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Digitization Workshop at Kalamazoo: final announcement

by KALAMOS BOOKS

--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dot Porter <dporter(a)uky.edu> Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 5:38 AM **Several slots are still available in the workshop. Leadership will be provided by staff from the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library and the Western Michigan University Libraries' Digitization Center. If you would like to register, please contact me asap at dporter(a)uky.edu. If the workshop does not fill it will also be possible to register on-site Friday at 1pm, before the workshop begins.** Digitization of Primary Materials for Medievalists: A Workshop Sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America's Committee on Electronic Resources Hosted by the Western Michigan University Libraries' Digitization Center Friday, May 9, 1:30-5:00 The process of digitization project planning is essential for endeavors large and small. Every project to digitize medieval primary sources, whether undertaken by major libraries or by individual scholars, must take into account issues of legality (can I post these digital images on the web?), equipment (can I use a flatbed scanner, or should I use a camera?), specifications (300 or 600 dpi? And what's dpi??) and metadata standards (what's metadata?). Our seminar, "Elements of Digitization Project Planning" will describe why a Digitization Project Plan is essential for every project, and will go over what each element of a project plan entails. We will discuss the nine elements of successful project planning, and show resources and references for developing digitization project plans. Experienced professionals, including librarians and image experts, will share their expertise and provide examples of previous successful project plans. We will also cover other important aspects of digitization technology, including the methodology and technology of digital preservation. Registration is $50 for MAA members and $65 for non-members. To register, contact Dot Porter at dporter(a)uky.edu. Space is limited to 35. -- *************************************** Dot Porter, University of Kentucky ##### Program Coordinator Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities http://www.rch.uky.edu Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments http://www.vis.uky.edu dporter(a)uky.edu 859-257-1257 x.82115 *************************************** 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

16 years

Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey

by James Simon

The Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey was a Works Progress Administration effort to translate into English and classify selected news articles appearing in the Chicago area foreign language press from 1861 to 1938. It was published in 1941 by the Chicago Public Library Omnibus Project. For Greek content, numerous titles were indexed from the early 20th century. These included: -- American Hellenic world (monthly), 1926-1928 -- Chicago Greek daily (daily), 1921-1932, 1934-1935 -- Democrat (monthly), 1927-1931 -- Greek American news (weekly), 1936 -- Greek news (weekly), 1935 -- Greek press (weekly), 1929-1934 -- Greek star (weekly), 1908-1910 -- Loxias (weekly), 1908-1918 -- Proodos (irregular), 1931-1934 -- Saloniki (weekly), 1913-1931 -- Saloniki-Greek press (weekly), 1934-1936 -- Star (weekly), 1904-1908. Many microfilm reels of the Press Survey are now available in the Internet Archives' site, courtesy of the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Open Content Alliance. As linear text files, they have somewhat limited usability, but may still be of interest to your patrons. Search: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Chicago%20foreign%20language%20p ress%20survey%20Greek James Simon Director of International Resources Center for Research Libraries 6050 S. Kenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 USA Phone) 773-955-4545 x324 Fax) 773-955-4339 Email) simon(a)crl.edu <mailto:simon@crl.edu> ******************* The Center for Research Libraries is a consortium of North American libraries and universities that promotes the preservation of resources for advanced research and teaching in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. http://www.crl.edu <http://www.crl.edu/>

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Take the Survey of Special Collections Digitization Efforts and Receive a Free Copy

