CoHSL-list November 2012

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by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Ryan <mtr2109(a)columbia.edu> Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:23 AM Columbia University Libraries Research Awards, 2013-14 The Columbia University Libraries (CUL) invites applications from scholars and researchers to a new program designed to facilitate access to Columbia?s special and unique collections. CUL will award ten (10) grants of $2500 each on a competitive basis to researchers who can demonstrate a compelling need to consult CUL holdings for their work. Participating Columbia libraries and collections include those located on the Morningside Heights campus: the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Butler Library, the Lehman Social Sciences Library, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, and the Libraries' Global Studies Collections. Applications will be accepted until February 15, 2013. Award notifications will be sent to applicants by April 19, 2013 for research conducted at Columbia during the period July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014. To apply, logon to our website and complete the application process: libawards.cdrs.columbia.edu Michael Ryan Director Rare Book & Manuscript Library Columbia University Libraries 535 West 114th Street New York, NY 10027 (Ph): 212-854-2232

11 years, 5 months

Updated Revision Proposal for the Malay Romanization Table

by Johnson, Bruce

Updated Revision Proposal for the Malay Romanization Table The Policy and Standards Division of the Library of Congress has received a revision proposal for the Malay (in Jawi-Arabic script) ALA-LC romanization table from LC's Jakarta Office. Based on feedback from current users, a couple of additional changes to the table have been made, and the table has been renamed "Jawi / Pegon romanization table". The table's name change acknowledges that it covers more than simply the Malay language. The revision proposal<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman_malay_proposal.pdf> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman_malay_proposal.pdf (PDF, 129 KB) highlights all additions and changes. A separate document<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman_malay_explanation.doc> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman_malay_explanation.doc (DOC, 48 KB) enumerates changes in the revision proposal. Comments on this proposed revision may be sent to Bruce Johnson in LC's Policy and Standards Division (bjoh(a)loc.gov<mailto:bjoh@loc.gov>) no later than December 14, 2012. Bruce Chr. Johnson The Library of Congress Policy & Standards Division Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA bjoh(a)loc.gov<mailto:bjoh@loc.gov> www.loc.gov<http://www.loc.gov/> 202.707.1652 (voice) 202.707.1334 (fax)

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Survival of Cavafy's Library in JMGS 30.2 (Oct 2012): 277-298

by Dia Philippides

Please see the new issue of the Journal of Modern Greek Studies (30.2 / Oct 2012) for an article by Michaela Karampini-Iatrou, "Relics of a Library: How C. P. Cavafy's Library Survived through Auction, Sales, Book Loans, and Relocations". Michaela Iatrou participated as a speaker on the panel on libraries and bibliography at the most recent MGSA Symposium in NYC. Dia Philippides

11 years, 5 months

Arabic Romanization Table Revision Approved

by Johnson, Bruce

Arabic Romanization Table Revision Approved The ALA-LC Romanization tables are developed jointly by the Library of Congress (LC) and the American Library Association (ALA). Romanization schemes enable the cataloging of foreign language materials. Romanized cataloging in turn supports circulation, acquisitions, serials check-in, shelflisting, shelving, and reference, particularly in library catalogs that are unable to display non-roman alphabet information. The ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials (CC:AAM) recently received and reviewed a proposal to revise the Arabic romanization table. The table has subsequently been approved. The revised Arabic romanization table is now available for downloading from the ALA-LC Romanization Tables webpage<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html . Please direct any questions about romanization tables to Bruce Johnson, Policy and Standards Division (bjoh(a)loc.gov<mailto:bjoh@loc.gov>). Bruce Chr. Johnson The Library of Congress Policy & Standards Division Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA bjoh(a)loc.gov<mailto:bjoh@loc.gov> www.loc.gov<http://www.loc.gov/> 202.707.1652 (voice) 202.707.1334 (fax)

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Fellowship in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies

