Libraries & Culture articles from September 1999

Libraries & Culture archives from September 1999

At the pleasure of the board: women librarians and the Los Angeles Public Library, 1880-1905.
September 22, 1999... This article explores the positive and negative aspects of the feminization of librarianship between 1880 and 1905, focusing on the early history of the Los Angeles Public Library. It examines the careers of three of the institution's premiere...

Books for a reformed republic: the apprentices' library of New York City, 1820-1865.(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 1999... The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York City opened a library for young apprentices in 1820. By the Civil War the library had become the society's most significant function. The development of the library mirrors a shift in...

Safeguarding the nation's past: Chamfort's brief career at the Bibliotheque Nationale.(Claude Arnaud Chamfort)(history of France's national library)
September 22, 1999... Although Chamfort (1740-1794) is remembered primarily as an aphorist, his talents encompassed careers as a journalist, playwright, and, briefly, as a director of the Bibliotheque Nationale after the Revolution of 1789. While initially...

Historical bibliometrics: its purpose and significance to the history of disciplines.(Dictionary of Bibliometrics)
September 22, 1999... Dictionary of Bibliometrics. By Virgil Diodato. New York: Haworth Press, 1994. 185 pp. $34.95. ISBN 1-56024-852-1. Bibliometrics: An Annotated Bibliography. By Mary K. Sellen. New York: G. K. Hall, 1993. 200 pp. $38.50. ISBN 08161-19546....

New Libraries: Reading Rooms a la Carte the pforzheimer lecture, University of Texas at Austin.
September 22, 1999... New Libraries: Reading Rooms La Carte The Pforzheimer Lecture, University of Texas at Austin--12 February 1998. Some of the issues facing libraries, especially for large libraries like the British Library are discussed. The future role of...

The cover.(economics, literature, and libraries)(Brief Article)
September 22, 1999... In 1928 James Ford Bell merged his company Washburn Crosby with four other flour milling companies to form General Mills. He then managed the company as it grew to become the large international cereal company that it is today In 1926 Mr. Bell...

The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... The Book in Japan. A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century. By Peter Kornicki. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 1998. xviii, 498 pp. $99.00. ISBN 90-04-10195-0. Peter Kornicki's superbly researched and handsomely...

Mediaevalitas: Reading the Middle Ages. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Mediaevalitas: Reading the Middle Ages. The J. A. W. Bennett Memorial Lectures, Ninth Series, Perugia, 1995. Edited by Piero Boitani and Anna Torti. Cambridge, England: D. S. Brewer, 1996. ix-x. 183 pp. $75.00. ISBN 0 85991 488 7. Though...

Books and Libraries in Early England. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Books and Libraries in Early England. By Helmut Gneuss. Hampshire, England: Variorum, 1996. ix, 284 pp. $99.95. ISBN: 0-86078-602-1. The first of two volumes of collected articles by Helmut Gneuss, professor emeritus at the Institute for...

Illuminating the Epic: The Kassel Willehalm Codex and the Landgraves of Hesse in the Early Fourteenth Century. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Illuminating the Epic: The Kassel Willehalm Codex and the Landgraves of Hesse in the Early Fourteenth Century. By Joan Holladay. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, in association with the College Art Association, 1996. xi,...

"A Miracle of Learning": Studies in Manuscripts and Irish Learning. Essays in Honour of William O'Sullivan. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... "A Miracle of Learning": Studies in Manuscripts and Irish Learning. Essays in Honour of William O'Sullivan. Edited by Toby Barnard, Diabhi 6 Croinin, and Katharine Simms. Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing Co., 1998. xiv, 303 pp. $84.95. ISBN...

The Reformation and the Book. (Books Reviews).
September 22, 1999... The Reformation and the Book. Edited by Jean-Francois Gilmont; English edition and translation by Karin Maag. Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 1998. xxi, 498 pp. $76.95. ISBN 1-85928-448-5. This English translation will confirm the...

Enlightenment Portraits. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Enlightenment Portraits. Edited by Michel Vovelle; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. 456 pp. paper, $18.95. ISBN 0-226-86570-3. Enlightenment Portraits offers a fresh approach to a period that has...

In Close Association: Research, Humanities, and the Library. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... In Close Association: Research, Humanities, and the Library, Occasional Papers No. 208. By Bernhard Fabian and John J. Boll. Champaign, Ill.: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, 1998. 70 pp. $12.00. ISSN...

