Week 1: Aug 28

Introduction

Course outline, readings and assignments.

Rare book terminology

The anatomy of a book [video]

Tour of Rare Book Room

Readings:

·            Belanger, Terry Definition of Descriptive Bibliography http://www.bibsocamer.org/bibdef.htm

• Einstein, Elizabeth The Printing Press as Agent of Change  Volume 1 pp. 3-42. [e-reserve]
• Gaskell, Philip A New Introduction to Bibliography pp. 40-56; 78-141 [reserve]
• Clement, Richard W. “A Survey of Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Book Production”. Art into life: collected papers from the Kresge Art Museum medieval symposia / edited by Carol Garrett Fisher and Kathleen L. Scott East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 1995. available through NetLibrary and KentLINK or at http://web.ku.edu/~bookhist/medbook1.html  and http://web.ku.edu/~bookhist/medbook2.html

Week 1 Sept 7 (attendance suggested)

Public Symposium at Oberlin College Library on Friday Sept 7 from 9-5 – Your attendance is requested, although not required.  There is no charge for this symposium. See registration info at http://www.ica-artconservation.org/

Week 2: Sept 4

More on Format

Constructing your own signatures

So What are Rare Books & Special Collections

Responsibility of RB Librarian /Curator

Creating Analytic Bibliographies

Progressive Descriptive Assignment starts

Readings:

·         Chappell – Chapter 1

·         McKerrow, Ronald B. An Introduction to Bibliography, pp. 25-52 [e-reserve]

·         Bowers, Fredson “Purposes of Descriptive Bibliography with Some Remarks on Method” in Essays in Bibliography, Text, and Editing pp. 111-134. [e-reserve]

·         “What Use is Bibliography” (Stephen Weismann), in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America v89 (June 1995) 133-148 [e-reserve]

·         Krummel, D.W. “Introduction” and “Scope” in Bibliographies: Their Aims and Methods. NY: Mansell Publishing Ltd, 1984, pages 1-13 and 26-39. [e-reserve]

Week 3: Sept 11 Bibliographic Description

Bibliographic Description – different styles and varieties

How to Operate a Book (video)

Readings:

• Bowers, Fredson. “Bibliography and Modern Librarianship,” in Essays in Bibliography, Text, and Editing pp. 75-93. [e-reserve]
• Ray, Gordon N. “The Importance of Original Editions,” in Books as a Way of Life  pp. 167-184. [e-reserve]
• Tanselle, G. Thomas. “A Brief History of the English Short-Title Catalogue in North America.” in The English short-title catalogue: past, present, future. by Henry L. Snyder and Michael S. Smith. New York: AMS Press, c2003 [e-reserve]
• Smith, Michael S. “Doing Research with the ESTC: A Ph.D. Student's Perspective” in The English short-title catalogue : past, present, future edited by Henry L. Snyder and Michael S. Smith New York : AMS Press, c2003 [e-reserve]

Week 4: Sept 18

Bibliographic Description continued

Guest Lecture – Kate Medicus – Rare Book Cataloger - KSU

Cataloging policies

Bibliographic Description

QUIZ - TERMINOLOGY

Readings:

• Traister, Daniel. “Rare Book Collections: The Need for Interpretation,”  in Wilson Library Bulletin 58 no. 2 (Oct 1983): 115-119 [e-reserve]
• Mandelbrote, Giles. “A New Edition of The Distribution of Books by Catalogue: Problems and Prospects,” in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 89 (Dec 1995): 399-408 [e-reserve]
• 18th Century Short Title Catalog – Introduction
• Allen, Susan M. “Rare Books and the College Library:  Current Practices in Marrying Undergraduates to Special Collections” RBML (Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship  ) 13 no. 2 (Spring 1999): 110-119 available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesrbmlvol13n/backissuesrbml.cfm
• ACRL Statement on Professional Development (2000) http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/acrlstatement.cfm

Week 5: Sept 25

Reference Tools

Reference Tools

What are Researchers doing in Rare Book / Special Collections Rooms?

Readings:

• Basbanes, Nicholas A. Among the Gently Mad: Perspectives and Strategies for the Book Hunter in the Twenty-first Century NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2002 – read Chapter 1 [e-reserve]

Altick, Richard D. The Scholar Adventurers NY: Macmillan Paperbacks, 1950 – read Introduction [e-reserve]

• McMurtire, Douglas C. “Locating the Printed Source Materials for United States History.” The Mississippi Valley Historical Review 31 no. 3 (Dec 1944): 369-406 [available through KentLink]
• Traister, Daniel. “Public Services and Outreach in Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections.” Library Trends 52 no. 1 (Summer 2003): 87-108. [Available through KentLink]
• Traister, Daniel. “The Rare Book Librarian’s Day” Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship (RBML) 1 no 2 (fall 1986) pp. 93-106. [e-reserve]
• Enniss, Stephen “The Role of the Artifact in a Facsimile Age” RBM 1 no. 1 (Spring 2000) available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesvol1no1/backissuesvol.cfm

