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International Modern Greek Studies Conference Announced

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Education International Modern Greek Studies Conference Announced 28/3/2008 Athens- An International conference of modern Greek studies has been announced for July 2008 in Athens. The conference is part of the �Greece in the World� series announced by Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis with the aim of promoting Greek civilization and language. The series includes conferences for Neohellenists, Archeologists and Byzantinologists, and Expatriate Scientists and Physical Sciences Researchers, according to an announcement. The series, which provides a framework for Greek researchers living abroad to meet, exchange ideas and to promote Greek language and civilization, is organized by the Cultural Organisation of the City of Athens and the Organisation of the Athens Music Hall. The first Conference of the series, "First World Conference of Neohellenic Studie", will be held at the Athens Music Hall from the 2nd to the 6th of July 2008, in cooperation with the Ministries of Education, Culture and Foreign Affairs. The conference's closing ceremony will take place at the Vorres Museum. Other organizers include the National Book Centre of Greece, the Centre for Greek Language, the World Council for Hellenes Abroad, and the Foundation of Hellenic Culture. The conference will also feature the "Greek Literature in forty languages" exhibition organised by the National Book Centre of Greece. ================================================= June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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happier news about LOC European Reading Room

by Stewart, Deb

Another colleague just passed this along so apparently a solution was offered. ________________________________ From: slavlibs-bounces(a)lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:slavlibs-bounces@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Walter R Iwaskiw Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:49 PM To: Remnek, Miranda; slavlibs(a)lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [SLAVLIBS] Fwd: European Reading Room at LOC closing? More information, just received by LOC staff, regarding the status of the European Reading Room: Library of Congress Weekly Update #2008-12 * Customers: In order to mount the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibit at the Library, the European Reading Room will be relocated beginning this summer to the second floor, Southeast Pavilion of the Thomas Jefferson Building, a space adjacent to the current reading room. This light-filled and domed room is adjacent to the European Division's staff colonnade. There will be no reduction in the services provided to readers and researchers. European Division staff will remain in their current space and the same resource materials and specialists will be directly available to researchers.

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European Reading Room Closing at LOC

by Stewart, Deb

Dear friends, A colleague just forwarded this to me. I am in a state of disbelief! Has anyone heard anything further? Deb ________________________________ From: AAASS [mailto:aaass@fas.harvard.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:39 PM Subject: European Reading Room Closing at LOC Dear AAASS members, I have been informed that the Library of Congress decided last Wednesday to close the current European Reading Room space and convert it into an exhibit area. Closure of the reading room may occur as early as a month from now. Many of you are familiar with this reading room. It is an invaluable resource for scholars studying Russia and Eastern Europe, with unique reference materials and finding aids, not to mention some of the most highly qualified librarians working on the region that we study. If the reading room is closed, we fear that these librarians' positions will be eliminated or cut back along with the sharp downsizing of the reading room. In any case, those who remain will b e far less accessible to readers in the future. Apparently, the timing of this is driven predominantly by a Congressman's request for a six-month exhibit on Abraham Lincoln, and his insistence that the exhibit be displayed in the Jefferson Building rather than in the Madison Building. The one-month notice is clearly an attempt to sneak this through and avoid the kind of protest that blocked a recent attempt to close the African & Middle Eastern Reading Room for the same reason. The AAASS is actively working on this issue. We expect to make an official statement on the issue by tomorrow. Actions by individuals would be even more helpful. If this is an issue that concerns you, please write your Senator and/or Representative. Letters to James Billi ngton, the Librarian of Congress, would also be very helpful. A letter template is appended below, together with a list of the members of the Joint Committee on the Library, which is the Congressional committee that supervises the Library of Congress. If you are a constituent of one of the members of this committee, a letter to him or her would be especially important. Activism by scholars played a key role in saving the European University at St. Petersburg. We hope that similar activism will achieve a similar result for the European Reading Room. Sincerely, Dmitry Gorenburg Executive Director, AAASS ------ Letters can be sent to the following addressees: The Joint Committee on the Library 1309 LHOB Washington, DC 20515-6157 The Joint Committee on the Library Chair Senator Dianne Feinstein United States Senate 331 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Committee Members: Senate: Dianne Feinstein (CA); Christopher J. Dodd (CT); Charles E. Schumer (NY); Robert F. Bennett (UT); Ted Stevens (AK) House: Bob Brady, Vice Chair (PA); Zoe Lofgren (CA); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Vernon Ehlers (MI); Daniel Lungren (CA) The Librarian of Congress: Dr. James Billington Office of the Librarian The Library of Congress LM-608 101 Independence Ave, S E Washington, DC 20540-1000 202-707-5205 (voice) 202-707-1714 (fax) libofc(a)loc.gov ------ Letter Templates POSSIBLE LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND LINCOLN COMMISSION: I write to urge you to protect the core mission for which the Library of Congress was created -- to serve as the world's greatest research facility. The immediate issue is a decision announced quietly to Library staff on March 18, 2008 to permanently close the European Reading Room at the Library of Congress. The European Reading Room is one of the most heavily used rooms in the Library. It provides essential access to reference materials and to expert reference librarians without which the largest lib rary c ollection in the world -- acquired and maintained at a cost running into the tens of millions of dollars per year -- would be far less accessible to scholars. The immediate cause for the closure is the desire to use the room for a six-month exhibit in 2009 on the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. There has been a great deal of secrecy surrounding this decision and we are sure that you and members of the commission would be a appalled to hear that this noble celebration is being used as part of a broader agenda of permanently closing reading rooms and cutting back on services to readers who use the Library's unparalleled collections for original research. While exhibitions have an important role in educating the public, the Library's core mandate is to provide open and efficient access to its priceless materials. There is no reason for the former to come at the expense of the latter when other options exist. We urge you to intervene with the Library to sa ve the European Reading Room. We also urge you to make clear to the Library that Congress stands strongly in support of the Library's core mission and therefore opposes any attempt to sacrifice reading rooms and research services in order to expand exhibition space. LETTER TO LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LEADERS: We write to ask you to reconsider the decision announced to Library staff on March 18, 2008 to close the European Reading Room. Students in our classes and our colleagues from all over the country rely heavily upon access to the reading room's reference materials, finding aids, and consultations with multilingual specialist librarians who are intimately familiar with the unparalleled collections of the Library. The reading room is particularly crucial to helping foreign researchers navigate the complexities of the closed stack collections. Please save the existing European Reading Room! More generally, we urge you to support the Lib rary's core mission by opposing any attempt to sacrifice reading rooms and research services in order to expand exhibition space. It does not make economic sense to spend the millions required to maintain and build the world's greatest library collection without doing everything possible to make that collection as accessible to scholars as possible. Closing the European Reading Room would be a serious blow to the core mission of the Library.

