Publications
'You might need it again' by John Crawford
Library History
Library and Information History Newsletter (2004- )
Library History Newsletter (1999-2003)
Library History Newsletter (1962/3-1966)
The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland
Report to the Education and Personal Membership Services Committee
Poor man's John Arlott: semi-professional memoirs by Peter Gold New
'You might need it again' by John Crawford
An article published in the Library Association Record by the Library and Information History Group's Chairman, John Crawford.
Library History
The Library and Information History Group’s journal, Library History, is one of only two periodicals exclusively devoted to the subject.
Honorary Editor, Library History: Professor Alistair Black BA MA DipLib PhD, Leeds Metropolitan University
One volume (three issues) per annum.
Library and Information History Newsletter (2004- available)
In 2003 the Library History Group changed it's name to the Library and Information History Group to more accurately reflect the changing context of library history. You can read about the change to the name of the newsletter in an editorial, and more about the change of the Group's name in articles in Library History Newsletter by Bob Duckett and Alistair Black.
Honorary Editor, Library and Information History Newsletter: Yvonne Lewis
Three issues per annum.
Library History Newsletter (1999-2003 available)
The Library History Newsletter, issued free to members, reports the work of the Group and its members, with news of developments and initiatives in the UK and around the world.
Honorary Editor, Library History Newsletter: Chris Baggs, BA MA MIInfSci DipLib PhD
Three issues per annum.
Library History Group Newsletter (1962/3-1966)
Surviving copies of these newsletters available in PDF format.
The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland
by Peter Hoare
A collaborative multi-volume work to be published by Cambridge University Press, edited under the aegis of the Library History Group of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and the Institute of Historical Research of the University of London.
Report to the Education and Personal Membership Services Committee
A report from the Library History Group to the Library Association's Education and Personal Membership Services Committee (EPMS) is available. This contains a survey of the Group's activities in 1998.
Poor man's John Arlott: semi-professional memoirs
by Peter Gold New
Peter New's 'Poor man's John Arlott' covers the time from his qualification as a librarian to his retirement in 1987. It is a sequel to the first publication of his memoirs, 'Fried Spuds at Ten'.
'Poor man's John Arlott' (Library History Group, 2002 ISBN 0-9542103-0-1) is published by the Library History Group at a price of £15. If you wish to purchase a copy, please contact: The Library History Group, c/o Alistair Black, School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, Leeds LS6 3QS, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 (0)113 283 2600.
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All the Group's priced publications are offered to members at a considerable discount.
Updated: 20 November 2006