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- A Brief History of Library Instruction in the United States of America - Paper summarising the development of bibliographic instruction in academic libraries.
www.libraryreference.org/lihistory.html
- American Library Association Library History Round Table - Details of awards, archive of newsletters and cumulative bibliography.
www.spertus.edu/library-history
- American Women's History, A Research Guide: Librarianship - Bibliography of print and online sources.
www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-libr.html
- Archives of lis-libhist - Mailing list associated with the Library History Group. Searchable logs and subscription information.
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/lis-libhist.html
- Boots Booklovers' Library - Official history of this British subscription library.
www.boots-plc.com/history/BookLover.asp
- Branch Libraries in the Bronx: A History with Selected Photographs - Illustrated history of the New York Public Library branches.
www.nypl.org/branch/bronx/brnypl.htm
- Carnegie Libraries of California - History, architecture and modern use of every Carnegie library building in the state.
www.carnegie-libraries.org
- Carnegie Libraries of Scotland - History and architecture with contemporary photographs and original drawings.
homepage.ntlworld.com/g.blaikie
- Celebrating Women's Achievements: Women in Canadian Librarianship and Bibliography - Biographical sketches of pioneers in library work and Canadiana.
www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/12/h12-250-e.html
- CILIP Library History Group - Details of the activities and publications of this section of the Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals.
www.cilip.org.uk/groups/lhg/welcome.html
- Computer Applications in Libraries - Special issue of Annals of the History of Computing dedicated to library automation. Abstracts and some free articles. [PDF]
computer.org/annals/library_tocs.htm
- Deconstructing the Philanthropic Library: The Sociological Reasons Behind Andrew Carnegie's Millions to Libraries - Essay examining Carnegie's support for meritocracy and the socialization of immigrants to the United States.
www.lib.msu.edu/lorenze1/carnegie.htm
- Exeter Free Library: Public Meeting, 1869 - Recreation of the debate which introduced a tax-supported library in Exeter, England.
www.devon.gov.uk/library/locstudy/lib150.html
- Fortunate Son: the ALA and Librarianship 1968-1980 - Memoirs of a period of change in United States libraries and the American Library Association against a background of social upheaval.
www.bloomington.in.us/~jhurd/rain.html
- Highlights from the Columbia University Library Science Library Vertical Files, 1832-1994 - Ephemera from the American Library Association archives.
web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ala/clvf/clvf.htm
- History of a Female Intensive Profession - Course notes on the feminization and professionalization of librarianship with summaries of influential readings.
www.ualberta.ca/~holson/589/womenlis/summary.htm
- History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries - Biographical material, photographs and details of his benefactions in Pennsylvania.
andrewcarnegie.tripod.com
- IFLA Round Table on Library History - The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions' forum for library history of international or generally applicable importance. Statement of aims, newsletters, minutes and contact information.
www.ifla.org/VII/rt8/rtlh.htm
- Images from the 1876 Report - Selected accounts from the Bureau of Education report 'Public Libraries in the United States of America: Their History, Condition, and Management'.
www.coe.missouri.edu/~seaveyca/1876
- J.W. Clark and The Care of Books - Photographs from 1901 of English cathedral and parochial libraries and those of Oxford and Cambridge colleges.
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/msspb/exhibit/clarke/index.htm
- Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress - Official guide to the development of its role as a national library, with descriptions of its buildings, a timeline of acquisitions and a list of Librarians of Congress.
www.loc.gov/loc/legacy
- Libraries & Culture - Refereed journal devoted to the history of 'collections of recorded knowledge'. Full text of several issues, index and editorial information. Previously the Journal of Library History.
www.gslis.utexas.edu/~landc
- Libraries of the Ancient World - Survey of archeological evidence of ancient libraries from Nineveh to Rome.
www.tulsasda.com/staff/russ/russ/history/libraries/Libraries.htm
- Libraries Today - History of libraries in Canada and particularly Ontario with annotated photographs, texts and biographies of librarians.
www.uoguelph.ca/~lbruce
- Libraries: History of the Private, Royal, Imperial, Monastic and Public Libraries - Exhibition covering civilizations from the ancient world to the Renaissance.
www.libraries.gr/en_main.htm
- Library History - Refereed British journal associated with the Library History Group. Editorial information and abstracts.
www.maney.co.uk/library.html
- Library History Database: The British Isles to 1850 - Directory with summary information arranged geographically and by type of library.
www.r-alston.co.uk/contents.htm
- Littlehampton Library Past and Present - Illustrated history of this Carnegie library in Sussex, England, through the 20th century.
www.btinternet.com/~h.kendall
- Milestones of Academic Librarianship - Chronology of key historical events in United States libraries, from the Association of College and Research Libraries.
www.ala.org/acrl/milestones.html
- Public Library Annual Reports 1850-1919: A Searchable Database - Detailed index of statistical and descriptive information from British public libraries.
www.dils.aber.ac.uk/dils/an_rep
- Santa Cruz County Local History: Libraries and Schools - Illustrated articles on the public library system, Carnegie libraries and schools in Santa Cruz, California.
www.santacruzpl.org/history/libsch/libsch.shtml
- South Carolina Library History Project - All aspects of librarianship in the state, including histories of public, private and academic institutions, biographies and recollections, and special exhibits.
www.libsci.sc.edu/histories
- The Dusty Bookshelf - Selection of articles dating from the beginning of librarianship as a profession.
libr.org/rory/wbm.html
- The Georgia Library History Project - Bibliographic directory with some full-text articles on the history of libraries in the state. Searchable by city, county or institution.
www.georgialibraryhistoryproject.org
- The Gerould Statistics 1907/08-1961/62: A Historical Compilation of Data from Academic Libraries in the United States and Canada - Annual statistics on size, staffing and expenditure with detailed notes on the methodology of compilation.
fisher.lib.virginia.edu/gerould
- The Histories of Central Vermont's Libraries - Accounts of public libraries in several small towns.
www.badc.com/towns/library
- The Library of Alexandria: Ancient and Modern - Account of the foundation, collections and destruction of the ancient library and links to its modern reincarnation as the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
www.greece.org/alexandria/library
- The Mysterious Fate of the Great Library of Alexandria - Analysis of the varying accounts of the library's destruction by fire.
www.bede.org.uk/library.htm
- The Order of Books - Facsimile of Thomas Jefferson's manuscript prescribing the arrangement of his personal library, later to form the nucleus of a Library of Congress classified according to his scheme.
www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm027.html
- Theological Libraries: Historical Sources - Full-text essays on monastic libraries and theological librarianship, principally in the Christian tradition.
www.ptsem.edu/grow/library/nyatla/sources.htm
- Thomas Davis Lectures: The University of the People - Radio series commemorating the centenary of Irish Carnegie libraries with programmes on the public library system past and present. [RealAudio]
www.radio1.ie/evening/thomasdavis
- Women in the History of American Librarianship - Biographical impressions of influential female librarians with portraits and bibliographical references.
www.pe.net/~ellerbee/wom_lib.html
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