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Forwarded FYI ... --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Moses <primarydat(a)aol.com> Date: Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:29 PM Primary Research Group is planning an international survey of Library &; Museum special collections digitization efforts and seeks participants among academic, public and special libraries and museums worldwide. Participants are listed in an appendix but responses are aggregated and confidential. Participants receive a free PDF copy. To take the survey, follow the link below: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=DBVvP4afH_2b2PLtkUfRqCrw_3d_3d If you would like to learn more about Primary Research Group before making a decision please visit our website at www.primaryresearch.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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Workshops on historic bindings, Patmos 2008

by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nikolas Sarris <sarris1(a)otenet.gr> Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 9:32 PM Workshops on Historic Bindings, Patmos 2008 Monastery of Saint John the Theologian Patmos ,Greece 1-5, 8-12, 15-19 and 22-26 September, 2008 Deadline for applications: 30 July, 2008 The 11th century Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint John the Theologian is situated on the island of the Apocalypse, Patmos. It preserves one of the most important monastic libraries of the Christian world, containing a wealth of Greek bound manuscripts, early documents and printed books. Following the success of the program of workshops organized by the conservation studio of the monastery in 2006 and 2007, we are pleased to announce the workshops on historic bindings for 2008. The conservation workshop of the monastery will be hosting four 5-day long seminars at its premises, during September 2008. This year, along with 2 practical workshops on historic bookbindings we have been honoured by the Ligatus Research Unit of Camberwell College of Art (University of the Arts, London) who will be joining us to give 2 theoretical courses. The practical workshops focus on the making of different styles of historic bindings. The theoretical courses have the subject: "Identification and recording of bookbinding structures for conservation and cataloguing" (Ligatus). The aim of the theoretical classes is to project the information contained in bookbindings of the 15th-19th centuries through their analytical study. The first 2 weeks will focus on Western European bookbinding (1 week of theory and 1 week of practical workshop) and the latter 2 on Greek-Byzantine bookbinding. Each of the courses is offered individually, since they are structured as such, however we feel that students may benefit more from the program by combining each of the theoretical courses with its corresponding practical one: Weeks 1 & 2 (Western European bookbinding) or Weeks 3 & 4 (Greek-Byzantine bookbinding). The practical workshops offered will be conducted at the book conservation studio of the monastery. The theoretical courses will be held at the library of the monastery. The library holds many original Byzantine and Western bindings, which will be examined by the students and used to demonstrate the structures being discussed during the courses, as well as to highlight conservation issues. The cost of the courses is 520 Euros for each week. For the practical workshops all materials will be provided, however students will be asked to bring with them some basic bookbinding tools. The courses will be given in English. Classes will be starting at 09.00. There will be a coffee break at 10.30 and a lunch break at 13.00, where students are invited to eat with the monks at the monastery's refectory. Classes continue after lunch until 17.00. After the classes there will be enough time to explore the island, to visit the cave of the Apocalypse or walk around the beautiful village of Chora. The classes are open to 12 individuals (theoretical courses) or 8 (practical workshops) from the fields of book conservation, bookbinding, librarianship or palaeography and those interested in the history and the making of the book. Since these are not beginner-level courses, the participants are expected to be familiar with bookbinding terminology and have a basic knowledge of the history of book production in the periods under discussion. Good bookbinding skills are essential for the practical workshops. A basic knowledge of databases is also desirable for those who will attend the course of the fourth week. An analytical schedule of the theoretical classes is available upon request. Description of Courses: Week 1, European Bookbinding 1500 - 1800 (Theoretical course) Tutor: Professor Nicholas Pickwoad (Ligatus) 1 - 5 September 2008 This course will follow European bookbinding from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, using the bindings themselves to illustrate the aims and intentions of the binding trade. A large part of the course will be devoted to the identification of both broad and detailed distinctions within the larger groups of plain commercial bindings and the possibilities of identifying the work of different countries, cities, even workshops without reference to finishing tools. The identification and significance of the different materials used