Rare Books in the University Library
| Author | : Association of College and Reference Libraries (U.S.). University Libraries Section |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 1949 |
| Genre | : Academic libraries |
| ISBN | : |
Rare Books In The University Library
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Cartographies of Time
| Author | : Daniel Rosenberg |
| Publisher | : Princeton Architectural Press |
| Total Pages | : 275 |
| Release | : 2013-07-02 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1568987633 |
Our critically acclaimed smash hit Cartographies of Time is now available in paperback. In this first comprehensive history of graphic representations of time, authors Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton have crafted a lively history featuring fanciful characters and unexpected twists and turns. From medieval manuscripts to websites, Cartographies of Time features a wide variety of timelines that in their own unique ways, curving, crossing, branching, defy conventional thinking about the form. A fifty-four-foot-long timeline from 1753 is mounted on a scroll and encased in a protective box. Another timeline uses the different parts of the human body to show the genealogies of Jesus Christ and the rulers of Saxony. Ladders created by missionaries in eighteenth-century Oregon illustrate Bible stories in a vertical format to convert Native Americans. Also included is the April 1912 Marconi North Atlantic Communication chart, which tracked ships, including the Titanic, at points in time rather than by their geographic location, alongside little-known works by famous figures, including a historical chronology by the mapmaker Gerardus Mercator and a chronological board game patented by Mark Twain. Presented in a lavishly illustrated edition, Cartographies of Time is a revelation to anyone interested in the role visual forms have played in our evolving conception of history
Rare Book Librarianship
| Author | : Steven K. Galbraith |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 2012-06-21 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1591588820 |
Successfully managing rare book collections requires very specific knowledge and skills. This handbook provides that essential information in a single volume. Rare Book Librarianship for the 21st Century is the first new rare books handbook of practice in 25 years. Authored by two special collections experts with extensive field experience, this book is also the first to discuss the role of digital technologies in managing a rare book collection. After a fascinating discussion of the history and current state of rare book libraries, this handbook provides a comprehensive account of the core skills and knowledge needed to be a successful rare book librarian. Topics include best practices for handling, housing, and conserving rare materials; collection development techniques; and user education and outreach. This book will serve as a handbook for practitioners in academic settings, large public libraries, and special libraries, and as a textbook for students in MLIS courses on rare book librarianship and curatorship.
Thomas Boyd
| Author | : Brian Bruce |
| Publisher | : The University of Akron Press |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1931968330 |
Mentored by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis and published under the renowned Scribner editor Maxwell Perkins, Thomas Boyd attained only modest success as a novelist and biographer. He is known most widely for his World War I novel Through the Wheat, which critics, praising its realistic depiction of war and battle, compared to the Red Badge of Courage. How does a writer like Boyd, with his prominent literary friends, political ideals, professional aspirations, complicated personal life, and early death, fall so easily into obscurity? In this first full biography of Thomas Boyd, Brian Bruce explores the events of Boyd's life and rescues him from the realm of insignificance. The 1920s were a magical and very attractive time for critics and historians of American literature. Hollywood and the radio would soon end the careers enjoyed by many writers, like Boyd, and the nature of the book market would change forever in ways that mark the novel's descent from a privileged position of cultural importance or influence. Richly based on correspondence, this book not only illuminates a forgotten writer, but also captures the publishing world at a mercurial peak.
Scientific Rare Book Collections in Academic and Research Libraries in Twentieth Century America
| Author | : Judith A. Overmier |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 524 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : Rare book libraries |
| ISBN | : |
Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland
| Author | : Karen Attar |
| Publisher | : Facet Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 609 |
| Release | : 2016-05-31 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1783300167 |
This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.
Encyclopedia of Library History
| Author | : Wayne A. Wiegand |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 740 |
| Release | : 2015-01-28 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1135787506 |
First Published in 1994. This book focuses on the historical development of the library as an institution. Its contents assume no single theoretical foundation or philosophical perspective but instead reflect the richly diverse opinions of its many contributors. This text is intended to serve as a reference tool for undergraduate and graduate students interested in library history, for library school educators whose teaching requires knowledge of the historical development of library institutions, services, and user groups, and for practicing library professionals.
Henry James
| Author | : Henry James |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 708 |
| Release | : 2001-01-25 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780140435160 |
James's correspondents included presidents and prime ministers, painters and great ladies, actresses and bishops, and the writers Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells and Edith Wharton. This fully-annotated selection from James's eloquent correspondence allows the writer to reveal himself and the fascinating world in which he lived. The letters provide a rich and fascinating source for James' views on his own works, on the literary craft, on sex, politics and friendship. Together they constitute, in Philip Horne's own words, James' 'real and best biography'.
Homesickness
| Author | : Susan J. Matt |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2011-09-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0195371852 |
Using letters, diaries, memoirs, medical records, and psychological studies, this wide-ranging book uncovers the profound pain felt by Americans on the move from the country's founding until the present day. Susan Matt shows how colonists in Jamestown longed for and often returned to England, African Americans during the Great Migration yearned for their Southern homes, and immigrants nursed memories of Sicily and Guadalajara and, even after years in America, frequently traveled home. These iconic representatives of the undaunted, forward-looking American spirit were often homesick, hesitant, and reluctant voyagers.
China Exchange News
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : China |
| ISBN | : |
A review of education, science, and academic relations with the PRC.
