Relator Terms for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Cataloging

standards for ethical conduct for rare book, manuscript, and special collections libraries and librarians

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Public Services and Outreach in Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Libraries

RAREBOOK, MANUSCRIPT, A N D SPECIAL COLLECTIONS libraries remain both more difficult and more forbidding to use than any other parts of most libraries.A shift from an ethos that emphasized acquisition, catalogmg, and preservation has brought into new prominence issues generally grouped together under the rubric of “promotion.” This essay considers some of the ways in which this addition to the ...

New Trends in Cataloging Rare and Special Materials

NOTE FROM THE ISSUE EDITOR: At the time of this issue’s printing, this report is the best official documentation of the American Library Association’s effort to update and enhance the Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (DCRM) .Further progress on this important project can be found on the American Library Association’s Rare Book and Manuscripts Section Web site. To: RBMS Executive Committ...

Special Problems Of Special Collections

T LIBRARY of Duke Frederigo of Montefeltre, Count of Urbino, (14441482 A.D.) was described by his librarian and biographer Vespasiano1 as containing one perfect copy of every known work at that time, sacred or profane, in the original tongue or in translation. The duties of the librarian were clearly stated in a code issued under Guidobaldo I, son of Frederigo:2 He must be not only learned but ...

Manuscript collections: The Jeannette Dean-Throckmorton papers.