Content tagged Library History

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...

News - 27 July 2021

Tags: Archives, Cultural heritage, Library history, Library History

The SIG Library History was so looking forward to its session at the IFLA 2020 Dublin conference which as we all know was eventually cancelled. The SIG’s “Committee” continues to...

News - 17 May 2020

Tags: Library history, Library History

The Library History Special Interest Group is about to embark on a series of projects on oral histories of the world's librarians, hence the theme for its session at this conference – a...

News - 12 January 2020

Tags: Indigenous peoples, Library history, Library History, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 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

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

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 2020 [in PDF] Annual Report 2018-2019 [in PDF] Annual Report 2017-2018 [in PDF] Annual Report 2016-2017...

Publication - 14 September 2017

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

Action Plan 2020-2021 [in PDF] Action Plan 2019-2020 [in PDF] Action Plan 2018-2019 [in PDF] Action Plan 2017-2018...

Publication - 14 September 2017

Tags: Action plans, Archives, Conferences, Cultural heritage, History of Librarianship, Library History, Library History

I have to confess that when I arrived at the Centennial Hall at the conference venue in Wroclaw and saw the venue for our session, I did wonder if perhaps it was a little large.  The SIG...

News - 3 September 2017

Tags: Europe, Guidelines, IFLA WLIC 2017, Libraries in Times of Crisis, Library History, Poland, Wroclaw, 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 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

Unit member list - 29 September 2016

Tags: 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

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

On 18th February 2016, NISCAIR organized a Seminar on Philosophy and Teachings of Dr. S R Ranganathan, where the organizer formally released ALIS special issue "Philosophy and Teachings of S...

News - 20 February 2016

Tags: Library History

A Note from the Web Editor I am pleased to accept the voluntary position of Web Editor to the IFLA Library History special interest group (SIG) since February 2016. The subject area of...

News - 9 February 2016

Tags: Library History

Welcome to the Library History community far and wide.  I am pleased that the IFLA Library History SIG continues, though I was not expecting to be its convenor. I retired as an...

News - 8 February 2016

Tags: Library History

The IFLA Library History Special Interest Group and the Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section, invite proposals for papers to be presented at their joint session on “...

News - 16 December 2015

Tags: Library History

The IFLA Library History Special Interest Group invites papers to be presented at its open session during IFLA WLIC 2014 in Lyon, France. Theme: Building a global network:...

News - 10 December 2013

Tags: Conferences, Education and training, International cooperation, Library theory and research, Library History

Please join the Library History SIG for papers and discussion of the development of libraries and librarianship in Asia. Libraries, readers, and book culture in Asia: New perspectives...

News - 13 August 2013

Tags: Library History

Time: 3-5 pm Address: Ritarikatu/Riddaregatan 5, Center of Helsinki (near the Senate Square) Programme Opening words, Ilkka Mäkinen (HIBOLIRE) Minna Ahokas: A Finnish RED-...

Event - 4 August 2012

Tags: Event, Library History

Session 136 — Library History SIG 14 August 2010 Theme: Library spirit in the Nordic and Baltic countries From volunteers to professionals - the origin...

Informational Page - 1 January 2012

Tags: Library History

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...

Informational Page - 31 March 2009

Tags: 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