Faculty Awards

Illinois Professor Black Receives Essay Prize

Professor Alistair Black is a recipient of the 2008 Library History Essay Prize awarded annually by the Library and Information History Group, a special interest group within the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals, the leading professional organization for information professionals in the United Kingdom. His winning article is titled: "'Arsenals of Scientific and Technical Information': Public Technical Libraries in Britain During and Immediately after World War I" and was published in the Winter 2007 issue of Library Trends.

The paper was originally presented at the ALA Library History Round Table Conference, "Libraries in Times of War, Revolution & Social Change" held at the University of Illinois in October 2005.

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