Historical Note
Begun as the Journal of Library History, also known as
Journal of Library History, Philosophy, and Comparative
Librarianship, at Florida State University in 1966, the journal moved to
the University of Texas at Austin, where Dr. Donald G. Davis of the School of
Information took over editorship, in 1976. Twelve years later, the journal’s name
changed to Libraries and Culture: A Journal of Library
History. After Davis’s retirement in 2005, Dr. David B. Gracy, II, a
member of the editorial board since 1985, assumed the editor position, and renamed
the journal Libraries & the Cultural Record. The
peer-reviewed, quarterly journal publishes essays and book reviews concerning the
cultural and social history of the creation, organization, and use of library,
archival, and museum collections.
Sources:
Libraries & the Cultural Record. "About the Journal." School of
Information, The University of Texas. http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~lcr/about/index.php (accessed July
23, 2010).
Gracy, David B., II. "Editorial Appointments." School of Information, The
University of Texas. http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~gracy/editorial.html (accessed July 23,
2010).
Davis, Don. "Donald G. Davis, Jr." School of Information, The University of
Texas. http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~dgdavis/ (accessed July 19, 2010).
Scope and Contents
The Libraries and Culture: A Journal of Library History
Archive, 1977-1988, contains the administrative files of the journal from the
beginning of Dr. Donald G. Davis’s editorship until the name change of the journal
from Journal of Library History to Libraries and Culture. Manuscripts, page proofs, editing
notes, pictorial works, and correspondence with contributors, editorial staff, UT
press, typesetters, and others document the process of publishing the journal. The
collection covers volumes 12 (1977) through 23 (1988), organized in chronological
order by journal issue.