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World Library History
On the Web
Here are some
sites I've come across in my pursuit of library history. No claim is made at
being comprehensive. Suggest additions by contacting me at
nix@libraryhistorybuff.org.
See also:
American Library History on the
Web
General Sites
Biographies of World Library People
http://www.libraryhistorybuff.org/librarybiographies-world.htm
Library History Section of IFLA
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s44/slh.htm
World Library History (History Magazine
Article)
http://www.history-magazine.com/libraries.html
World Library History (Kotinos
Publications)
http://www.libraries.gr/nonmembers/en/main.htm
Library History by
Country
Australia
State Library of Victoria
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/pastfuture/history/detailed/long1.html
Brief History of the University of Queensland Library
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00008343/01/uqlibrary_brief_history.pdf
Brief History of the University of Sidney Library
http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/uslhistory/
Canada
Libraries Today - Canadian Library
History
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~lbruce/
India
National Library of India
http://www.nlindia.org/history.html
Ireland
Trinity College Library Dublin
http://www.tcd.ie/Library/about/
Italy
Sources for the history of Italian
librarians compiled by Alberto Petrucciani
http://www.aib.it/aib/stor/stor.htm
The Netherlands
The Bibliotheekmuseum (library museum),
Amsterdam
http://www.libraryhistorybuff.org/bibliotheekmuseum.htm
The Philippines
Trends in Philippine Library History
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/039-138e.htm
Sweden
The Biblioteksmuseet
(library museum), Borås Sweden
http://www.bimu.net/
http://www.bimu.net/english.htm
The United
Kingdom
(Assistance provided by Dr. Christopher Skelton-Foord)
Library and Information History Group
of CILIP (United Kingdom)
http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/lhg/welcome.html
Library History Database -
The British Isles - To 1850
http://www.r-alston.co.uk/contents.htm
Professional Achievements Register for Library
& Information Professionals (CILIP)
Web site
(URL too long)
Association of Independent Libraries
http://fp.ailib.plus.com/
Women Library Workers in Great Britain (Evelyn Kerslake)
http://www.la-hq.org.uk/directory/record/r199901/kerslak.html
London Public Library History (by Derek
Jones)
http://www.derekjones.org/LPLHhtml.htm#Guide
British Library
http://www.bl.uk/about/history.html
British Library of Political and Economic Science (London School
of Economics and Political Science)
http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/abthli/olabh.htm
Cambridge
University Library
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/History/
Durham University Library
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/about/history.htm
Edinburgh University Library
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/collections/specdivision/history.shtml
Glasgow University Library
http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/AboutLibrary/past.html
John Rylands University Library of
Manchester
http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/about.html
National Library of Scotland
http://www.nls.uk/helpfor/nlshistory.html
National Library of Wales
http://www.llgc.org.uk/gwyb/gwyb_s001.htm
Oxford University Libraries
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/campaign/history.html
Wellcome Library
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTL039313.html
Carnegie Libraries of Scotland
http://www.scotcities.com/carnegie/
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