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En af USA's rigeste maend ansatte for 118 år siden en ung kvinde til at få sat skik på hans hastigt voksende samling af sjaeldne manuskripter og kulturskatte. Belle da Costa Greene var på mange måder en usaedvanlig bibliotekar og er blevet en rollemodel for eftertiden. Nu kommer hun selv i centrum gennem en saerudstilling på det bibliotek, hun gjorde til et af de maegtigste i verden.

To extend OCLC's work on both linked data and special collection and to respond to identified community needs, OCLC recruited 16 professionals from the Research Library Partnership to form an "Archives and Special Collections Linked Data Review Group." This group, supported by OCLC staff, explored key areas of concern in transitioning to a linked data environment. Members of the group presented on a variety of projects to help showcase promising areas for linked data for special collections, as well as to explore areas of friction. This OCLC Research publication is a summary of findings from those discussions. Among the issues discussed in this publication:Descriptive data models for special collections in linked data environmentsChallenges around multilingualityEthical issues, community engagementExpressing relationships and change over timeThe long tail of authorities and identifiers in special collectionsSustainability

On view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (isaw) at New York University from September 2013 to January 2014, Measuring and Mapping Space : Geographic Knowledge in Greco-Roman Antiquity (in its online version at http://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/space/) explored the ways in which Greek and Roman societies perceived and represented both the known and the unknown worlds (Fig. 1). The show introduced the visitors to the complex world of ancient geography by displaying thirty-eight...

For access to medieval manuscript sources scholars have traditionally relied on hard-copy book-format catalogues. Recently however there has been considerable interest in creating computerized manuscript catalogues or databases of manuscripts, and several innovative if mutually incompatible systems have been developed for this purpose. In the library world, computerized calaloguing systems utilizing the MARC format have been widely used for the past two decades, and databases and networks based on this format offer a well-tested means of communicating bibliographical information. Using two manuscripts from the Huntington Library as examples, this paper explores in detail the possibilities and limitations of cataloguing medieval codices in MARC format.

Form, genre, and physical characteristics are basic elements in the description of archival material. Either alone or in combination with such other information as name of originating agency, subject, place, and date, they are a powerful retrieval tool that is only beginning to be exploited. The authors summarize the value of access by type of material, describe the vocabulary lists currently in use by archivists and other special collections communities, and outline benefits of distinguishing subject headings from form headings. They focus on catalog entries in systems using the USMARC bibliographic format, with special attention to retrieval issues in catalogs shared by archival, rare book, and visual material collections. Their conclusion calls for increased use of form headings and more cooperation to ensure effective access.

This paper is an attempt to develop some concepts and objectives to use as theoretical basis for the descriptive cataloging of pictures. Although the basic objectives to be met when describing books and pictures are similar, the means used to achieve these objectives may be different. The purpose of developing a theoretical basis for picture cataloging is to provide the reader with the means of evaluating, adapting, and applying presently existing codes and formats, or for devising new codes and formats; this paper does not attempt to construct an actual code, nor to present methodical evaluations of present practices.

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Journal Article Book Reviews Get access S. A. J. MOORAT. Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Vol. I. Manuscripts Written Before 1650 A.D. London, The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1962. vii, 679 pp. £ 10.10s. $30.00. CURT F. BüHLER CURT F. BüHLER Keeper of Printed Books The Pierpont Morgan LibraryNew York, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XVIII, Issue 2, April 1963, Pages 182–183, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XVIII.2.182 Published: 01 April 1963

The History of Reynard the Fox, Translated and Printed by William Caxton in 1481. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Donald B. Sands. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1960. [x]+224 pp. Frontispiece, 9 illus. $5.75. - Volume 13 Issue 4