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What is Library History? What is Information History?

Date and Time

Friday, August 7, 2026, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Korean Standard Time)

Venue

Pusan National University, Faculty Club (2nd Floor)

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Libraries are currently navigating a profound transformation driven by artificial intelligence, datafication, and platform-based knowledge systems. In this context, historical inquiry is often perceived as retrospective rather than strategic. This session challenges that assumption by positioning library history and information history as analytical tools for understanding present transformations and anticipating future developments.
While library history has traditionally focused on institutions, professional practices, and public missions, information history examines broader systems of knowledge production, circulation, and control. Bringing these perspectives together can illuminate how libraries function not only as cultural institutions but also as infrastructural actors within evolving information ecosystems.
The session will explore how historical approaches can inform foresight, institutional resilience, and policy development in a rapidly shifting informational landscape.

the Session

The session aims to:

  • examine how library history can contribute to future-oriented professional strategy
  • explore the relationship between institutional histories and wider information systems
  • discuss how past technological shifts (print, telecommunications, digital networks) inform current AI-driven transformations
  • identify methodological approaches for studying hybrid physical―digital knowledge infrastructure
  • foster dialogue between historians, information scholars, and practitioners

The session will address questions such as:

  • How should we redefine library history in an age of algorithmic knowledge infrastructures?
  • What is the relationship between library history and the broader field of information history?
  • Can historical analysis support strategic foresight and institutional decision-making?
  • What lessons from past information revolutions can inform libraries’ responses to AI and automation?
  • How can libraries document and preserve their born-digital institutional memory?
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