Free registration and open to all this is a great opportuntiy for those interested in book and publishing history to attend virtually at no cost.

Bookings for the BSANZ 2020 conference ‘The History of the Book and the Future of the World’ are now open. Registration is free and you can tune in from anywhere in the world. If you’re lucky enough to live in South Australia you can attend in person – and even if you’re not, depending on the state of the borders at the time, you would be welcome to visit Adelaide for the occasion.

The registration link is:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0jrF0vXNR-KzwaJBoFrEZA

Remember when you checked a book out from the library, and you received a stamp on a due date slip? Or when you had to use an actual card catalogue to find a book? Libraries have changed a lot since then, but what happens to all the “old” stuff that’s no longer needed? Well, thankfully, the Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum has started the Museum of Obsolete Library Science (MOLISCI) to preserve some of these important items. You can check out some of the highlights of their collection here:

https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-circulation/2020/molisci

And watch for a future book review in Libraries: Culture, History, & Society!

Hi all —

ALA’s “Forward Together” reorganization plan may require small round tables like LHRT to expand their memberships, convert or merge into other organizations, or dissolve. In response, the LHRT Futures Committee is gathering information and developing recommendations for the best course of action.

With this in mind, we are asking all LHRT members, as well as those who “follow” us via LHRT’s blog and social media, to complete this survey by October 31st:

https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2aEp9DMTEOsP8yN

Depending on your responses, the survey has 10-15 questions and should take about 7 minutes to complete. Your responses will help the Futures Committee better understand member interests, identify potential partners, and realistically assess our round table’s options. Your responses will also feed into a report that will be considered at the LHRT Executive Committee’s January 2021 meeting.  

If you have concerns or questions about the survey, or you would like to provide additional feedback, please contact Bernadette Lear, Chair of LHRT and Chair of the LHRT Futures Committee (BAL19@psu.edu). Alternatively, you may contact other members of the LHRT Futures Committee: Jenny Bossaller, Jennifer Burek-Pierce, Kelly Hangauer, Alea Henle, Steven Knowlton, Carol Leibiger, Christopher Proctor, or Emily Wros.
Thank you very much for your participation!

Bernadette  🙂LHRT Chair 2020-2021

Bernadette A. Lear (she/her/hers/Ms.)

Behavioral Sciences and Education Librarian

Co-Editor of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society

Penn State Harrisburg Library

351 Olmsted Dr., Middletown, PA 17057

BAL19@psu.edu – 717-948-6360

http://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_LCHS.html

The illegitimate son of Christopher Columbus, Hernando Colon, collected somewhere between fifteen and twenty thousand books over the course of his life in the 16th century and employed a group of scholars to create an index of all the works, Libro de los Epitomes. 14 of the 16 indexes survived in Seville, however, 2 remained missing. Until now, when 1 of the books was found at the University of Copenhagen.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/book-of-lost-books-discovered-in-danish-archive?utm_source=pocket-newtab