Libraries & the Cultural Record

Libraries & the Cultural Record celebrates and documents the history of those who created and preserved the record of human achievement and discovery. A peer-reviewed, quarterly journal of research, it is the first to investigate the historical record of those fields involved in the stewardship of the cultural record -- librarianship and libraries, archival and records enterprise, documentary preservation and conservation, museum administration, and information science. [More...]

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John Cole, Center for the Book, celebrated in festschrift issue

John Y. Cole, founding director of the Center for the Book of the Library of Congress, is honored in the current issue of Libraries & the Cultural Record. Cole has played a significant role in sponsoring conferences, symposia, lectures, and publications related to book history and library history and is known internationally as the foremost expert on the history of the Library of Congress. [More...]

Archivist Barbara Craig to Address Journal Board April 23

Archivist Barbara Craig, professor of the University of Toronto Faculty of Information, will speak at the annual research symposium of the Libraries & the Cultural Record editorial advisory board April 23. [More...]

Journal Selected for JSTOR Collection

Libraries & the Cultural Record has been selected for inclusion in JSTOR, scheduled for mid-2010. L&CR was cited for its "unique historical perspective" and "encouragement of interdisciplinary work." [More...]

Postcards Depict American Libraries of the Past

Bernadette Lear's article in Libraries & the Cultural Record, 43:1, "Wishing They Were There: Old Postcards and Library History," features images from her collection of historic postcards relating to public libraries. [More...]
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Libraries & the Cultural Record
David B. Gracy II, Editor
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin