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Editor: William Aspray, University of Texas at Austin
Information & Culture, formerly Libraries & the Cultural Record, publishes high-quality historical studies of topics that fall under information studies as it is practiced by the interdisciplinary information schools. New topics include the intellectual history of the concept of information; the historical development of information as an aspect of societies; the history of information work and information workers across society; and the history of information seeking behavior in everyday life, both within and beyond traditional information institutions such as libraries and museums.
Formerly titled Libraries & the Cultural Record, the journal adopted its new title as of issue 47:1. The new ISSN is 2164-8034.
"This is a delightful journal, beautifully illustrated. Anyone
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—Magazines for Libraries
Information & Culture is a member of the Conference of Historical Journals. It is indexed and/or abstracted in America: History and Life, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Book Review Index, Bulletin des Bibliothéques de France, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Current Contents/Arts & Humanities, Historical Abstracts, IBR (International Bibliography of Book Reviews), IBZ (International Bibliography of Periodical Literature), ISI Alerting Services, Journal of American History (Organization of American Historians), Library and Information Science Abstracts, Library Literature, MLA International Bibliography, and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Information & Culture Editorial Office website with more information on the journal
Submission Guidelines
2013, 48:1
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2011, 46:4
2011, 46:3
2011, 46:2
2011, 46:1
2010, 45:4
2010, 45:3
2010, 45:2
2010, 45:1
2009, 44:4
2009, 44:3
2009, 44:2
2009, 44:1
2008, 43:4
2008, 43:3
2008, 43:2
2008, 43:1
Archives
Volume 48, Number 1, 2013
- The Origins of a State Library: New Jersey, 1704-1824
- John T. Shaw
- A State Library Transformed: Pennsylvania, 1878-1921
- Bernadette A. Lear
- Letters to Lucy Johnston: Addressing the Need for Literature on the Kansas Prairies
- Diana Weaver
- Depoliticizing the California State Library: The Political and Professional Transformation of James Gillis, 1899-1917
- Debra Gold Hansen
- "My Duty and My Pleasure": Alice S. Tyler's Reluctant Oversight of Carnegie Library Philanthropy in Iowa
- Shana L. Stuart
- "Interested in Public Libraries": J. O. Modisette and the Contributions of a Louisiana Library Commissioner
- Florence M. Jumonville
- Struggles Within: Lura G. Currier, the Mississippi Library Commission, and Library Services to African Americans
- Karen Cook
- Carma Zimmerman Leigh and the Diffusion of Cooperation through California Libraries, 1951-1972
- Cindy Mediavilla
Volume 47, Number 4, 2012
- Seducing the Innocent: Fredric Wertham and the Falsifications That Helped Condemn Comics
- Carol L. Tilley
- Computer Science in French Universities: Early Entrants and Latecomers
- Pierre Mounier-Kuhn
- The Performance of Information Flows in the Art of Stephen Willats
- Sharon Irish
- Organizational Learning and Home-Grown Writing: The Library Staff Magazine in Britain in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- Alistair Black
Volume 47, Number 3, 2012
- Modularity: An Interdisciplinary History of an Ordering Concept
- Andrew L. Russell
- The World as Database: On the Relation of Software Development, Query Methods, and Interpretative Independence
- David Gugerli
- Structuring Information Work: Ferranti and Martins Bank, 1952–1968
- Ian Martin
- The Contribution of Ægidius Fauteux and Edmond Desrochers to Quebec Librarianship in the Twentieth Century
- Marcel Lajeunesse
- From History to Library and Information Science: A Case Study of Archival Education at Wayne State University
- Joseph M. Turrini
Volume 47, Number 2, 2012
- Shaping Information History as an Intellectual Discipline
