Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada articles from March 2008

Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada archives from March 2008

Introduction.
March 22, 2008... The essays in this issue of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada / Cahiers de la Societe bibliographique du Canada proceed from papers delivered at the Fourth National Conference on the State of Canadian Bibliography, held at the...

Thoughts on the future of bibliographical analysis.
March 22, 2008... I have been asked to talk today about the future of analytical bibliography in the computer age. Almost every noun in that mandate poses a challenge. First of all, it would seem far easier to speak instead about the past, and contemplating the...

National book histories and the legacy of history of the book in Canada/Histoire du livre et de l'imprime au Canada.
March 22, 2008... The opportunity to explore the legacy of the project, History of the Book in Canada / Histoire du livre et de l'imprime au Canada (HBiC/HLIC), at the Fourth National Conference on the State of Canadian Bibliography honours an anniversary, since...

L'histoire du livre et de l'imprime au Canada et les percees en histoire culturelle et intellectuelle.(History of the Book in Canada edited by Yvan Lamonde and Patricia Fleming)(Critical essay)
March 22, 2008... Avant d'aborder les percees permises par le projet Histoire du livre et de rimprime au Canada / History of the Book in Canada (HLIC/ HBiC), il convient d'en rappeler quelques grands parametres. Les trois volumes en anglais et les trois...

Book-history studies come of age: the digital legacy of the history of the book in Canada/Histoire du livre et de l'imprime au Canada Project.
March 22, 2008... In 1990, in her foreword to Freda Waldon's Bibliography of Canadiana Published in Great Britain, 1519-1763, Mabel Thompson wrote: Dr. Freda Waldon worked on the compilation for over three decades, but she was unable to find a...

The place of bibliography in the academy today: reassessing Sara Jeannette Duncan.
March 22, 2008... In an essay entitled "Rewriting George Orwell," Stephen Schwartz outlines what he calls "a scandal in English letters... the wholesale misappropriation and even mutilation of George Orwell's works" (1) by editor Peter Davison. His specific...

Wielding bibliography.
March 22, 2008... Bibliography matters. Lists matter. Matter matters. Saying that here, to you, needs no courage. Telling bibliographers that bibliography matters is like telling chiropractors that chiropractic matters: a safe bet in an easy room, us against...

Bibliographical practices in a time of transition: concluding remarks.
March 22, 2008... The intersection of bibliography and digital technology in Canada today creates crucial questions both for libraries and for the future of bibliography. How is digital technology transforming bibliographical practice? How to deal with the...

Guy Lafleche et Serge Trudel. Un janseniste en Nouvelle-France.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Guy Lafleche et Serge Trudel. Un janseniste en Nouvelle-France. Laval, QC : Les editions du Singulier, 2003. 318 p.; 40,00 $ ISBN 2920580094 Curieux ouvrage! Un objet editorial heteroclite. Pas tant dans sa facture materielle que dans son...

Paul Aubin, dir. assiste de Michel Allard, Soraya Bassil, et Monique Lebrun. 300 ans de manuels scolaires au Quebec.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Paul Aubin, dir. assiste de Michel Allard, Soraya Bassil, et Monique Lebrun. 300 ans de manuels scolaires au Quebec. Montreal : Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec et Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, 2006. 180 p. ; 34,95$ ISBN...

Janet B. Friskney. New Canadian Library: The Ross-McClelland Years, 1952-1978.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Janet B. Friskney. New Canadian Library: The Ross-McClelland Years, 1952-1978. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. 284 pp.; $45.00 ISBN 978080209746 A new title from the University of Toronto Press's series, Studies in Book and...

Pascale Ryan. Penser la nation : La Ligue d'action nationale 1017-1960.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Pascale Ryan. Penser la nation : La Ligue d'action nationale 1017-1960. Collection >. Montreal: Lemeac, 2006. 324 p.; 29,95$ ISBN-10 2760905993 Apres le beau livre de Marie-Pier Luneau, Lionel Groulx, le mythe du berger (2003), les...

Robert Melancon. Qu'est-ce qu'un classique quebecois?(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Robert Melancon. Qu'est-ce qu'un classique quebecois? Collection >. Montreal : Fides / Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 2004. 58 p.; 9.955 ISBN 2762126193 La question posee par Robert Melancon dans ce livre tire d'une conference...

Konstantinos Sp. Staikos. The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Vol. 3, From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Konstantinos Sp. Staikos. The History of the Library in Western Civilization. Vol. 3, From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; MS't Goy-Houten (Utrecht), NL: HES & De Graaf, 2007. 608 pp.; US $75.00...

Mirjam Foot. Bookbinders at Work.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Mirjam Foot. Bookbinders at Work. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: The British Library, 2006 171 pp.; US $59-95 ISBN 9781584561682 In her most recent scholarly monograph, bookbinding historian Mirjam Foot makes a solid case for...

Willman Spawn and Thomas E. Kinsella. American Signed Bindings Through 1876.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Willman Spawn and Thomas E. Kinsella. American Signed Bindings Through 1876. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press / Bryn Mawr College Library, 2007. 300 pp.; US $85.00 ISBN 9781584562085 Discovering a signed binding or a bookbinder's ticket is a...

Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne). Robbery Under Arms.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne). Robbery Under Arms. Ed. Paul Eggert and Elizabeth Webby. Academy Editions of Australian Literature. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2006. 840 pp.; Au $80.00 ISBN 9780702235740 The...

Catherine Seville. The Internationalisation of Copyright Law: Books, Buccaneers and the Black Flag in the Nineteenth Century.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Catherine Seville. The Internationalisation of Copyright Law: Books, Buccaneers and the Black Flag in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 354 PP.; US $105.00 ISBN 9780521868167 This is a work of colossal...

Mary Ann Gillies. The Professional Literary Agent in Britain, 1880-1920.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... MaryAnn Gillies. The Professional Literary Agent in Britain, 1880-1920. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. 247 pp.; $65.00 ISBN 978080209147 At last, there is a new, full-length work on two of the first professional literary...

Giles Mandelbrote, ed. Out of Print & Into Profit: A History of the Rare and Secondhand Book Trade in Britain in the Twentieth Century.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Giles Mandelbrote, ed. Out of Print & Into Profit: A History of the Rare and Secondhand Book Trade in Britain in the Twentieth Century. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press; London: The British Library, 2006. 414 pp.; US $55.00 (cloth) ISBN...

Sheila Markham. A Book of Booksellers: Conversations with the Antiquarian Book Trade, 1991-2003.(Book review)
March 22, 2008... Sheila Markham. A Book of Booksellers: Conversations with the Antiquarian Book Trade, 1991-2003. 2nd ed. New Castle, DE: Sheila Markham Rare Books and Oak Knoll Press, 2007. 324 pp; US $29.95 ISBN 9781584562078 It's hard to know where to...