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241 Listings - DR (10/10)241 Listings - DR (10/10) South Carolina Library History Project - http://www.libsci.sc.edu/histories/
All aspects of librarianship in the state, including histories of public, private and academic institutions, biographies and recollections, and special exhibits.
34,428 Listings - DR (10/10)34,428 Listings - DR (10/10) History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries - http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com/
Biographical material, photographs and details of his benefactions in Pennsylvania.
1,268 Listings - DR (6/10)1,268 Listings - DR (6/10) The Gerould Statistics 1907/08-1961/62: A Historical Compilation of Data from Academic Libraries in the United States and Canada - http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/libsites/gerould/
Annual statistics on size, staffing and expenditure with detailed notes on the methodology of compilation.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) The Mysterious Fate of the Great Library of Alexandria - http://www.bede.org.uk/library.htm
Analysis of the varying accounts of the library's destruction by fire.
21 Listings - DR (6/10)21 Listings - DR (6/10) Brief History of Library Instruction in the United States of America - http://www.libraryinstruction.com/lihistory.html
Paper summarizing the development of bibliographic instruction in academic libraries.
21 Listings - DR (6/10)21 Listings - DR (6/10) Library Instruction Outside North America in the 20th Century - http://www.libraryinstruction.com/liinternational.html
Site examines international library instruction efforts in the last century. Includes a bibliography.
56 Listings - DR (6/10)56 Listings - DR (6/10) Fortunate Son: the ALA and Librarianship 1968-1980 - http://www.bloomington.in.us/~jhurd/rain.html
Memoirs of a period of change in United States libraries and the American Library Association against a background of social upheaval.
597 Listings - DR (6/10)597 Listings - DR (6/10) The Davies Project at Princeton University: Research into the History of University Libraries in the United States and the History of their Collections - http://www.princeton.edu/~davpro/
Database of United States libraries in existence before 1876, searchable by location and type.
7 Listings - DR (5/10)7 Listings - DR (5/10) CILIP Library History Group - http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/lhg/welcome.html
Details of the activities and publications of this section of the Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) Library History - http://www.maney.co.uk/search?fwaction=show&fwid=184
Refereed British journal associated with the Library History Group. Editorial information and abstracts.
201 Listings - DR (5/10)201 Listings - DR (5/10) Celebrating a Century of Service to Children - http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/2000/il000109.html
Illinois Libraries article examines the history of the Children's Services Department at the Champaign Public Library from 1899-1999.
201 Listings - DR (5/10)201 Listings - DR (5/10) Illinois State Library: 1818-1870 - http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1999/il990133.html
Article from Illinois Libraries details the history of the State Library in the 19th Century.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Melvil Dewey: Father of Librarianship - http://www.booktalking.net/books/dewey/
Biography of Dewey concentrating on his role in library history.
144 Listings - DR (4/10)144 Listings - DR (4/10) Branch Libraries in the Bronx: A History with Selected Photographs - http://www.nypl.org/branch/bronx/index2.cfm?d1=765&template=photodbase
Illustrated history of the New York Public Library branches.
15 Listings - DR (4/10)15 Listings - DR (4/10) Intellectual Freedom Within the Profession: A Look Back at Freedom of Expression and the Alternative Library Press - http://www.libr.org/Juice/issues/vol6/LJ_6.6.html
Overview by Toni Samek of early radical library publications focusing on Synergy, Alternatives In Print and Prejudices And Antipathies.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Survivor: The History of the Library - http://www.history-magazine.com/libraries.html
Article from History Magazine reviewing the evolution of libraries.
1,283 Listings - DR (3/10)1,283 Listings - DR (3/10) Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/
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.
1,283 Listings - DR (3/10)1,283 Listings - DR (3/10) The Order of Books - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm027.html
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.
32 Listings - DR (3/10)32 Listings - DR (3/10) The Infography about Public Libraries -- United States -- History - http://www.infography.com/content/708583820009.html
Sources recommended by a professor whose research specialty is the history of U.S. public libraries.
32 Listings - DR (3/10)32 Listings - DR (3/10) Infography about Library Instruction -- History - http://www.infography.com/content/442526523229.html
Sources recommended by a librarian whose research specialty is the history of library instruction.
235 Listings - DR (2/10)235 Listings - DR (2/10) Libraries Today - http://www.uoguelph.ca/~lbruce/
History of libraries in Canada and particularly Ontario with annotated photographs, texts and biographies of librarians.
31 Listings - DR (2/10)31 Listings - DR (2/10) The Histories of Central Vermont's Libraries - http://central-vt.com/towns/library/
Accounts of public libraries in several small towns.
2,871 Listings - DR (2/10)2,871 Listings - DR (2/10) Libraries & Culture - http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~landc/
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.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Librarian's Lives - http://digital.casalini.it/retreat/2003_docs/Chapman.pdf
Survey of biographical anecdotes about British librarians by Liz Chapman.
249 Listings - DR (0/10)249 Listings - DR (0/10) Celebrating Women's Achievements: Women in Canadian Librarianship and Bibliography - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/women/002026-250-e.html
Biographical sketches of pioneers in library work and Canadiana.
37 Listings - DR (0/10)37 Listings - DR (0/10) Archives of lis-libhist - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/lis-libhist.html
Mailing list associated with the Library History Group. Searchable logs and subscription information.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Library History Database: The British Isles to 1850 - http://www.r-alston.co.uk/contents.htm
Directory with summary information arranged geographically and by type of library.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) The Library History Buff - http://www.libraryhistorybuff.com/
Historical impressions from an amateur perspective and descriptions of librariana with a special focus on postal artefacts.
102 Listings - DR (0/10)102 Listings - DR (0/10) American Women's History, A Research Guide: Librarianship - http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-libr.html
Bibliography of print and online sources.

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