Library Humor

I was recently informed by Norman D. Stevens , Director of the Molesworth Institute , that I would be the recipient of the 2009 Edmund Leste...

Carnegie Library Lists by State

I was recently surprised to find that a category entitled " Lists of Carnegie libraries in the United States by state " has been ...

Destruction of the Libraries of Louvain

The Library of the Catholic University of Louvain or Leuven in Belgium was destroyed in both World War I and World War II. The most notoriou...

Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame

Seven individuals were inducted into the Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame by the Wisconsin Library Heritage Center at the the Wisconsin Libra...

American Library Association Archives

As previously noted, October is American Archives Month. Archives are an essential component of doing good library history research. We libr...

Tennessee Library Histories

The Tennessee Library Association has invited libraries around the state to submit articles about the history of their library to Tennessee ...

Google Books Project Discovers Rare Librarian's Almanack

A student library assistant working on the Google Books Project at Harvard University Libraries has discovered a rare pamphlet entitled The ...

Burnt Library of Algeria

On June 7, 1962, the Organisation de l'armee secrete (better known as the OAS), a militant underground organization opposed to Algerian ...

Klas A. Linderfelt, Tragic Librarian

In July, 1886, the American Library Association held its annual conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . Klas A. Linderfelt, Librarian of the Mi...

World's Greatest Librariana Collectors Meet

Recently, the world's two greatest collectors of librariana met at the Bibliotheekmuseum (Library Museum) in Amsterdam. Hans Krol, fou...

Iceland's Archives on Stamps

The postal souvenir sheet at the top of this post includes a new (2009) stamp showing the Iceland National Centre for Cultural Heritage. The...

Newburyport (MA) Public Library

The library cover story for October on The Library History Buff website involves a letter and envelope relating to the formation of the New...

Archives and Stamp Collecting

October is American Archives Month and National Stamp Collecting Month . One of the areas of postal librariana that I have been collecting...