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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

A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries from Curious Expeditions
http://curiousexpeditions.org/2007/09/a_librophiliacs_love_letter_1.html

Library History Section of IFLA
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s44/index.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://www2.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

Peru

Historia de la Biblioteca Central de la Universidad de San Marcos: 1923-1966
http://www.cybertesis.edu.pe/sisbib/2008/cajas_ra/html/index-frames.html

 

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/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/history/

Library History Database - The British Isles - To 1850
http://www.r-alston.co.uk/contents.htm

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

British Library
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/quickinfo/facts/history/

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/

Chetham's Library, Manchester
http://www.chethams.org.uk/hist.htm

Durham University Library
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/about/history/

Edinburgh University Library
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/about/history.shtml


Glasgow University Library
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/timeline/index.html

Innerpeffray Library, Scotland
http://www.innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk/history.htm 

London Library
http://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/aboutus/history.htm

John Rylands University Library of Manchester
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/information/history/

National Library of Scotland
http://www.nls.uk/helpfor/nlshistory.html

National Library of Wales
http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=6

Founders' Library, University of Wales
http://www.lamp.ac.uk/founders_library/history.htm

Bodleian Library, Oxford University Libraries
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/bodley/about/history/

Wellcome Library
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTL039313.html

Carnegie Libraries of Scotland
http://www.scotcities.com/carnegie/

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