Week 6: Oct 2 - More Reference Tools

Reference tools continued

Public Service & Reference

Reading hand-written documents or "modern" manuscripts

Readings;

• National Archives of the UK Palaeolography Tutorial http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/default.htm

PRACTICE reading the documents, read the textual materials associated with this part of their website (as assigned)

 Dr. Robert Trogdon - Institute for Bibliographic Studies - KSU -  Guest Lecturer

Readings

• Barlow, Jr., William P. “Book Catalogues,” . in Collectible Books: Some New Paths ed by Jean Peters. NY: R.R. Bowker, 1979, 177-197 [e-reserve]
• Carter, John. “Book Auctions.” Library Trends 9 n4 (April 1961): 471-482 [e-reserve]
• Howsam, Leslie. “Disciplinary Boundaries.” In Old Books and New Histories: An Orientation to Studies in Book and Print Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006, 3-15 plus notes. [e-reserve]
• Interlibrary Loan of Rare and Unique Materials, Guidelines for the (June 2004) http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/rareguidelines.cfm  on in C&RL News (October 2004) p544-547
• “Bibliographers and the Library” (G. Thomas Tanselle) in Literature and Artifacts Charlottesville: The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1998 p24-40 [e-reserve]

Week 7: Oct 9

Collection Development

Guest Lecturer – Cara Gilgenbach – Head Special Collections – KSU

Collection Development, Rare vs. Special

Donor Relations, Development & Fundraising, deeds of gift, acquisition & appraisal

Inclusive vs. exclusive rare book / special collections

Readings:

• De Hamel, Christopher ”Tangible Artifacts” RBM 1 no. l 1 available on line at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/rbm.cfm
• “All That Glitters: Fund Raising for Special Collections in Academic Libraries” (Samuel Allen Streit), in Rare Books & Manuscript Librarianship 3 no. 1 (Spring 1988): 31-41. [e-reserve]
• “Friends of the Library and Other Benefactors” (Frances J. Brewer), in Library Trends 9 no. 4 (1961): 453-465 [e-reserve]
• Smyth Elaine B. “A Practical Approach to Writing a Collection Development Policy” RBML 14 no. 1 (Fall 1999) available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesrbmlvo/backissuesrbml.cfm

Week 8: Oct 16

Medieval Manuscripts & Early Printing

Paul Bauer - Rare Book Dealer - Guest Lecturer

Group-Promotion and Outreach

Medieval Manuscript: Art & Function (video)

Promotion and outreach

Faculty as collectors and donors

Exhibits

Readings:

• Chappell chapters 2 & 3
• “The Design and Printing of Library Exhibition Catalogues,” (Greer Allen), in Rare Books & Manuscript Librarianship v5 n2 (1990): 77-84 [e-reserve]
• Borrowing and Lending Special Collections Materials for Exhibition, Guidelines for  http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/borrowguide.cfm or in C&RL News (College & Research Libraries News) (June 2005): available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/publications.cfm
• “The Department of Manuscripts,”  The Book Collector v45 n1 (Spring 1996): 9-23 [e-reserve]
• Byrd, Robert L. "One Day…It Will Be Otherwise:” Changing the Reputation and the Reality of Special Collections” RBM 2 no. 2 (Fall 2001) available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesvol2no/backissuesvol.cfm
  
   

Week 9: Oct 23

Incunabula

Group-Preservation/Conservation and Security

Incunabula

From Punch to Type (video)

Preservation & Conservation

Readings:

• Chappell chapter 4
• Oyens, Felix de Marez “The Toil of Incunable Cataloging” Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 81 (1981): 37-57.
• Adams, Randall G “Librarians as enemies of books” Library Quarterly 7 (1937):317-331 [e-reserve]
•  “A Brief Look at Recent Developments in the Preservation and Conservation of Special Collections” (Jennifer E. Hain) Library Trends 52 no. 1 (Summer 2003): 112-17.
• Starmer, Mary Ellen, Sara McGough Hyder, and Aimée Leverette. “Rare Condition: Preservation Assessment for Rare Book Collections” RBM 6 no. 2 (Fall 2005) available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesvol6no2/rbmvol6no2.cfm
• Nichols, S.G. and Smith, A “The Evidence at Hand: Report of the task force on the Artifact in Library Collections” Pub 103 Washington, D.C.: CLIR Nov 2001 available at http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/reports.html

Week 10: Oct 30

Early printers & books

Early printers & books

Format in the Hand-Press Period (video)

Brittle Books Programs

Readings

• Chappell chapters 5&6
• Duguid, Paul. “Inheritance and loss? A Brief survey of Google Books” First Monday 12 no 8 (2007) available at http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_8/duguid/index.html  and analysis of comments on SHARP (to be distributed in class)
• Kilgour, Frederick G. “Printing 1400-1800” Chapter 8 The Evolution of the Book NY: Oxford University Press, 1998 p81-97 [e-reserve]

