Cold War Foundations: How Anti-Communist Sentiment Shaped University of Wyoming’s Coe Library

Greetings!

Please join us online for the next ALA Library History Round Table (LHRT) Reads event on August 28th at 7:00pm (Eastern Time). We will be discussing The Untold Story of Books: A Writer’s History of Book Publishing by Michael Castleman. Advanced registration is required. Here is the registration link:

https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/-XrQPcwJQMy5swzRyajwaQ

If you would like to participate but cannot access the book from a local library or afford to allocate resources towards its purchase, please email the co-organizers, Amanda Belantara and Michele Fenton. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Amanda Belantara & Michele Fenton

ALA Library History Round Table (LHRT) Reads Co-organizers

Beautifully-crafted article about the Library of Alexandia by Guillaume Deprez, art historian, on the Substack Art Journey Moments of Wonder. The article was partially written in the new Library of Alexandria!:

https://artjourneycurator.substack.com/p/daydreaming-about-the-great-library-alexandria-fate

You can also find an earlier article on the Library by Deprez in The Collector: https://www.thecollector.com/library-of-alexandria/

https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/aeneas

https://kathleenmccook.substack.com/p/aint-got-time-for-a-fast-train?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=321273&post_id=169332036&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=51xvh&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/02/26/library-links-zip-the-library-cat-part-of-mcarthur-history

>>>And for a history of library cats, please see https://lhrt.news/2022/08/18/a-brief-history-of-library-cats-mental-floss/

The Athenaeum launches online library history vignettes

Great way to commemorate library history!

Hidden Apartments in Carnegie Libraries

Naval Ship Libraries