Libraries & Culture articles from January 2005

Libraries & Culture archives from January 2005

"To make the people of South Africa proud of their membership of the great British Empire": Home Reading Unions in South Africa, 1900-1914.
January 1, 2005... This article examines the regulation of reading by two home reading unions operating in South Africa from 1900 to 1914. It challenges the view that reading is primarily regulated to sustain and support a particular economic order. The emphasis...

Daniel Alexander Payne Murray (1852-1925), forgotten librarian, bibliographer, and historian.
January 1, 2005... Daniel Murray, well-known librarian, bibliographer, and historian, was one of the first Afro-Americans to work as a librarian at the Library of Congress in 1871. (1) Although not formally educated in the profession, he rose to the position of...

"She speaks as one having authority": Mary E. Downey's use of libraries as a means to public power.
January 1, 2005... The history of women in the West includes little about women as librarians. Librarians who came West were looking for professional and administrative opportunities away from the established centers of library authority in the East. Western...

Contextual culture of the master's degree and the decline of the M.L.S. thesis: an exploratory review essay.(Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning)(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning. By Thomas Neville Bonner. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. 432 pp. $36.00. ISBN 0-80187-124-7. Higher education has never really been free of critics, nowhere more so...

The cover.(National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)(Cover Story)
January 1, 2005... The DAR Library, the research center of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), is located in downtown Washington, D.C., three blocks from the White House. Founded in 1896, the library is one of the nation's premier...

The Bible as Book: The Hebrew Bible and the Judaean Desert Discoveries.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... The Bible as Book: The Hebrew Bible and the Judaean Desert Discoveries. Edited by Edward D. Herbert and Emanuel Tov. London: British Library, and New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, in association with the Scriptorium: Center for Biblical...

Death and Drama in Renaissance England: Shades of Memory.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Death and Drama in Renaissance England: Shades of Memory. By William E. Engel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. xii, 200 pp. $65.00. ISBN 0-19-925762-0. Emblematic images of skulls, ambulant skeletons, and other representations of...

Elizabeth I, Then and Now.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Elizabeth I, Then and Now. Compiled and edited by Georgianna Ziegler. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003. 190 pp. $40.00 (paper). ISBN 0-295-98323-X. Modestly assuming the guiding role of a docent, Georgianna Ziegler leads...

Gender, Society, and Print Culture in Late Stuart England: The Cultural World of the Athenian Mercury.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Gender, Society, and Print Culture in Late-Stuart England: The Cultural World of the Athenian Mercury. By Helen Berry. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing Co., 2003. xiii, 264 pp. $69.95. ISBN 0-7546-0496-9. Helen Berry entices readers with...

Sonnets.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Sonnets. By William Shakespeare. London: British Library (Grenville Library), 1609. Oakland, Calif.: Octavo, 2003. CD-ROM. $30.00. ISBN 1-59110-052-6. Reading any literature in digital form is a curious experience. Familiar physical...

English Travel Narratives in the Eighteenth Century: Exploring Genres.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... English Travel Narratives in the Eighteenth Century: Exploring Genres. By Jean Vivies; translated by Claire Davison. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing Co., 2002. ix, 134 pp. $64.95. ISBN 0-7546-0448-9. This book explores the boundaries...

Dictionnaire des femmes libraires en France (1470-1870).(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Dictionnaire des femmes libraires en France (1470-1870). By Romeo Arbour. Geneva, Switzerland: Librairie Droz, 2003. 750 pp. [euro]83,23. ISBN 2-600-00827-6. This is largely a book about widows not only before the French Revolution, when...

The Spoken Word: Writers. Historic Recordings of Writers Born in the 19th Century.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... The Spoken Word: Writers. Historic Recordings of Writers Born in the 19th Century. Compiled by Steve Cleary, Richard Fairman, and Toby Oakes. London: British Library, 2003. CD-ROM. [pounds sterling]9.95. ISBN 0-7123-0516-5. Despite a...

An Elegant Hand: The Golden Age of American Penmanship and Calligraphy.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... An Elegant Hand: The Golden Age of American Penmanship and Calligraphy. By William E. Henning and edited by Paul Melzer. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. xi, 307 pp. $59.95. ISBN 1-58456-067-3. An Elegant Hand traces the evolution...

Edward Ardizzone: A Bibliographic Commentary.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Edward Ardizzone: A Bibliographic Commentary. By Brian Alderson. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, and London: British Library, 2003. 309 pp. $75.00. ISBN 1-58456-103-3; 0-7123-4759-3. Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979) began his career...

Low Profile: A Life in the World of Books.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Low Profile: A Life in the World of Books. By Frank Hermann. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. ix, 398 pp. $39.95. ISBN 1-58456-065-7. For over fifty years Frank Hermann has worked in some capacity with books. First as a publisher,...

Oasis of Culture: A History of Public and Academic Libraries in Nevada.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Oasis of Culture: A History of Public and Academic Libraries in Nevada. By James W. Hulse. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2003. xi, 155 pp. $24.95. ISBN 0-87417-544-5. The author of this work has written numerous books and articles on...

Joseph Heller: A Descriptive Bibliography.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Joseph Heller: A Descriptive Bibliography. By Matthew J. Bruccoli and Park Bucker. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. vi, 240 pp. $100.00. ISBN 1-58456-080-0. At its most basic level, a good descriptive bibliography ought to...

Marketing Modernism Between the Two World Wars.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Marketing Modernism Between the Two World Wars. By Catherine Turner. Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2003. viii, 256 pp. $39.95. ISBN 1-55849-376-X. Difficult books to read, it follows, are difficult books to market...

Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. Edited by Jonathan Michie. London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001. xl, 2,095 pp. 2 volumes. $285.00. ISBN 1-57958-091-2. The purpose of this Reader's Guide is to point out the major...

The World History Highway: A Guide to Internet Resources.(Book Review)
January 1, 2005... The World History Highway: A Guide to Internet Resources. Edited by Dennis A. Trinkle and Scott A. Merriman. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2002. 501 pp. $29.95 (paper). ISBN 0-7656-0906-1. Navigating the Web is a treacherous activity (as well as...