Week 11: Nov 6

FACSIMILE ASSIGNMENT DUE

18^th and 19^th century printing

18th and 19th century printing

Prints & printmaking

Introduction to Printmaking (video)

Moving materials from general to special collections – Why & Why Not

Deaccessioning Materials

Readings:

• Chappell Chapters 7&8
• McKitterick, David. “The Survival of Books” The Book Collector 43 n1 (Spring 1994): 9-26 [e-reserve]
• Henderson, Cathy. “Negotiating New Borders for Special Collections” RBML 14 no. 1 (1999): 9-17 available through ALA website http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesrbmlvo/backissuesrbml.cfm
• Harvey, Miles. The Island of Lost Maps: a True Story of Cartographic Crime NY: Random House, 2000 – read introduction and chapter 1. [e-reserve]
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Week 12: Nov 13

Non Print

Group-Non-book Special Collections

Non Print / Non Book formats in Special Collections

Illustrations, Maps, Photographs, etc.

Security & Theft

Readings:

• “Book Arts on the Web: an Introduction to Selected Resources” C&RL News 65 no. 4 (April 2004):198-201 and at www.acrl.org/c&rlnews
• “Current Security Practice in College and University Special Collections” (Marilyn Wurzburger), pp. in Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship 3 n1 (Spring 1988): 43-57 [e-reserve]
• Allen, Susan M. “Preventing Theft in Academic Libraries and Special Collections” Library & Archival Security 14 no. 1 (1997): 29-43. [e-reserve]
• “Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries” C&RL News 64 no. 6 (June 2003): 402-407 available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2003/june4/candrlnewsjune.cfm
• Weessies, Kathleen. “The Secret Inside Your Library’s Atlases: Reexamine your collection and how to protect in – before someone else does” by American Libraries (October 2003) p49-51
• East, Dennis and William G. Myers “Get the Thief “Out of the Business”: Diary of a Theft” RBML 13 no. 1 (Fall 1998) available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesrbmlvol13no1/backissuesrbml.cfm

Week 13 Nov 20 – Modern Printers

Group-The Profession

Modern Printers

Modern Facsimiles

Modern manuscripts & collections

Copyright

Keeping our words (video)

Readings:

• Chappell chapters 9 & 10
• Levy, David M.” Contemplating Scholarship in the Digital Age” RBM 62 no. 2 (Fall 2005) available at  www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesvol6no2/rbmvol6no2.cfm

·          Rendell, Kenneth W. “The Future of the Manuscript and Rare Book Business” RBM  2 no. 1 (Spring 2001) available at www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesvol2no1/backissuesvol.cfm

• Browar, Lisa ,Cathy Henderson, Michael North, and Tara Wenger Licensing the Use of Special Collections Materials RBM 3 no. 2 (Fall 2002) available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesvol3no2/rbmvol3no2.cfm
• Sax, Joseph L. “ Not So Public: Access to Collections” RBM 1 no. 2 (Fall 2000) available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesvol1no/backissuesvol.cfm
• Crews, Kenneth D. Copyright Essentials for Librarians and Educators. Chicago: ALA, 2000 – pages 5-8, 21-33 [e-reserve]
• Townsend, Robert B. “Saving Orphans: Copyright Office Proposes a Solution” News column Perspectives (American Historical Association) March 2006 available at http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2006/0603/0603new3.cfm  

Week 14: Nov 27

Early Ohio Imprint UNION CATALOG ASSIGNMENT DUE

Digital world & Special Collections

Ethics, Responsibilities & Censorship

Special users

Group-The Digital World and Special Collections.

Readings:

• Chappell chapter 11
• Tanselle, G. Thomas. “Text and Artifacts in the Electronic Era” 21st C issue 3:2 available at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-3.2/tanselle.html also in Common Knowledge 2.3 (1993): 172-177.
• Henschke, Ekkehard. ”Digitising the Hand-Written Bible: The Codex Sinaiticus, its History, and Modern Presentation” Libri 57 (2007): 45-51. [e-reserve]
• http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/acrlstatement.cfm

Week 15: Dec 4

Bibliophilic Societies

Group 5-Development and Donor Relations

Bibliophilic Societies

Rare Book Organizations

Continuing Education

Book Dealers & Appraisers

Readings:

·          Code of Ethics for Special Collections Librarians (October 2003) available at http://www.rbms.info/standards/code_of_ethics.shtml

• ACRL Statement on Professional Development (2000)
• Kertesz, C. “The Unwanted Gift: When Saying No Thanks Isn’t Enough” American Libraries 32 no 3 (March 2001): 34-37 [available through KentLink]
• Donor Relations for Librarians. By: Juarez, Miguel. Art Documentation: Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North America, 24 no 1 (Spring2005): 38-41 [available through KentLink]
• Holzenberg, Eric “Second-Hand and Antiquarian Books on the Internet” RBM  2 no.1 (Spring 2001) available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/rbm/backissuesvol2no1/backissuesvol.cfm

Week 16: Dec 11

FINAL

Wrap up

Final