The Modern University and Its Discontents: The Fate of Newman's Legacies in Britain and America. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... The Modern University and Its Discontents: The Fate of Newman's Legacies in Britain and America. By Sheldon Rothblatt. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xiv, 461 pp. $59.95. ISBN 0-521-45331-3. Sheldon Rothblatt's book...

British Literary Culture and Publishing Practices, 1880-1914. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... British Literary Culture and Publishing Practices, 1880-1914. By Peter M. McDonald. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xi, 230 pp. $59.95. ISBN 0-21-57149-9. Peter McDonald's British Literary Culture and Publishing...

Germany's Transient Pasts: Preservation and National Memory in the Twentieth Century. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Germany's Transient Pasts: Preservation and National Memory in the Twentieth Century. By Rudy Koshar. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. xiv, 422 pp. $59.95. ISBN 0-8078-2398-8. At the turn of the century, only a...

L'Action culturelle en bibliotheque. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... L'Action culturelle en bibliotheque. Edited by Viviane Cabannes and Martine Poulain. Paris: Editions du Cercle de la Librairie, 1998. 214 pp. 220 FF. ISBN 2-7654-0709-6. Once upon a time, the aim of the libraries was to become a reduced...

Le Biblioteche Europee nella Prospettiva Comparata. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Le Biblioteche Europee nella Prospettiva Comparata. By Giuseppe Vitiello. Ravenna, Italy: Longo Editore, 1996. 255 pp. [pounds sterling]. 38.000. ISBN 88-8063-081-4. Dr. Giuseppe Vitiello has solid experience in the field of librarianship...

Adventures with Britannia: Personalities, Politics and Culture in Britain and More Adventures with Britannia: Personalities, Politics and Culture in Britain. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Adventures with Britannia: Personalities, Politics and Culture in Britain. Edited by William Roger Louis. Austin, Tex.: The University of Texas Press, 1996. 342 pp. paper, $17.95. ISBN 0-292-74689-X. More Adventures with Britannia:...

The Library of William Byrd of Westover. (Books Reviews).
September 22, 1999... The Library of William Byrd of Westover. By Kevin J. Hayes. Madison, Wisconsin: Madison House, 1997. xv, 654 pp. $79.95. ISBN 0-945612-41-9. Kevin J. Hayes has produced a remarkable piece of scholarship in his painstaking reconstruction of...

A Jewel in a Park: Westmount Public Library, 1897-1918 (Dossier Quebec Series). (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... A Jewel in a Park: Westmount Public Library, 1897-1918 (Dossier Quebec Series). By Elizabeth Ida Hanson. Montreal: Vehicle Press, 1997. 153 pp. paper, $17.95. ISBN 1-55065-087-4. The Westmount Public Library, opened in 1899 as a memorial to...

Free Expression and Censorship in America: An Encyclopedia. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Free Expression and Censorship in America: An Encyclopedia. By Herbert N. Foerstel. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. ix, 260 pp. $65.00. ISBN 0-313-29231-0. Having previously authored Banned in the U.S.A., a vital work on censorship...

No Silence! A Library Life. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... No Silence! A Library Life. By William R. Eshelman. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1997. xiv, 340 pp. $59.00. ISBN 0-8108-3241-0. William Eshelman has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in librarianship and kindred fields: serials...

Historia de las bibliotecas en Mexico, vols. 1-5. (Book Reviews).(Carmen Vazquez Mantecon)
September 22, 1999... I. Histaria de las bibliotecas en Mexico. Vol. 1: Historia de las bibliotecas novohispanas. By Ignacio Osorio Romero. Mexico SEP, Direccion General de Bibliotecas, 1986. 282 pp. ISBN 968-29-0590-7. Historia de las bibliotecas en Mexico....

Enqyclopedia of Biography. (Books Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Enqyclopedia of Biography. Edited by Christine S. Nicholls. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. 1,046 pp. $80.00. ISBN 0-312-17568-X. This is not Christine Nicholls's first encyclopedic dictionary. For almost twenty years she worked as...

Qualitative Research for the Information Professional: A Practical Handbook. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Qualitative Research for the Information Professional: A Practical Handbook. By G. B. Gorman and Peter Clayton. London: Library Association Publishing, 1997. 287 pp. [pounds sterling]35.00. ISBN 1-85604-178-6. The importance of research in...

Libraries and Librarianship in Japan. (Book Reviews).
September 22, 1999... Libraries and Librarianship in Japan. By Theodore E Welch. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. xv, 215 pp. $75.00. ISBN 0-313-29668-5. Theodore E Welch, who holds a Ph.D. in library and information science from the University of Tokyo,...