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Back to the Future of Library History / Alternative Futures for Library History

Information and Culture, 2019
Abstract In response to a recent article by Donald Davis and John Aho, “Whither Library History?,” Jonathan Rose discusses six possible alternatives for the future of library history.
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History of the Library

2016
May 2016 edition of a web posting in Galter Library's website. Synopsis of information about the origin and evolution of the history of the Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University. (sources include "The Galter Health Sciences Library of The Feinberg School of Medicine" by James Shedlock, AMLS, AHIP, entry on Northwestern University ...
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A personal history of digital libraries

Library Hi Tech, 2012
PurposeThis paper aims to present a personal view of the development of digital libraries, starting with the original vision of 1945 and describing how it came to the dominance of online searching and reading that it has today.Design/methodology/approachProgress in digital libraries is described in four areas: technical, economic, legal and social ...
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Books, Libraries, and Medical History

JAMA, 1964
A HISTORICAL COLLECTION in a medical library should serve the serious purpose of a library and not provide merely a dignified atmosphere for serving sherry on ceremonial occasions. Books of historical interest should be there, not to be seen from afar, nor even to be fondled lovingly, but to be used for their intellectual content. In any medical school
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The Uses of History in a Hospital Library

Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2009
This article highlights the contribution that historical information can make to the depth and interest of current medical practice and scholarship. Included are some suggested historical resources that may help shed light on a project's medical and scientific antecedents.
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The history of libraries

2018
Introduction ‘My library, was Dukedom large enough’ (William Shakespeare, The Tempest , I.ii.109) ‘A library is thought in cold storage’ ( A Book of Quotations , Lord Samuel, Cresset Press, 1947) ‘I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library’ (Jorge Luis Borges, Poema de los Dones from El Hacedor , 1960) The above ...
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History of Libraries

2017
Society created the library in response to individual, community, and national needs for memory and self-understanding. The development of the library as an institution follows the story of literate humankind and facilitates the telling of the human story in multiple languages and cultures. The library documents growth in intellection and other changes
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Oral History and Libraries

Public Library Quarterly, 1989
L'evolution du role des bibliotheques et du concept meme de bibliotheconomie: non seulement les tâches bibliotheconomiques traditionnelles, mais aussi des aptitudes nouvelles pour generer de l'information.
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The Value of Library History

Library Review, 1967
THE HISTORY OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANSHIP has been given both too little and too much attention. That there is a great deal of indifference on the part of many librarians concerning their past, or their original raison d'être, is obvious from the style of many of the articles written in defence of such a knowledge.
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