Libraries & Culture articles from September 2001

Libraries & Culture archives from September 2001

Rifles for Watie: Rollins, Riley, and racism.
September 22, 2001... In the pre-civil rights era, the depiction of African Americans in children's literature became an area of discussion among librarians, publishers, and authors. Charlemae Hill Rollins, a prominent African American librarian, recommended changes...

St. Osmund's new legacy: the scriptorium informs electronic text.
September 22, 2001... Fifty manuscripts produced in the scriptorium of the cathedral at Old Sarum in the last quarter of the eleventh century help us reflect on the flurry of digitization today. St. Osmund, the first bishop of Salisbury and the developer of the...

The librarian and the library: why place matters.
September 22, 2001... Convocation address delivered 9 December 2000 at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin. ********** When I first received the invitation to give a convocation address focused on the...

The cover.(Walter Stanley Campbell)
September 22, 2001... The rustic western-themed bookplate from the private library of western author and University of Oklahoma English professor Walter Stanley Campbell reflects his lifelong passion for Native American culture of the central and southern plains....

Civic Space/Cyberspace: The American Public Library in the Information Age.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... Civic Space/Cyberspace: The American Public Library in the Information Age. By Redmond Kathleen Molz and Phyllis Dain. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1999. xii, 259 pp. $30.00. ISBN 0-262-13346-6. Redmond Kathleen Molz is Melvil Dewey...

Fiat Lux, Fiat Latebra: A Celebration of Historical Library Functions.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... Fiat Lux, Fiat Latebra: A Celebration of Historical Library Functions. By D. W. Krummel. Urbana-Champaign: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, 1999 (Occasional Papers No. 209). 27 pp. $8.00. ISSN...

Manuscritos localizados de Pedro Gomez Barroso y Juan de Cervantes, arzobispos de Sevilla.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... Manuscritos localizados de Pedro Gomez Barroso y Juan de Cervantes, arzobispos de Sevilla. By Maria del Carmen Alvarez Marquez. Seville, Spain: Servicio de Publicaciones, Universidad de Alcala, Excma. Diputacion Provincial de Sevilla, 1999. 302...

The Panizzi Lectures, 1998: Publishing Drama in Early Modern Europe.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... The Panizzi Lectures, 1998: Publishing Drama in Early Modern Europe. By Roger Chartier. London: British Library, 1999. x, 73 pp. [pounds sterling]16. ISBN 0-7123-4635-X. Roger Chartier's The Panizzi Lectures, 1998: Publishing Drama in...

The Encyclopedists as a Group: A Collective Biography of the Authors of the "Encyclopedie.".(Book Reviews)(Book Review)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2001... The Encyclopedists as a Group: A Collective Biography of the Authors of the "Encyclopedie." By Frank A. Kafker. Oxford, England: Voltaire Foundation, 1996 (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, no. 345). xxviii, 222 pp. [pounds...

El mundo del libro y de la lectura durante la epoca de Rivadavia: una aproximacion a traves de los avisos de "La Gaceta Mercantil" (1823-1828).(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... El mundo del libro y de la lectura durante la epoca de Rivadavia: una aproximacion a traves de los avisos de "La Gaceta Mercantil" (1823-1828). By Alejandro E. Parada. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de...

Elements of Bibliography: A Guide to Information Sources and Practical Applications.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... Elements of Bibliography: A Guide to Information Sources and Practical Applications. By Robert B. Harmon. 3rd ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1988. xiv, 295 pp. $29.50. ISBN 0-8108-3540-1. This is the long-awaited third edition of...

Magic and Madness in the Library: Protagonists among the Stacks.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... Magic and Madness in the Library: Protagonists among the Stacks. Edited by Eric Graeber. Delhi, N. Y.: Birch Brook Press. 1999. 160pp. $19.00 (paper); $60.00 (signed cloth). ISBN 0-913559-36-9 (paper); 0-913559-37-7 (cloth). Libraries have...

Bibliotheques et documents numeriques: Concepts, composantes, techniques et enjeux.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
September 22, 2001... Bibliotheques et documents numeriques: Concepts, composantes, techniques et enjeux. By Alain Jacquesson and Alexis Rivier. Paris: Editions du Cercles de la Librairie, 1999. 377 pp. Fr. 270. ISBN 2-7654-0716-9. I wish that Bibliotheques et...