You are invited to the 2025 Library History Round Table (LHRT) Research Forum! Libraries are not confined to traditional institutions; they exist in a myriad of unexpected places, serving diverse communities in innovative ways. In this year’s Forum we will discuss three unique, current research projects focused on these “libraries in unexpected places:”
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- Jeanie Austin, San Francisco Public Library, and Emily Jacobson, New York Public Library – “Meeting Information Needs in Sites of Removal: A Historical Look at Carceral Library Services and Standards”
- Jillian Kehoe, SUNY Maritime College -“A Library on Land and at Sea: Overcoming Space Challenges at Maritime College”
- Nadine I. Kozak, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – “Public Library Work in U.S. Business and Commercial Concerns in the First Half of the Twentieth Century”
The Forum is free of charge and will take place virtually on July 23, 2025 from 2:00-3:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada). Non-members of ALA and LHRT are welcome to attend.
Please register in advance for the Forum at https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/nzwF_9ZLT3y_3FWZsKy_mw. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing login information.
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Jennifer Bartlett
Oral History Librarian
University of Kentucky Libraries
jen.bartlett@uky.edu