Assignments - LIS60665 Rare Books Fall 2007

Rare Books Fall 2007 Assignments LIS60665

Progressive		Facsimile		Early Ohio Imprints

Progressive
Progressive Descriptive Analysis – Short assignment in pieces - have the exercise be progressive starting with week 2 to assist students learning how do perform descriptive analysis and bibliographic study of an author or text Describe one book based on the descriptive bibliographic information you have learned so far. Write a ½ page biographical sketch of the author using at least 3 bibliographic sources. Cite your sources using APA or Chicago Manual of Style. Cite 5 important books by this author and the first and most current publication information for each of these works. Using the NUC and WorldCat, locate the books you selected to determine which libraries own the exact editions. Compare the two catalogs to see if they show the same holding institution for the same editions and imprints. Find 3-5 bibliographies about this author’s works - write an abstract for each bibliography. Cite your sources. Find 3-5 articles about this author’s work – write an abstract for each article. Cite your sources. DO NOT USE GOOGLE FOR ALL YOUR RESEARCH. You must use and include print resources to complete this assignment.

Facsimile
A. Create a descriptive bibliographic entry for the microform / facsimile of the title. The entry should contain the following elements: A verbatim transcription of the title page Notes as to variations on the half title page Collation pattern Information about other materials in that title, such as illustrations, preliminaries, and irregularities. A ½ page description of the contents or subject of the book and its importance. f. A ½ page biographical sketch of the author using at least 3 bibliographic sources. Cite your sources using APA or Chicago Manual of Style Using the NUC and WorldCat, locate the title to determine which libraries own the exact edition. Compare the two catalogs to see if they show the same holding institution for the same editions and imprints B. Describe your experiences using the facsimile. Discuss what was difficult, easy, uncomfortable, etc. How did you use the facsimile differently than you would a book in Special Collections? Would you recommend using a facsimile to a researcher? If so, when? What did you learn and how did it help you understand the construction and printing of hand-press books?

Early Ohio Imprints
Due Nov 27 1. Create a descriptive analytical bibliographic entry for the Early Ohio Imprint. The entry should contain the following elements: A verbatim transcription of the title page Notes as to variations on the half title page Collation pattern Information about other materials in that title, such as illustrations, preliminaries, and irregularities. A ½ page description of the contents or subject of the book and its importance. f. A ½ page biographical sketch of the author using at least 3 bibliographic sources. Cite your sources using APA or Chicago Manual of Style You may use Ohio Authors and their Books 1796-1950 as a starting place for the biographical sketches – 5 copies are in the Rare Book Room for your use. 2. Using the following tools create a union list of holding institutions. Since many of these reference tools are older, this will be an ‘imaginary’ union list. 1. Provide a list of each reference tool and the entry number for the exact title you have. 2. If the exact title is not in the reference tool, indicate this. 3. Provide the proper abbreviation for each reference source (according to RBMS), and item number for your title, and the holding institutions. *(some are on reserve, others are on the shelf – please reshelve the books from the 4^th floor) Sabin, J. Bibliotheca Americana* Thompson, New Sabin Evans, C. American Bibliography Shaw, R. American Bibliography Shoemaker, R. Checklist of American Imprints Checklist of American Imprints Roorbach, O. Bibliotheca Americana Kelly, J. American Catalogue of Books American Catalogue United States catalog Cumulative Book Index American Book Publishing Record Cumulative NUC pre-1956 Thomson – Bibliography of the State of Ohio (2v) Thomson – Catalogue of books relating to the state of Ohio Ohio Historical Records Survey Checklist of Ohio Imprints 1796-1820 WorldCat 3. Compare the entries in NUC and World Cat catalogs to see if they show the same holding institution for the same editions and imprints. – Which institutions continue to hold the title you were assigned? 4. Describe your experiences using the reference sources. Which tools were the easiest to use? The hardest? Which would you recommend to a researcher and why? What did you learn and how did it help you understand the construction and printing of hand-press books? What did you learn about the compiling a union list of holdings?



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