The Donald G. Davis Article Award is presented by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association every even-numbered year to recognize the best article written in English in the field of United States and Canadian library history. The award honors Donald G. Davis, longtime professor at the School of Information at the... Continue Reading →

The Society of American Archivists has just made freely available a digital, searchable PDF of Ernest Posner's classic Archives in the Ancient World, originally published in 1972. Reprinted in 2003 with a new introduction by James M. O'Toole, the book has greatly influenced the field of archival history, serving as a formative text in the... Continue Reading →

"Archivists often fail to benefit from our own archives' histories and stories. ...History helps us to understand where specific technologies came from so we can better understand how to use and evolve them; to understand the evolution of our archival principles and practice; and to know ourselves." Nancy Y. McGovern, SAA Presidential Address, Portland, Oregon,... Continue Reading →