Marta Terry González Authors: Abdul Alkalimat and Kate Williams Price: $35.00 Published: February 2015 ISBN: 978-1-936117-64-2 Printed on acid-free … Read more Roots and Flowers: The Life and Work of the Afro-Cuban Librarian Marta Terry González
Justin Winsor Library History Essay Award: Call for Papers The Justin Winsor Library History Essay Award is presented by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association annually … Read more CFP: Justin Winsor Library History Essay Award
Recommended reading: LibrarianShipwreck on the fate of the Emma Goldman Papers…
*CALL FOR PAPERS* Library History Seminar XIII: Libraries: Traditions and Innovations July 31 – August 2, 2015 Pre-Conference Tours, July 30-31, 2015 Graduate School of Library & Information Science Simmons … Read more CFP – Deadline Extended: Library History Seminar XIII
This news from the Electronic Freedom Foundation: UNSEALED: The US Sought Permission To Change The Historical Record Of A Public Court Proceeding A few weeks ago we fought a battle … Read more U.S. sought to edit the historical record of a court proceeding
The SRRT discussion list has been alive recently with comments – objections, to be accurate – to ALA’s decision to present a screening and discussion of the controversial 1977 film, … Read more Commentary on The Speaker – Al Kagan, Pat Schuman, Mitch Freedman
Andrew Salvati of H-Net has written a review of the Litwin Books title, Prophets of the Fourth Estate: Broadsides by Press Critics of the Progressive Era, by Amy Reynolds and … Read more H-Net review of Prophets of the Fourth Estate: Broadsides by Press Critics of the Progressive Era
ALA has announced that there will be a screening and discussion of the controversial 1977 film, The Speaker, produced by ALA to educate people about intellectual freedom. ALA has now … Read more Historical context of The Speaker, to screen at ALA, and now also on the web
Print-on-demand from kiosks and electronic distribution of the news predicted in 1975…. Here is an excerpt from the 1975 book, Ecotopia, by Ernest “Chick” Callenbach. Thanks to Lincoln Cushing for … Read more Media predictions from 1975 Ecotopia…
Import of the Archive: U.S. Colonial Rule of the Philippines and the Making of American Archival History Author: Cheryl Beredo Price: $25.00 Published: June 2013 ISBN: 978-1-936117-72-7 Printed on acid-free … Read more New Book: Import of the Archive
Jesse Shera, Librarianship, and Information Science Jesse Hauk Shera did perhaps more than any other figure in defining library and information science in the mid 20th century. He pioneered the … Read more New book: Jesse Shera, Librarianship, and Information Science
Like most librarians, I’ve been following the changes going on at the New York Public Library. It is one of those issues that casts a spotlight on the larger library … Read more Article on the NYPL in N+1
At ALA in Anaheim, Wayne Bivens-Tatum will be signing copies of Libraries and the Enlightenment, from 10am to 11am on Saturday the 23rd at the Litwin Books/Library Juice Press booth … Read more Bivens-Tatum Book Signing – Discounts in Advance
(I’m usually pretty lackluster when it comes to generating blog post titles, but at least for this one I ignored my brain when it repeatedly suggested “A Radical Archive Grows … Read more The Interference Archive Documents Radical History
Libraries and the Enlightenment Author: Wayne Bivens-Tatum Price: $25.00 Published: March 2012 ISBN: 978-1-936117-42-0 Contemporary American libraries are products of the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment–the intellectual and political movement that emerged … Read more New Book: Libraries and the Enlightenment
We have posted Robert Jensen’s foreword to our recently published book, Prophets of the Fourth Estate: Press Critics of the Progressive Era, by Amy Reynolds and Gary Hicks. It’s a … Read more Robert Jensen’s foreword to Prophets of the Fourth Estate