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Deadline for I-CHORA 5 Papers is April 30

The deadline for submitting a proposal to the Fifth International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (ICHORA 5) is April 30. The theme of the conference, to be held in London July 1-3, 2010, is "Records, Archives, and Technology: Interdependence Over Time." Details can be found on the conference's Call for Papers webpage.

Journal Publishes I-CHORA Papers

Libraries & the Cultural Record 44:1 features selected papers from the Third International Conference of the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA), held in Boston in September 2007. Papers presented at I-CHORA 3, whose theme was "Personal Papers and History," addressed the history of personal records and record keeping practices. Special issue editors are Barbara Craig of the University of Toronto, Philip B. Eppard of the University at Albany SUNY, Brenda Lawson of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and Heather MacNeil of the University of British Columbia.

Journal to Publish I-CHORA Proceedings

Libraries & the Cultural Record will publish papers from the Third International Conference of the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA), held in Boston in September 2007. A selection of conference papers, which addressed the history of personal records and record keeping practices, will appear in L&CR 44:1 in February 2009. Special issue editors are Barbara Craig of the University of Toronto, Philip B. Eppard of the University at Albany SUNY, Brenda Lawson of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and Heather MacNeil of the University of British Columbia.

January 15 is new deadline for Winsor Prize

The new deadline for submitting articles to be considered for the Justin Winsor Prize is January 15, 2009. The deadline, one month earlier than in previous years, was set at the June meeting of the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association, which sponsors the annual award. The Winsor prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding essay embodying original historical research on a significant subject of library history. The author receives $500 and publication of the essay in Libraries & the Cultural Record. The earlier deadline allows the winning article to be published in the journal in the same calendar as the award. See previous Justin Winsor Prize winners.

L&CR Contributors Present at ASIS&T Session

Contributors to two forthcoming special issues of Libraries & the Cultural Record presented their research on women pioneers in the information sciences at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) October 29 in Columbus, Ohio. The session spotlighted the lives and contributions of five of the twelve women who will be featured in articles in L&CR 44:2 (May 2009) and 45:2 (May 2010). Presentations focused on: Suzanne Briet, documentation and reference service innovator in France; Henrietta Avram, networking pioneer at the Library of Congress and developer of MARC; Winifred Sewell, pioneering medical librarian and educator in medical informatics; and Martha E. Williams, pioneer researcher, editor, educator, entrepreneur, and professional leader. Presenters were Michael Buckland, Joan Lussky, Malissa Ruffner, Emily Glenn, Linda C. Smith, and Carol Tenopir. Trudi Bellardo Hahn and Diane Barlow, L&CR special issue editors, were session moderators.

Work of Board Member Michael Winship Spotlighted

The work of bibliographer and book historian Michael Winship, a member of the editorial advisory board of L&CR, is featured on the University of Texas website. [More...]

Board Identifies Broad Topics for Future Issues

Governments’ involvement in both funding and using information, relationships between library and museum history, and the intellectual basis of the information age are some of the topics the advisory board of Libraries & the Cultural Record has identified as areas of possible exploration for researchers. At its annual meeting March 28, 2008, board members pointed out several untapped areas of library, archival, museum, and information science history in a discussion led by Robert V. Williams, distinguished professor emeritus of the School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina. Other topics named were the schemes of information organization over time, comparative librarianship, changes in the way people have used information, and the impact of information on cultural history.

New Book on French Revolution by Advisory Editor Bette Oliver

Bette W. Oliver, a member of the editorial advisory board of Libraries & the Cultural Record, is the author of a new book, From Royal to National: The Louvre Museum and the Bibliotheque Nationale. The book recounts how, as a result of the French Revolution, institutions previously under the crown's jurisdiction were made into public symbols of nationalism. From Royal to National, published in December 2006, reveals the challenges scholars and specialists faced in safeguarding valuable artworks and literature, and creating the Louvre and the Bibliothèque Nationale. The book is available through the publisher, Lexington Books, and on Amazon.com. Oliver is an independent scholar who lives in Austin, Texas. She holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Texas at Austin.

Library of Congress book honors Don Davis

A book honoring Donald G. Davis, the longtime editor of Libraries & Culture, has been published by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Libraries & Culture: Historical Essays Honoring the Legacy of Donald G. Davis, Jr. is a collection of essays first published as a special festschrift issue of Libraries & Culture (40:3) in summer 2005. Davis, emeritus professor in the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin, and a distinguished library history scholar, was editor of Libraries & Culture (now Libraries & the Cultural Record) for 29 years. The book, published in September 2006, is available from Oak Knoll Press.