Library History Round Table (LHRT)

Encouraging research and publication on library history & promoting awareness and discussion of historical issues in librarianship.
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Mission

LHRT encourages research and publication on library history and promotes awareness and discussion of historical issues in librarianship.

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The Library History Round Table of the American Library Association exists to facilitate communication among scholars and students of library...

LHRT awards honor dissertations, articles, and books that make notable contributions to the library history field

LHRT oversees the publication of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society and LHRT News and Notes.

The only group dedicated to research on the history of libraries.

Libraries: Culture, History, and Society

Libraries: Culture, History, and Society (LCHS) is peer-reviewed publication of the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association and the Penn State University Press, LCHS is available in print and online via JSTOR and Project Muse.

The only journal in the United States devoted to library history, LCHS positions library history as its own field of scholarship, while bringing together scholars from many disciplines to examine the history of libraries as institutions, collections, and services, as well as the experiences of library employees and users. There are no limits of time period or geography, and libraries of every type are included (private, public, corporate, academic, and school libraries, and special collections). In addition to Library Science, the journal welcomes contributors from History, English, Literary Studies, Education, Sociology, Gender/Women’s Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Political Science, Architecture, and other disciplines.
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through LCHS’s Editorial Manager system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/LCHS . They must also conform to the instructions for authors at https://www.editorialmanager.com/LCHS/account/LCHS%20Author%20Submission%20Guidelines.pdf. New scholars, and authors whose work is in the "idea" stage, are welcomed to contact the editors if they would like guidance prior to submission.

Staff Contact

Danielle Ponton
Program Manager for Round Tables
dponton@ala.org