Libraries & Culture articles from January 2003

Libraries & Culture archives from January 2003

"Before the public": some early libraries of Antigua.
January 1, 2003... Antigua's public library was preceded by other libraries on the island. In the 1690s Thomas Bray sent books valued at [pounds]110 to Antigua. During the 1700s literary needs were met both by the local press and through continued importation of...

"A few good books": South Dakota's country school libraries.
January 1, 2003... Books were scarce in nineteenth-century South Dakota. Limited resources and a lack of widespread interest worked to hinder the growth of libraries in the rural schools. But library advocates persisted in their cause, voicing their support,...

Alternative futures for library history.
January 1, 2003... In response to a recent article by Donald Davis and John Aho, "Whither Library History?" Jonathan Rose discusses six possible alternatives for the future of library history. Library historians can either continue to produce a traditional kind...

"The History of Libraries in the United States": a conference report.
January 1, 2003... The Library Company of Philadelphia, America's first lending library, which was founded by Benjamin Franklin, hosted a conference on "The History of Libraries in the United States" from 11 to 13 April 2002. This invitational conference,...

The Cover.
January 1, 2003... Images by Minnesota artists Seitu Jones and Kat Gilchrist-Roberts grace the 6.5-by-4-cm bookplate for the Givens Collection of African American Literature at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Jones's striking portrait of the late...

Readers and Society in Nineteenth-Century France: Workers, Women, Peasants. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Readers and Society in Nineteenth-Century France: Workers, Women, Peasants. By Martyn Lyons. New York: Palgrave, 2001. xii, 208 PP. $60.00. ISBN 0-333-92126-7. The new history of the book is no longer new. It is now an established field,...

Writing on Hands: Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe. (Books Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Writing on Hands: Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe. By Claire Richter Sherman. Carlisle, Pa.: Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, and Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. 277 pp. $35.00. ISBN 0-295-98072-9. This...

The Title-Page: Its Early Development, 1460-1510. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Title-Page: Its Early Development, 1460-1510. By Margaret M. Smith. London: British Library, and New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 160 pp. $39.95. ISBN 0-7123-4687-2, 1-58456-033-9. Even the title page had to be invented. It was...

Engaging Words: The Culture of Reading in the Later Middle Ages. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Engaging Words: The Culture of Reading in the Later Middle Ages. By Laurel Amtower. New York: Palgrave, 2000. x, 343 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0-312-23383-3. Amtower's study is "limited to what may be called the age and influences of Chaucer" (12)....

Libraries and the Book Trade: The Formation of Collections from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Libraries and the Book Trade: The Formation of Collections from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. Edited by Robin Myers, Michael Harris, and Giles Mandelbrote. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. xiii, 192 pp. $39.95. ISBN...

Bibliographie des oeuvres de Denis Diderot, 1739-1900. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Bibliographie des oeuvres de Denis Diderot, 1739-1900. Compiled by David Adams. Ferney-Voltaire, France: Centre International d'Etude du XVIIIe Siecle, 2000. Vol. 1, 463 pp.; vol. 2, 480 pp. 280 Euros. ISBN 2-84559-007-5, 2-84559-008-3. ...

Deacon Otis' Library. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Deacon Otis' Library. By Robert E. Jenkins. Norwich, Conn.: Otis Library, 2000. viii, 148 pp. $17.00. Deacon Otis was Joseph Otis, and his library was in Norwich, Connecticut. Otis was born in this southeastern Connecticut town in 1768 and...

Educational Architecture in Ohio: From One-Room Schools and Carnegie Libraries to Community Education Villages. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Educational Architecture in Ohio: From One-Room Schools and Carnegie Libraries to Community Education Villages. By Virginia E. McCormick. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2001. xii, 318 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0-87338-666-3. The noted...

Jeux et enjeux du livre d'enfance et de jeunesse. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Jeux et enjeux du livre d'enfance et de jeunesse. By Jean Perrot. Paris: Editions du Cercle de la Librairie, 1999. 414 pp. 250F. ISBN 2-7654-0752-5. It is a pleasure to introduce the work of Jean Perrot, a major French critic who has...

The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English. Edited by Victor Watson. Advisory editors, Elizabeth L. Keyser, Juliet Partridge, and Morag Styles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. xi, 814 pp. $50.00. ISBN 0-5215-5064-5. ...

Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Music Librarianship at the Turn of the Century. Edited by Richard Griscom and Amanda Maple. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. 107 pp. $26.50 (paper). ISBN 0- 8108-3866-4. This slim volume of thirteen essays uses the millennium as an...

A Checklist of American Newspaper Carriers' Addresses, 1720-1820. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... A Checklist of American Newspaper Carriers' Addresses, 1720-1820. Compiled by Gerald D. McDonald, Stuart C. Sherman, and Mary T. Russo. Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 2000. xvi, 170 pp. $35.00. ISBN 0-944026-16-8. ...

Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future. By Jason Epstein. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001. xiv, 118 pp. $21.95. ISBN 0-393-04984-1. Book Business introduces the reader to the professional experiences of Jason Epstein in the...

La Grace de l'auteur: Essai sur la rep representation d'une institution politique, l'exemple de la bibliotheque publique. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... La Grace de l'auteur: Essai sur la rep representation d'une institution politique, l'exemple de la bibliotheque publique. By Robert Damien. La Versanne: Encre Marine, 2001.235 pp. 26 Euros. ISBN 2-909422-54-2. Robert Damien, professor of...