- James W. Cortada
- Normalizing Soviet Cybernetics
- Benjamin Peters
- Supermarket Savvy: The Everyday Information-Seeking Behavior of Grocery Shoppers
- Sara L. Wimberley and Jessica L. McClean
- The Politics of Ethnic Heritage Preservation in Canada: The Case of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario
- Dominique Daniel
- Why Encyclopedias Got Bigger . . . and Smaller
- Jeff Loveland
Volume 47, Number 1, 2012
- Editor’s Note: Changes to the Journal
- William Aspray
- Rabelais and the Abbey of Saint-Victor Revisited
- Brett Bodemer
- Collaboration in Art and in Science: Approaches to Attribution, Authorship, and Acknowledgment
- Blaise Cronin
- Playpens for Mind Children: Continuities in the Practice of Programming
- Patricia Galloway
- The Origin of College Libraries in North Carolina: A Social History, 1890–1920
- Patrick Valentine
Essays & Notes
- The Lambeth Palace Library: England’s First Public Library
- Norman D. Stevens
Volume 46, Number 4, 2011
- Rising from the Ashes: The Impact of Proposition 13 on Public Libraries in California
- Cody White
- The Librarians Dream-Prince: Carl Van Vechten and Americas Modernist Cultural Archives Industry
- Kirsten MacLeod
- Books and Reading in the Connecticut Western Reserve: The Small-Settlement Social Library, 18001860
- Stuart A. Stiffler
Essays & Notes
- The Literature of American Library History, 20082009
- Edward A. Goedeken
- Cultural Record Keepers: Serendipity in Adelphi University Libraries Special Collections: The Emilie Bookplate
- Elayne Gardstein
Volume 46, Number 3, 2011
- Introduction: The Continuing Depression
- James V. Carmichael, Jr.
- “Bricks without Straw”: Economic Hardship and Innovation in the Chicago Public Library during the Great Depression
- Eric Novotny
- Not Gone with the Wind: Libraries in Oklahoma in the 1930s
- Tanya Ducker Finchum and Allen Finchum
- The Great Depression and Its Impact on an Emerging Research Library: The University of North Carolina Library, 1929–1941
- Eileen McGrath and Linda Jacobson
- Memorial Day to Memorial Library: The South Chicago Branch Library as Cultural Terrain, 1937–1947
- Joyce M. Latham
Volume 46, Number 2, 2011
- A Good Social Work: Women’s Clubs, Libraries, and the Construction of a Secular Society in Utah, 1890-1920
- Suzanne M. Stauffer
- The British Library of Information in New York: A Tool of British Foreign Policy, 1919-1942
- David A. Lincove
Essays & Notes
- The Converging Histories and Futures of Libraries, Archives, and Museums as Seen through the Case of the Curious Collector Myron Eells
- Michael J. Paulus, Jr.
The Fields of the Information Domain: A Symposium Exploring Their Historical Relationships and Research Opportunities
- The Past May Be the Prologue: History’s Place in the Future of the Information Professions
- Barbara L. Craig
- The Boundaries of Preservation and Conservation Research
- Michele V. Cloonan
- The History of Information Science and Other Traditional Information Domains: Models for Future Research
- William Aspray
Volume 46, Number 1, 2011
- The French Revolution and the Materiality of the Modern Archive
- Ralph Kingston
- The Education of Alice M. Jordan and the Origins of the Boston Public Library Training School
- Gale Eaton
- "The persuasion of books": The Significance of Libraries in Colonial British Columbia
- Heather Dean
- Children's Voices in Librarians' Words, 1890-1930
- Kate McDowell
Essays & Notes
- A Comparison of the Progressive Era and the Depression Years: Societal Influences on Predictions of the Future of the Library, 1895-1940
- Cultural Record Keepers: Legacy of a One-Man Book Maker
- Randy Silverman and Cathleen A. Baker
Volume 45, Number 4, 2010
- Spoilsmen and Daughters of the Republic: Political Interference in the Texas State Library during the Tenure of Elizabeth Howard West, 1911-1925
- Pamela R. Bleisch
- From Private Passion to Public Virtue: Thomas B. Lockwood and the Making of a Cultural Philanthropist, 1895-1935
- Thomas A. Bolze
- Records Management and the Decline of the English Archival Establishment, 1949-1956