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Travel guides to Greece, first published in 1930 by Eleftheroudakis, now reissued in a collector’s set.

by KALAMOS BOOKS

The avenues of Athens 80 years ago Travel guides to Greece, first published in 1930 by Eleftheroudakis, now reissued in a collector's set. http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_civ_1_27/03/2008_94775 By Nikos Vatopoulos - Kathimerini Views of Athens change rapidly, as travel guides published since 2000 demonstrate. I enjoy reading what people say about my city. Some visitors, like Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, like what he sees as the city's "confusion," while others, like American composer Jonathan Nossiter, who loved the old Zonar's cafe, see it as a "treasury of aesthetic pleasures." Let's go back to 1930: I'm looking at fresh reprints of the little travel guides that Eleftheroudakis published then. A collector's set in a handsome box, it could furnish ample material for 10 dissertations. An exotic destination Tourism had begun in the mid-19 century during the reign of King Otto. But given the lack of infrastructure, Athens remained an exotic destination until the 1960s. However, these guides are written in Greek. Travelers used to come from Alexandria and Istanbul, and other urban centers with Greek communities. An image comes to mind, the sole aerial photograph in "Neoklassiki architektoniki stin Ellada" (Neoclassical Architecture in Greece), a volume published by Emporiki Bank in 1967. Taken in 1932, the photograph reveals harmony and European style in the tiled roofs of Panepistimiou, Stadiou and Academias streets. That's the sight that greeted travelers who visited with this guide in hand. They probably would have dropped in at the Eleftheroudakis bookstore on the corner of Stadiou and Karageorgi Servias streets. Had it not been demolished in 1962, it would have appeared in new guidebooks as a remnant of glorious old urban Europe. Was it a beautiful city then? Some parts must have been, but the atmosphere in 1930 was unique. Athens not only boasted antiquities and clear air, but also the first sparks of modernism, which Henry Miller noted in "The Colossus of Maroussi." As Kevin Andrews pointed out in his perceptive work "Athens" (1967), the harder the city tries to look modern, the more primitive it looks in its essential truth. It's all relative, of course – the periodical Diaplasi ton Paidon referred on March 18, 1906, to "mediocre neighborhood houses," which we later idealized – and a guide book is simply a tool. ======================================== June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com (or) kalamosbks(a)aol.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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Position available / Assistant Curator for Special Collections / Princeton University Library