in bookbinding will be examined, as well as the classification of bookbindings by structural type, and how these types developed through the three centuries covered by the course. The development of binding decoration will be touched on, but will not form a major part of the discussion. The course consists of ten 90-minute sessions with slides (over 800 slides will be shown). Actual examples of bindings are shown and discussed to supplement the slides in separate sessions in the library of the Monastery of St. John Theologian. Week 2, Limp and Semi-limp Vellum Bindings (Practical workshop) Tutor: Flavio Marzo 8 - 12 September 2008 Parchment has always been a very popular and versatile material, in the history of book making. It was used in the past mainly as a medium for writing but also as a sewing support or for spine lining and covering. In more recent times, it has become a material for conservation, mainly used as a covering material, due to its stability, strength and flexibility. In this 5-day course we will produce some examples of bindings where the use of parchment will be the basis of the structures. Based on true historical binding structures that originate from Italy and the broader geographic area of South-eastern Europe, we will produce 3 different long-stitch, limp and semi-limp vellum bindings, within the current concepts of conservation. Limp and semi-limp book structures have been studied and developed by important leading conservators, such as Chris Clarkson and Prof. Nicholas Pickwoad. The Florence flood experience of the 1960s gave, during this emergency situation, a rare opportunity to study, many different book structures. It was apparent that limp structures in paper and parchment were the most adaptable and resistant to the devastating effects of the flood. The flexibility of the structure, free from stiff and thick layers of glue on the spine and without the hindrance of glued leather or parchment boards, gave better protection to the text block and resulted in simpler and less invasive subsequent conservation treatments. Week 3, A practical introduction to Byzantine Binding (Practical workshop) Tutor: John Mumford 15 - 19 September 2008 This 5-day course is an introduction to Byzantine bookbinding. The model that will be made is based on a 15th c. manuscript binding currently housed at the British Library, (Royal.1.A.xv - Bible, St.Nilos commentaries). The workshop will include all the stages for the completion of the model. Through a series of practical demonstrations the student will gain an understanding of the construction of a Byzantine binding which will include sewing, board preparation, endbands, and covering with leather. They will then embellish their bindings with blind tooled decoration, drawing on the classic motifs used on historical Byzantine bindings, with finishing tools copied from original impressions. Finally, they will construct the edge pins and laced leather straps. Week 4, Byzantine Bookbinding and Bookbinding Documentation (Theoretical course) Tutors: Dr. George Boudalis & Dr. Athanasios Velios (Ligatus) 22 - 26 September 2008 This 5-day course will be divided in two interconnected sessions. The first session, run by Dr. Georgios Boudalis, will focus upon the major structural and decorative features of the Byzantine and post-Byzantine bookbindings and their evolution in time and space. The relation of these bindings with the early bindings of the Coptic and other Eastern Mediterranean cultures will also be discussed. This session will consist of eight 90-minute PowerPoint presentations supplemented by hands-on sessions in which original bookbindings from the library of the St.John Theologian Monastery will be examined. The second session will be run by Dr. Athanasios Velios and will deal with the data management and storage of bookbinding information. This session is updated this year to include recent advancements in the use of XML for recording bookbindings. Alongside a brief reference to the relational databases this session will mainly involve discussions on a) the semantic web and XML, b) commercial and open source software options for XML documents, c) job advertising for XML database developers and administrators, and d) long-term preservation of digital XML data. A large part of this session will be devoted to the actual development and use of an XML schema for recording binding details. This session will consist of two 90-minutes presentations and eight 90-minutes hands-on workshops, at the end of which the students will have the chance to record bookbindings from the library of the Monastery using the XML schema that they created. Basic knowledge of database use is desirable for this course. Applications for the courses should be made by email to Nikolas Sarris (info(a)patmosworkshop.com) with the subject "Patmos Bookbinding Workshops 2008". The applicant must state the course/s he/she is interested in attending as well as a short biography, showing relevant experience with the subjects of the courses. For more information please visit: www.patmosworkshop.com or contact: Nikolas Sarris Supervisor of Book Conservation Studio, St. John Theologian Monastery Patmos, Greece info(a)patmosworkshop.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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Digitization and the Humanities: an RLG Programs Symposium

