Justin Winsor Prize (library)

The Justin Winsor Prize is awarded by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association for the year's best library history essay. The award was established in 1978 and named for the American Library Association's first president, Justin Winsor. Winsor (1831–1896) was a prominent writer, historian, and the long-time Librarian at Harvard University.

The Library History Round Table also sponsors the Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award.

The Library History Round Table official peer-reviewed journal is Libraries: Culture, History, and Society.

LHRT News and Notes is the blog of the Library History Round Table.

The Library History Round Table publishes the  "Bibliography of Library History" database.

The Library History Round Table, was established in 1947. Historical articles appeared on the 50th anniversary in the journal, Libraries & Culture and the 75th in the journal, Libraries: Culture, History, and Society.

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