Library History Round Table

The Library History Round Table encourages research and publication on library history and promotes awareness and discussion of historical issues in librarianship. It "exists to facilitate communication among scholars and students of library history, to support research in library history, and to be active in issues, such as preservation, that concern library historians."[1] It is part of the American Library Association.

Louis Shores and Wayne Shirley were instrumental in founding the Library History Round Table in 1947.[2]

The American Library Association archives were established with input and support by the Library History Round Table. [3]

  1. ^ LHRT Library History Round Table.
  2. ^ Marshall, John David. 2000. “The Library History Round Table’s First Twenty-Five Years: Reminiscences and Remarks.” Libraries & Culture 35 (1): 41.
  3. ^ Brichford, Maynard. “Current Status of the American Library Association Archives: A Preliminary Report.” The Journal of Library History (1974) 12.1 (1977): 64–69.