- Hans C. Rasmussen
- The Mission of "Little Star": Juana Manrique de Lara's Contributions to Mexican Librarianship
- Phillip Jones
Essays & Notes
- Cultural Record Keepers: The Library of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria, Australia
- Sue Reynolds
Volume 45, Number 3, 2010
- Rebecca Rankin's Campaign for a Municipal Archives in New York, 1920–1952
- Barry W. Seaver
- E. W. B. Nicholson and the Bodleian Library Staff- Kalendar
- Barbara B. Moran
- The Genesis of Monastic Libraries
- Herman A. Peterson
Essays & Notes
- The Public Library in Utopia
- Kevin J. Hayes
- Our Historiographical Enterprise: Shifting Emphases and Directions
- Edward A. Goedeken
- Cultural Record Keepers: Vivian G. Harsh Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Public Library
- Emily Guss
Volume 45, Number 2, 2010
Women Pioneers in the Information Sciences, Part II
Issue Editors: Trudi Bellardo Hahn and Diane L. Barlow
- Introduction
- Trudi Bellardo Hahn and Diane L. Barlow
- Madeline M. Henderson: From Chemical Information Science Pioneer to Architect of the New Information Science
- Robert V. Williams
- Martha E. Williams: Pioneer Information Scientist and Online Industry Guru
- Linda C. Smith and Carol Tenopir
- Pauline Atherton Cochrane: Weaving Value from the Past
- Kathryn La Barre
- An Ordinary Life in the Round: Elfreda Annmary Chatman
- Crystal Fulton
Volume 45, Number 1, 2010
The Library of Congress and the Center for the Book
Historical Essays in Honor of John Y. Cole
Issue Editor: Mary Niles Maack
- John Y. Cole: Librarian, Bookman, and Scholar
- Mary Niles Maack
- The History and Historiography of the Library of Congress
Histories of the Library of Congress
- Jane Aikin
- Properly Arranged and Properly Recorded: The Library of Congress Archives
- Josephus Nelson
The Center for the Book
- The National and International Roles of the Center for the Book
- Guy Lamolinara
- The Center for the Book and the History of the Book
- Eleanor F. Shevlin and Eric N. Lindquist
The History of Books, Reading, and Publishing
- "The Choice of Books": Ainsworth Rand Spofford, the Ideology of Reading, and Literary Collections at the Library of Congress in the 1870s
- Carl Ostrowski
- The Library of Congress in 1892: Ainsworth Spofford, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, and Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Michael Winship
- "Wake Up and Read!" Book Promotion and National Library Week, 1958
- Jean Preer
International Perspectives
- The Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Global Exchange of Governmental Documents, 1834-1889
- Nancy E. Gwinn
- International Trends in Library History
- Donald G. Davis, Jr.
Contributions and Legacy of John Y. Cole
- Chronology and Bibliography of John Y. Cole
2009, 44:4
- Writers Blocked: The Debate over Public Lending Right in the United States during the 1980s
Awarded the 2009 Justin Winsor Prize
- Richard Lecomte
- Colonialism, Ethnicity, and Geopolitics in the Development of the Singapore National Library
- Brendan Luyt
Essays and Notes
- The Literature of American Library History, 2006-2007
- Edward A. Goedeken
- Inventing a Model Library "a la francaise"
- Anne-Marie Bertrand
- Cultural Record Keepers: The Belfast Library and Society for Promoting Knowledge
- Hans C. Rasmussen
2009, 44:3
- Wheat and Chaff: Carl Roden, Abe Korman, and the Definitions of Intellectual Freedom in the Chicago Public Library
- Joyce M. Latham
- "How Can We Fail?" The Texas State Library's Traveling Libraries and Bookmobiles, 1916-1966
- Jennifer Cummings
Essays & Notes
- Enhancing the Cultural Record: Recent Trends and Issues in the History of Information Science and Technology
- Robert V. Williams
- Information Organization and the Mysterious Information User
- Francis Miksa
- Cultural Record Keepers: The English Book Donation, Chicago Public Library
- Constance J. Gordon
2009, 44:2
Women Pioneers in the Information Sciences, 1900-1950
- The Eye Prophetic: Julia Pettee
- Christopher H. Walker and Ann Copeland
- Margaret Cross Norton: Defining and Redefining Archives and the Archival Profession
