Libraries & Culture articles from June 2002

Libraries & Culture archives from June 2002

Returning Jewish Cultural property: the handling of books looted by the Nazis in the American zone of occupation, 1945 to 1952.
June 22, 2002... At the end of World War II, American troops discovered depots filled with millions of books that had been seized by the Nazis throughout Europe. The confiscation was part of the systematic effort by the Nazis to eradicate the Jews from Europe....

Representation of books and libraries in depictions of the future.
June 22, 2002... FUTURE (n.): That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured. Ambrose Bierce The art of prophecy is very difficult, especially with respect to the future. Mark Twain The...

Double trouble or more: a response to Double Fold.(Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper)
June 22, 2002... Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper. By Nicholson Baker. New York: Random House, 2001. xii, 370 pp. $25.95. ISBN 0-375-50444-3. Double Fold created shock waves and controversy in the general public and in the library community...

The Bibliotheque nationale de France: my French experience.
June 22, 2002... The Bibliotheque nationale de France (BNF) has stirred controversies since its inception in 1989. The architectural design was criticized by many as unsuitable for a library. The author worked in the new French national library during the years...

The cover.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2002... Through a private donation from Stephen M. Silberstein, the library at the University of California, Berkeley founded the Mario Savio/Free Speech Movement (FSM) Endowment, created the Free Speech Movement Cafe in the Moffitt Library, and...

The Holocaust and the Book: Destruction and Preservation. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... The Holocaust and the Book: Destruction and Preservation. Edited by Jonathan Rose. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001. 314 pp. $39.95. ISBN 1-55849-253-4. This book of fifteen essays, with an introduction by Jonathan Rose, is...

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins. By Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Win. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000. xvii, 290 pp. $25.00 (paper). ISBN 0-8028-4650-5. This collection of seminal essays by a premier biblical...

The Mighty Engine: The Printing Press & Its Impact. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... The Mighty Engine: The Printing Press & Its Impact. Edited by Peter Isaac and Barry McKay. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. xi, 205 pp. $39.95. ISBN 1-58456-024-X. These proceedings of the Seventeenth Seminar on the British Book...

Print, Manuscript, Performance: The Changing Relations of the Media in Early Modern England. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Print, Manuscript, Performance: The Changing Relations of the Media in Early Modern England Edited by Arthur F. Marotti and Michael D. Bristol. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2000. vii, 322 PP. $65.00. ISBN 0-8142-5049-1. Does...

La bibliotheque de l'Abbaye de Saint-Hubert en Ardenne au dix-septieme siecle. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... La bibliotheque de l'Abbaye de Saint-Hubert en Ardenne au dix-septieme siecle. Edited by Luc Knapen. Leuven: Bibliotheek Van de Faculteit der Godgeleerheid, 1999. Vol. 1: xv, 485 pp.; vol. 2: xlii, 635 PP. 70 E. ISBN 90-73683-29-7. The...

A History of Cambridge University Press, Vol. 2: Scholarship and Commerce, 1698-1872. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... A History of Cambridge University Press, Vol. 2: Scholarship and Commerce, 1698-1872. By David McKitterick. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. xxiii, 511 pp. $125.00. ISBN 0-521-30802-X This is the second volume of David...

Bookplates by Beilby & Bewick: A Biographical Dictionary of Bookplates from the Workshop of Ralph Beilby, Thomas Bewick and Robert Bewick, 1760-1849. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Bookplates by Beilby & Bewick: A Biographical Dictionary of Bookplates from the Workshop of Ralph Beilby, Thomas Bewick & Robert Bewick, 1760-1849. By Nigel Tattersfield. London: British Library, and New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 1999....

The La Salle Expedition to Texas: The Journal of Henri Joutel, 1684-1687. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... The La Salle Expedition to Texas: The Journal of Henri Joutel, 1684-1687. Edited by William C. Foster. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1998. x, 350 pp. $39.95. ISBN 0-87611-165-7. Henri Joutel was La Salle's faithful lieutenant...