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Assistant Curator for Special Collections Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Department of Rare Books and Special Collections Requisition # 0800154 The Princeton University Library, one of the world's most respected research institutions, serves a diverse community of 6,600 students and 1,100 faculty members with more than 6 million printed volumes, 5 million manuscripts, and 2 million nonprint items. The holdings in its central library and 15 specialized libraries range from ancient papyri and incunabula to the most advanced electronic databases and digital collections. The Library employs a dedicated and knowledgeable staff of more than 300 professional and support personnel, complemented by a large student and hourly workforce. More information can be found at the Library's Web site: http://libweb.princeton.edu Available: Immediately. Three-year professional position. Description: The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections has created a three-year professional position for an Assistant Curator for Special Collections, whose work with two senior curators on a broad array of rare and unique materials at Princeton will provide training and mentoring relationships to allow the individual selected to pursue a curatorial career in special collections at a major American research library. The Assistant Curator will divide his/her time in the Manuscripts and Rare Books divisions, both located in Firestone Library. The Assistant Curator will work under the direct supervision of the Curator of Manuscripts and the Curator of Rare Books and will participate in the ongoing activities of these areas, as well as in special projects related to several of the following aspects of special collections work: reference, instruction and curriculum support, outreach, collection development, cataloging, bibliography, physical description, arrangement and description, preservation, digitization (especially metadata), and exhibitions. Approximately 20 percent of the Assistant Curator's time will be devoted to public services for the Firestone units of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Special assignments and projects under the supervision of the curators of Manuscripts and Rare Books will depend on departmental needs. There will be opportunities for working with donors, interacting with dealers, reviewing auction catalogs, and participating in the difficult decision of what to purchase given limited resources. It is assumed that the Assistant Curator will have strong subject background, research experience, and appropriate languages to work in areas of comparable strength in both the Manuscripts and Rare Books divisions, such as pre-1800 European books, including manuscripts, printed books, and annotated books; or modern literature and publishing history, especially relating to British and American authors, 18th-20th century. For more information about holdings, go to the homepage of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections: http://www.princeton.edu/~rbsc/index.shtml Qualifications: Required qualifications include a MLS from ALA-accredited school and/or a graduate degree (PhD or equivalent preferred) in English literature, comparative literature, classical or modern languages, history, art history, or another humanistic discipline supported by the holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections; evidence of research and hands-on experience working with rare books, manuscripts, or other special collections materials; good working knowledge of at least one Western European language other than English. Term and Appointment: This is a three-year term position. The successful candidate will be appointed to an appropriate professional specialist rank for the term. Compensation and Benefits: Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience and accomplishments. Minimal salary $50,000. Twenty-four (24) vacation days a year, plus eleven (11) paid holidays. Annuity program (TIAA/CREF), group life insurance, health coverage insurance, disability insurance, and other benefits are available. Nominations and Applications: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Nominations and applications (cover letter, resume and the names, titles, addresses and phone numbers of three references) will be accepted only from the Jobs at Princeton website: http://www.princeton.edu/jobs PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER. For information about applying to Princeton, please link to http://www.princeton.edu/dof/about_us/dof_job_openings/ Library HR link = http://library.princeton.edu/hr/positions/JobAsstCuratorSpecialCollectio ns.html --------------------- Stephen Ferguson Curator of Rare Books Princeton University Library One Washington Road Princeton, NJ 08544 609.258.3165 609.258.2324 fax ferguson(a)princeton.edu <mailto:ferguson@princeton.edu> www.princeton.edu/rbsc <http://www.princeton.edu/rbsc> blogs.princeton.edu/rarebooks <http://blogs.princeton.edu/rarebooks> -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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Mellon Grants CLIR $4.27 Million for Program to CatalogHidden Collections