by KALAMOS BOOKS

From: RLG Primary Sources Discussion [mailto:RLG-PRIMARY-SOURCES-L@OCLC.ORG] On Behalf Of Proffitt,Merrilee Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:34 PM To: rlg-primary-sources-l Subject: Digitization and the Humanities: an RLG Programs Symposium As primary source materials move online, in both licensed and freely available form, what will be the impact on scholarship? On teaching and learning practice? On the collecting practices of research libraries? These are questions we are hoping to explore in the third day of our annual meeting <http://www.oclc.org/programs/events/2008-06-02.htm> (June 4th). This symposium, which we're calling "Digitization and the Humanities: Impact on Libraries and Special Collections," will feature perspectives from scholars on how digital collections are impacting both their research and teaching practice. We'll also have perspectives from university librarians (Paul Courant, University of Michigan and Robin Adams, Trinity College Dublin) on the potential impact on library collecting practices. We're fortunate that our Philadelphia-area partners are terrific hosts. The symposium will be held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation <http://www.chemheritage.org/library/library.html> , and on Tuesday evening (June 3rd), the Philadelphia Museum of Art <http://www.philamuseum.org/library/> will host a reception for attendees. It should be a great event and a thought provoking conversation, and we hope you will join us. RLG Partners may register online <https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=2008RLGPA nnualMeeting> . I hope that this symposium will be of particular interest to those of you in the primary sources community. While you're at it, check out the program for our Annual Meeting! As always, please feel free to contact me with questions, or for further information. Merrilee Merrilee Proffitt, Program Officer OCLC Programs and Research Suite 550 777 Mariners Island Boulevard San Mateo, CA 94044 Voice: +1-650-287-2136 Fax: +1-650.964.1461 Merrilee blogs at... www.hangingtogether.org <http://www.hangingtogether.org/>

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News Features Archives

by KALAMOS BOOKS

[image: »]*News Features Archives* A conference focusing on the historical archives of the Secretariat General of Communication – Secretariat General of Information (SGC-SGI), entitled "News features Archives: A Moving History<http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/lt.php?id=LU0GVwFUBVUCGAUPXBoLAQ%3…>," will take place at the SGC-SGI Press Centre on Thursday, April 10. The conference is jointly organized by the National Audiovisual Archives and the SGC-SGI. * * 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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PANDEKTIS - Digital Collections of Greek History

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Digital Collections of Greek History Digital collections of Greek history and civilization of the National Hellenic Research Foundation<http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/lt.php?id=LU0GVghWB1IFGAUPXRoLAQ%3…>(NHRF) are now available on the webpage: www.ekt.gr/pandektis<http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/lt.php?id=LU0GVghWB1IEGAUPXRoLAQ%3…>. The hard copy research collections of three Institutes of NHRF (Institute of Neohellenic Research, Institute of Byzantine Research, Institute of Greek and Roman Antiquity) have been digitized and made available by the National Documentation Centre<http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/lt.php?id=LU0GVghWB1IHGAUPXRoLAQ%3…>, within the framework of the Pandektis project. Pandektis is a brand new electronic database useful to all those interested in Greek history and culture. Though Pandektis can be accessed only in Greek for the moment, it remains a database with unique content of its kind that can be thoroughly and freely searched through the Web so that it can have the widest diffusion possible for the benefit of the scholarly community but also of lay interest groups and the wider public. -- 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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A History of Greek Tourism

by KALAMOS BOOKS

This sounds that it will be a useful resource to look out for June S ========================== [image: »]A History of Greek Tourism Greece has always been a crossroads of civilizations, a communication junction, a space frequented by travellers and migrants. The sea, thus, became a bridge and the islands a refuge. Hospitality was deemed sacred, something to be treasured, an idea that prevailed and was valued for many centuries, opening roads for friends and, at times, enemies. Travellers, spies, pilgrims, the healthy and the sick, officials as well as simple men and women found inspiration, tranquillity, pleasure, learning and beauty in its lands. The historic tradition of Greece and the country's identity within the West as the cradle of European civilization, was the basis for the development of the phenomenon of tourism<http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/lt.php?id=LU0GVghWB1EDGAUPXRoLAQ%3…>roughly 170 years ago. Margarita Dritsas, Professor of Economic and Social History, Hellenic Open University<http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/lt.php?id=LU0GVghWB1ECGAUPXRoLAQ%3…>traces the history of tourist development in Greece, to discern turning points from the beginning of the century until the late 1970s http://www.tourismmuseum.gr/cat.php?showKat=10&lan=en :Greek Tourism: Continuities and Turning Points: 19th to 21st Century<http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/lt.php?id=LU0GVghWB1ENGAUPXRoLAQ%3…>; <http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/lt.php?id=LU0GVghWB1EMGAUPXRoLAQ%3…> Tourism in Greece: A way to what sort of development?<http://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/newsletter/lt.php?id=LU0GVghWB1EMGAUPXRoLAQ%3…> 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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RBS Freshest Advices: April 2008