George Palmer Putnam: Representative American Publisher. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
June 22, 2002... George Palmer Putnam: Representative American Publisher. By Ezra Greenspan. University Park: Penn State Press, 2000. xv, 510 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0-271-02005-9. In The School of Hawthorne, Richard Brodhead describes Horace Scudder, an advisor...

The Russian Reading Revolution: Print Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... The Russian Reading Revolution: Print Culture in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Eras. By Stephen Lovell. London: Macmillan Press in association with the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, 2000. viii, 215 pp. $65.00....

Beauty and the Book: Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Beauty and the Book: Fine Editions and Cultural Distinction in America. By Megan L. Benton. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. xii, 323 pp. $30.00. ISBN 0-300-08213-4. Fine printing does not exist in a commercial vacuum, but...

Just Lucky I Guess: My Adventurous Life as a Hoosier Librarian. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Just Lucky I Guess: My Adventurous Life as a Hoosier Librarian. By David Kaser. New York: Vantage Press, 2000. xiii, 231 pp. $13.95. ISBN 0-533013243-6. Probably most of us who have met David Kaser have the keen sense that we have met one...

Recollections: A Life in Bookbinding. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Recollections: A Life in Bookbinding. By Bernard C. Middleton. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, and London: British Library, 2000. xii, 126 pp. $39.95. ISBN 1-58456-016-9 (U.S.A.) and 0-7123-4683-X (U.K.). "[We] don't publish books about...

The Culture of the Book: Essays from Two Hemispheres in Honour of Wallace Kirsop. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... The Culture of the Book: Essays from Two Hemispheres in Honour of Wallace Kirsop. Edited by members of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand. New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. xxx, 474 pp. $75.00. ISBN 0-95982717-X....

The Illustrated Story of Copyright. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... The Illustrated Story of Copyright. By Edward Samuels. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2000. ix, 291 Pp. $40.00. ISBN 0-312-26176-4. Harmonizing copyright law and copyright lore with informal humor and lively...

Libraries: Global Reach--Local Touch. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Libraries: Global Reach--Local Touch. Edited by Kathleen de la Pena McCook, Barbara J. Ford, and Kate Lippincott. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998. V, 256 pp. $42.00. ISBN 0-8389-0738-5. "Global Reach--Local Touch" was Barbara J....

Library Automation in Transitional Societies: Lessons from Eastern Europe. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Library Automation in Transitional Societies: Lessons from Eastern Europe. Edited by Andrew Lass and Richard Quandt. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. xv, 451 Pp. $55.00. ISBN 0-19-513262-9. After the fall of Communism in 1989, the...

On Account of Sex: An Annotated Bibliography on the Status of Women in Librarianship, 1993-1997. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... On Account of Sex: An Annotated Bibliography on the Status of Women in Librarianship, 1993-1997. Edited by Betsy Kruger and Catherine A. Larson. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2000. xviii, 304 PP. $65.00. ISBN 0-8108-3725-0. Continuing a...

Visible Traces: Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... Visible Traces: Rare Books and Special Collections from the National Library of China. Compiled and edited by Philip K. Hu. New York: Queens Borough Public Library, and Beijing: National Library of China, 2000. xiii, 337 pp. $65.00. ISBN 0-964-...

The Columbia Guide to Asian American History and A Resource Guide to Asian American Literature. (Book Reviews).
June 22, 2002... The Columbia Guide to Asian American History. By Gary Y. Okihiro. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. xvii, 323 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0-231-11510-5. A Resource Guide to Asian American Literature. Edited by Sau-ling Cynthia Wong and...

More American Circulating Libraries. (Communications).
June 22, 2002... In my monograph on rental libraries in America between 1762 and 1890, I appended a preliminary checklist of the 439 such institutions that had come to my attention in the course of my research for the book (A Book for a Sixpence: The...