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_______________________________ From: marl-bounces(a)lists.med.nyu.edu [mailto:marl-bounces@lists.med.nyu.edu] On Behalf Of Kathel Dunn Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 11:20 AM To: marl(a)lists.med.nyu.edu Subject: [Marl] Mellon Grants CLIR $4.27 Million for Program to CatalogHidden Collections <http://e2ma.net/go/984606429/877158/32146469/goto:http:/www.clir.org/> For immediate release Contact: Kathlin Smith March 17, 2008 ksmith(a)clir.org 202-939-4754 NEWS RELEASE Mellon Grants CLIR $4.27 Million for Program to Catalog Hidden Collections Washington, DC--The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) $4.27 million to create a national program to identify and catalog hidden special collections and archives. Through a national competition, the program will award funds to institutions holding collections of high scholarly value that are difficult or impossible to locate through finding aids. Award recipients will create descriptive information for their hidden collections that will be linked to and interoperable with all other projects funded by this grant, to form a federated environment that can be built upon over time. CLIR will issue a request for proposals by early June, and decisions will be announced in fall 2008. CLIR expects to award about $4 million in the first cycle. It is possible that the program will be extended for subsequent funding cycles over five years. "Librarians and archivists have long despaired at the huge amount of intellectually valuable information that, for lack of cataloging, is unknown or inaccessible to scholars," said CLIR Board Chairperson Paula Kaufman. "This award to CLIR underscores the importance of the hidden collections problem and supports a coordinated, national response. On behalf of the community and the CLIR Board, I want to express my deep gratitude to the Mellon Foundation for its decision to support this important initiative." "Only a national program can effectively address the problem of hidden collections," said CLIR President Charles Henry. "The records and descriptions this program creates will be accessible through the Internet and the Web, exposing collections to a global audience of scholars, students, and teachers. It will facilitate the harvesting, aggregation, and thematic correlation of the records to advance intellectual productivity. As a cyberinfrastructure effort, the program will also build sustainable communities of complementary backgrounds and perspectives within higher education over time." CLIR will form a review panel to evaluate proposals and select award recipients. Scholars will make up half of the ten-person panel; the remaining five will include one university and one college library director, one expert in special collections and one in information technology, and CLIR's president. "The composition of the committee is meant to ensure the program's priority of making collections available that are of the highest value to research and teaching," said Mr. Henry. More information about the award program is available at http://www.clir.org/activities/details/hiddencollections.html <http://e2ma.net/go/984606429/877158/32146467/goto:http:/www.clir.org/ac tivities/details/hiddencollections.html<http://e2ma.net/go/984606429/877158/32146467/goto:http:/www.clir.org/activi…> > CLIR is an independent, nonprofit, organization whose mission is to expand access to information, however recorded and preserved, as a public good. Through publications, projects, and programs, CLIR works to maintain and improve access to information for generations to come. In partnership with other institutions, CLIR helps create services that expand the concept of "library" and supports the providers and preservers of information. Information about CLIR and its work is available at www.clir.org <http://e2ma.net/go/984606429/877158/32146387/goto:http:/www.clir.org> . # # # Council on Library and Information Resources 1755 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036, USA Phone: 202.939.4750 www.clir.org <http://e2ma.net/go/984606429/877158/32146470/goto:http:/www.clir.org/> Kathel Dunn Associate Director National Network of Libraries of Medicine Middle Atlantic Region New York University Medical Center 423 East 23rd Street, Floor 15 South New York, NY 10010 Phone 212.263.4197 Fax 212.263.4258 E-mail dunn(a)library.med.nyu.edu In Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania: 1.800.338.7657 Outside region: 212.263.2030 http://nnlm.gov/mar Creating a Health Information Community Serving Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania _______________________________________________ Marl mailing list Marl(a)lists.med.nyu.edu http://lists.med.nyu.edu/mailman/listinfo/marl -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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British Library - Conference on Library Security

by KALAMOS BOOKS

.. perhaps sending Owls to Athens, but --- LIBER Library Collection Security Conference Hosted by the British Library and sponsored by Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche/Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) Tuesday 20 May 2008 09:00 – 17:00 Book Now Location: British Library Conference Centre, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB - Location details. http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/ccare/events/index.html> =========================== June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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The Book History Colloquium at Columbia: MARCH-APRIL

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Please find below the MARCH-APRIL 2008 schedule for the Book History Colloquium at Columbia: Terry Belanger, "Noli me tangere: Research Libraries and the History of the Book" Monday, March 24, 2008 – 5:30 PM 523 Butler Library University Professor and Director of Rare Book School: University of Virginia, Terry Belanger will speak on the relationship between research libraries and those who teach the history of the book and related subjects. ------------------------------ Nicholas Dames, "The Chapter; or, Fragmented Life" *NEW DATE* April 21, 2008 -- 5:30 PM 523 Butler Library Theodore Kahan Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University, Nicholas Dames will discuss the chapter as both a bibliographical device and the social & intellectual influences associated with The Chapter. PLEASE NOTE: Non-Columbia affiliates are asked to *RSVP* so as to ease access to Butler Library. (please Reply off list) ======================= June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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Fwd: Paper v. digital - costs and values

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Some interesting discussion of the costs and values of information distribution, and the changes from paper to digital publication : http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/02/28/open http://www.insidehighered.com/views/blogs/getting_to_green/journal_boxes ========================================== June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com (or) kalamosbks(a)aol.com www.kalamosbooks.com -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com

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