by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Terry Belanger <belanger(a)virginia.edu> Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:10 PM This message has been sent to the Book_Arts-L, ExLibris, and SHARP-L bulletin boards. Rare Book School FRESHEST ADVICES April 2008 RBS DIRECTORY of ARL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARIANS Two years ago, the RBS staff compiled a directory of the principal librarians, curators, directors, and suchlike working in member institutions of the Association of Research Libraries – a non-profit organization of 123 large research libraries in the US and Canada: http://www.arl.org/ We have now mounted this directory on the RBS website at http://www.rarebookschool.org/directories/ The directory sets forth the names, addresses, and contact information of persons working in ARL libraries who have (or might appropriately have) the words "rare books" or "manuscripts" or "special collections" in their titles but who report to a person who reasonably does not and would not have these words in their titles. We have also provided a geographical index to the institutions listed. Some ARL libraries in the directory are represented by a single person – typically the case with smaller institutions, and those with a tight, system-wide hierarchy. Other ARL libraries are represented by several persons who are in different administrative hierarchies within their institutions (e.g. the heads of special collections in their law and medical libraries). We annually email a copy of the directory to those listed in it, in order to improve its accuracy and keep it current, and have recently completed a correction cycle, so the list should be pretty accurate. Many thanks to demon RBS webpersons Ryan Roth and Joseph Ennis) for writing the programs that mount the directory on the RBS website and keep it current. Let us know if you find it useful. NEW EDITION OF THE BOOK ARTS PRESS ADDRESS BOOK In 1989, we began to publish the Book Arts Press Address Book, an address list of RBS participants and other persons connected to the school; the 64-page Address Book contained about 1400 addresses, about a quarter of whom were Friends of RBS. We've done a new edition of the Address Book every year or two, ever since. We are very pleased to announce the publication of the 10th edition of the Book Arts Press Address Book, copies of which are being mailed to the Friends this week (see http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=357717&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=38963… for a picture of the mailing in progress). This year marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of RBS, and the new Address Book contains a number of extra bells and whistles to help mark the occasion in addition to the main directory, which now contains about 3,000 names: A short history of RBS and its parent, the Book Arts Press (BAP) A list of all RBS courses offered, 1983-2008 A list of RBS faculty members, 1983-2008 A short history of BAP/RBS public lectures, together with A list of RBS lectures nos. 1-500 A hard-copy version of the directory of ARL librarians described above At 352 pages, the new Address Book is considerably longer than any of its predecessors. Copies are available to non-Friends at $30 each (plus $5 for domestic shipping via UPS). RBS 2008 COURSES IN BALTIMORE In addition to the 26 RBS courses already announced for this year, we are pleased to add the following two, scheduled to run in Baltimore Monday-Friday, 3-7 November: M-20 Introduction to Western Codicology. Albert Derolez I-20 Book Illustration Processes to 1900. Terry Belanger See the RBS website at www.rarebookschool.org for details. Terry Belanger University Professor, Honorary Curator of Special Collections Director, Rare Book School : University of Virginia Rare Book School : PO 400103 : Charlottesville, VA 22904-4103 Email belanger(a)virginia.edu : Phone 434-924-8851 : Fax 434-924-8824 URL <http://www.rarebookschool.org> -- 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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