Library history
Appearance
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] Library history is an academic discipline and should not be confused with its object of study (history of libraries): the discipline is much younger than the libraries it studies. Library history begins in ancient societies through contemporary issues facing libraries today. [3] Topics include recording mediums, cataloguing systems, scholars, scribes, library supporters and librarians. [4]
Journals
- Libraries & the Cultural Record; exploring the history of collections of recorded knowledge (L & C R); until 2006: Libraries & Culture; until 1988: The Journal of Library History; until 1974: Journal of Library History, Philosophy, and Comparative Librarianship; until 1973: The Journal of Library History
- Library & Information History (until 2008: Library History; until 1967: Library Association. Library History Group. Newsletter)
- Library History Review
- Library History Round Table Newsletter (L H R T Newsletter), until 1992: L H R T Newsletter; until 198?: L H R T; until 1979: A L H R T Newsletter]]
- Informaion and Culture; a journal of history
Awards
- Phyllis Dain Library History Award
- Donald G. Davis Article Award
- Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award
- Justin Winsor Library History Essay Award
See also
- Andrew Carnegie
- History of libraries
- History of public library advocacy
- Information history
- Librarians in popular culture
- Libraries & the Cultural Record
- Library
- Library historian
- Scribe
References
- ^ Buchanan, Anne L. & Herubel, Jean-Pierre V. M. (2011). Subject and Historiographic Characteristics of Library History: Disciplinary considerations and scholarship. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 42(4), 503-522; Wiegand, Wayne A., & Davis, Donald G., red. (1994). Encyclopedia of library history. New York: Garland.
- ^ Black, A. (2006). Information history. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 40 , 441-473.
- ^ Murray, Stuart (2009). The Library an illustrated history. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60239-706-4.
- ^ Hildenbrand, Suzanne, red. (1996). Reclaiming the American library past: Writing the women in Norwood, N.J.: Ablex.