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Members of the IFLA Library History Special Interest Group research IFLA history and collect oral histories from librarians around the world. You will find more information and updates in the Blog of the Library History SIG. Oral histories Since 2018 the Library History SIG has been planning to record oral… Read More

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  • 21 December 2022

Get Involved

Would you like to get involved with the Library History SIG (LIBHIST SIG)? Here’s how: 1. Learn more about our projects and initiatives and our past WLIC Sessions – contact our Convenor 2. Provide a translation for one of our resources – contact our Convenor  3. Learn how… Read More

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  • 21 December 2022

WLIC 2021 -SIG Library History session

The recording of the SIG’s session for IFLA’s WLIC 2021 is completed. The session is titled “Librarians learning from the past to inspire, include and sustain” and is scheduled for Day 3 (19 August 2021) of the conference.  You will need to check the schedule for the time in… Read More

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  • 27 July 2021
  • By: Dr. Kerry Smith

SIG Library History Oral Histories Project

As outlined in its Action Plans from 2019 the SIG Library History has embarked on what some might think are a very ambitious set of projects on the oral histories of our librarians past and present.  As the project develops a number of streams reveal themselves and those… Read More

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  • 19 March 2021
  • By: Dr. Kerry Smith