Library and Information History Group

The Library and Information History Group (LIHG)
The Library and Information History Group was formed in 1962 and is one of oldest special interest groups. It is currently the only group in the UK specifically devoted to the history of information, in its broadest sense, and to the history of libraries.
The Group runs seminars, academic awards, research projects, special visits and conferences, and has a national network of members involved in all aspects of information and library history. The LIHG publishes a regular newsletter, and a scholarly journal, Library History, also appears under its aegis.
Recent research projects have included the three volume Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland (CUP, 2006) and the Electronic Memory Project. The Group also acts in an advisory capacity to historic library and book collections.
Membership of the Group is open to anyone with a general interest in the history of print culture, the history of the book, in library history, or in information history.
The Committee
* Chair - Dr Toni Weller
* Honorary Treasurer - Ms Kathryn McKee
* Honorary Secretary - Ms Anna Jones
* Vice Chair and Membership Secretary - Mr Robert J Duckett
* Publicity Officer - Dr Sarah Bromage
* Honorary Editor, Library History Newsletter - Ms Yvonne Lewis
* Awards Officer - Dr Dorothy Clayton
* Website Manager - Ms Hannah Thomas
* Editor, Library History - Professor Alistair Black
* Ms Antonia J Bunch
* Mr Geoffrey Forster
* Mr Peter Hoare
* Dr Keith Manley
* Mr Ed Potten
Discussion & Mailing List
The Group maintains an email discussion list as part of the JISCmail service. http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
To join lis-libhist send the command:
join lis-libhist firstname(s) lastname
(substituting appropriately) as the only text in the body of a message addressed to:
jiscmail@jiscmail.ac.uk
For any queries relating to the list, contact the owner at: lis-libhist-request@jiscmail.ac.uk. For general information relating to JISCmail, contact the JISCmail Helpline at jiscmail-helpline@jiscmail.ac.uk.

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