- Erin Lawrimore
- Women Professionals in Documentation in France during the 1930s
- Sylvie Fayet-Scribe
Michael Buckland, Translator
- María Moliner and Her Contribution to the History of Spain's Public Libraries
- María R. Osuna Alarcón
- Vivian Harsh, Adult Education, and the Library's Role as Community Center
- Laura Burt
- Highly Subjective: The Librarianship of Winifred Sewell
- Malissa Ruffner and Emily J. Glenn
2009, 44:1
Personal Papers in History: Papers from the Third International Conference on the History of Records and Archives
- The Genealogical Gaze: Family Identities and Family Archives in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries
- Eric Ketelaar
- "Kepe wysly youre wrytyngys": Margaret Paston's Fifteenth-Century Letters
- Jennifer Douglas
- Custodial History, Provenance, and the Description of Personal Records
- Geoffrey Yeo
- Sir John Soane: Rewriting a Life
- Susan Palmer
- Where Narratives Meet: Archival Description, Provenance, and Women's Diaries
- Heather Beattie
- Is it a Diary, Commonplace Book, Scrapbook, or Whatchamacallit?: Six Years' Exploration in New England's Manuscript Archives
- Ronald J. Zboray and Mary Saracino Zboray
- Communicating Community: Russian and Canadian Mennonite Correspondence, 1850-1900
- Rachel Joanne Mills
- The Dawn of the "Chaotic Account": Horatio Hale's Australia Notebook and the Development of Anthropologists' Field Notes
- Tom Belton
2008, 43:4
- "A Library of the Most Celebrated & Approved Authors": The First Purchase Collection of Union College Awarded the 2008 Justin Winsor Prize
- Jeremy B. Dibbell
- Recovery amid Destruction: Manoel da Maya and the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
- Lúcia Lima Rodrigues and Russell Craig
- A Library for Engineering Education: Frank O. Marvin and the University of Kansas, 1875-1915
- James D. Neeley
Essays & Notes
- The Literature of American Library History, 2003-2005
- Edward A. Goedeken
- Cultural Record Keepers: Littlefield Fund for Southern History, University Libraries, University of Texas at Austin
- David B. Gracy II
2008, 43:3
- Tiberius and the Libraries: Public Book Collections and Library Buildings in the Early Roman Empire
- George W. Houston
- The Public Library as Instrument of Colonialism: the Case of the Netherlands East Indies
- Elizabeth B. Fitzpatrick
- "The Feminine Touch Has Not Been Wanting": Women Librarians at Camp Zachary Taylor, 1917-1919
- Caroline Daniels
- Contradictions of Corporate Benevolence: Industrial Libraries in the Southern Textile Industry, 1920-1945
- Bart Dredge
- Culture and the New Iraq: The Iraq National Library and Archive, "Imagined Community," and the Future of the Iraqi Nation
- Julie Biando Edwards and Stephan P. Edwards
- Cultural Record Keepers: Beth Budd Bentley Collection, Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, Toronto Public Library
- Leslie McGrath
2008, 43:2
- Preparing for an Air Attack: Libraries and American Air Raid Defense during World War II
- Brett Spencer
- The Yellow Register Archives of Imperial Ming China
- Wenxian Zhang
- Western Canadiana at McGill University: The Formation of a Rare Book Collection
- Peter F. McNally
- The Ambiguous Origins of the Archival Principle of "Provenance"
- Shelley Sweeney
- Cultural Record Keepers: The Myron Eells Northwest History Collection, Whitman College
- Michael J. Paulus, Jr.
2008, 43:1
- Promoting Citizenship: How Librarians Helped Get Out the Vote in the 1952 Presidential Election
- Jean Preer (Awarded 2007 Justin Winsor Prize)
- The Making of a Collection: Mesoamerican Manuscripts at Princeton University
- Teresa T. Basler and David C. Wright
- To "Build upon the Foundation": Charles Gayarré's Vision for the Louisiana State Library
- Faye Phillips
Essays & Notes
- Wishing They Were There: Old Postcards and Library History
- Bernadette A. Lear
- Cultural Record Keepers: Bruce Rogers Book Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
- Amanda C. Grossman and Sammie L. Morris
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