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From: Heintzelman, Matthew <MHEINTZELMA(a)csbsju.edu> Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 5:19 PM The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library is pleased to introduce a new fellowship for research in Eastern Christian manuscript studies. Please feel free to share this announcement with anyone you feel may be interested. **** ** ** Thanks!**** ** ** Peace,**** ** ** Matt Heintzelman**** ** ** Curator, Austria/Germany Study Center; Rare Book Cataloger Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Saint John's University Collegeville, Minnesota 56321-7300 Phone: 320-363-2795; Fax: 320-363-3222 HMML website: http://www.hmml.org Rare Books Wiki: http://hmmlrarebooks.pbworks.com/ Rare Books Blog: http://booksfromthehmmlbasement.blogspot.com/ Editor, website and newsletter (Nuntia) for the Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM): http://www.hmml.org/MAM The MAM/Nuntia blog: http://www.nuntiablog.blogspot.com/ **** ** ** *New: http://vhmml.wordpress.com/ (read about the new HMML project to support manuscript studies online!!!)* **** ut in omnibus glorificetur Deus (1 Peter 4:11 / RB 57.9) **** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** ** ** ** ** ** ** Dietrich Reinhart OSB Fellowship in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies *October 2012* The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) announces the establishment of the Dietrich Reinhart OSB Fellowship in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies, to be awarded annually for three years beginning with the Academic Year 2013-2014. The fellowship has been established through the generosity of Rebecca Haile and Jean Manas of New York, New York, in memory of Br. Dietrich Reinhart OSB (1949-2008). Br. Dietrich, 11th President of Saint John's University, was a visionary leader who saw HMML as integral to the mission of Saint John's Abbey and University, and enthusiastically promoted HMML's work in the Middle East, Ethiopia, and India. Awardees must be undertaking research on some aspect of Eastern Christian studies requiring use of the digital or microfilm manuscript collections at HMML. They must have already been awarded a doctoral degree in a relevant field and have demonstrated expertise in the languages and cultures of Eastern Christianity relevant for their projects. The Fellowship may be held for a full academic year (September 1-April 30) or for one semester (September 1-December 20; January 4-April 30). The Fellowship provides accommodation in an apartment at the Collegeville Institute on the Saint John’s University campus; working space at HMML; access to library, recreational and cultural activities at Saint John’s University; round-trip transportation; and a stipend of up to $25,000 for a full academic year. Stipends will be adjusted for less than a full year in residence. Awardees will be expected to devote full attention to their research projects while in residence. They will also be expected to participate in a weekly seminar for Collegeville Institute resident scholars, to present their research in a public lecture sponsored by HMML, and to be a resource for HMML staff and other researchers during their stay. Applicants are asked to provide: 1) a cover letter with current contact information and an indication of availability for a full-year or one-semester residency; 2) a description of the project to be pursued, including an explanation of how access to HMML’s resources will be important for its success (1000-1500 words); 3) an updated curriculum vitae; 4) two letters of reference. The cover letter, project description, and CV should be sent by the applicant to hmmlfellowships(a)csbsju.edu; letters should be sent by the referees directly to the same email address or in hard copy to Julie Dietman, HMML, Box 7300, Collegeville, MN 56321. Applications for the Academic Year 2013-14 are due December 15, 2012. The decision and acceptance process will be completed by the end of February 2013. *The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library is a sponsored program of Saint John’s University, with the world’s largest collection of research material for the study of manuscripts. HMML holds microfilm and digital images of more than 135,000 complete manuscripts. In addition to Latin manuscripts, HMML’s collections are particularly rich in Ethiopic, Syriac, Arabic, and Armenian manuscripts.***** ** ** ** =================================-- 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 http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

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Rare Book School at U.Va. Creates New Mellon-Funded Fellowship to Train Humanities Scholars in the Study of the Book

by KALAMOS BOOKS

http://news.virginia.edu/content/rare-book-school-uva-creates-new-mellon-fu… OCTOBER 29, 2012 A new fellowship program of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia will train an emerging generation of humanities scholars in the study of the book. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded Rare Book School an $896,000 grant to fund The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography program, which will supply 20 three-year fellowships for junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows or doctoral students in the humanities interested in bibliographical studies. The goal is to encourage humanities scholars to look at books as artifacts that contribute more to the study of a subject than the text on their pages, said Michael Suarez, director of Rare Book School. The fellows will attend three courses at Rare Book School, with travel and research stipends, as well as other training opportunities. “Our aim isn’t to convert a musicologist, French literary historian or science historian into a bibliographer, but rather to empower them with greater interpretive capabilities by encouraging a more thorough understanding of textual artifacts,” Suarez said. Fifty years ago, bibliographical training was a required element of most top graduate programs in English literature, but that’s no longer the case, he said. The Mellon program will allow a new generation of humanities researchers to become adept at evaluating the wealth of scholarly information provided by a book’s physical form. That could mean understanding the materials and methods that went into a book’s production, or interpreting a book’s intended audience or cultural significance, Suarez said. “Every book is a coalescence of human intentions,” he said. “Bibliography is a form of literacy that allows us to read the physical book and to recover those human intentions. When we walk into an airport and we see a certain type of book on the rack there, we know what that book is, because we can read its social codes at a glance. Likewise, somebody who walked into a shop in Venice in 1500 could read the social codes in Aldus Manutius's groundbreaking editions." The fellowship application deadline isn’t until Dec. 1, but Rare Book School has already had about 600 requests for applications. Suarez said he hopes some U.Va. scholars will be among the 20 selected fellows. “It’s true that U.Va. applicants won’t get preferential treatment, but as this is one of the premiere places for graduate study in the humanities, and an institution that has an extremely distinguished group of junior faculty, I would very much hope that U.Va. would be represented,” he said. In addition to the courses at Rare Book Schools, fellows will have funding for research trips to archives, a sponsored symposia in their home departments, as well as training modeled after archeological work, in which groups of fellows will go to research collections to refine their scholarly techniques. Though the program’s focus is on the study of old books, it doesn’t encourage participants to eschew modern technology, Suarez said. In fact, a social media component will help the fellows keep in touch with each other on what the others are working on. “The digital is not the enemy,” Suarez said. “We would certainly hope that some digital humanists would be among these scholars studying the power of bibliographical investigation and analysis, and this program could serve as a type of bridge-building exercise.” Should the program be a success, Suarez said he hopes it will expand over the next two years to include a total of 60 participants, with the possibility of an international conference about the integration of bibliographical habits into humanistic research and teaching. “I think this is a great opportunity for Rare Book School to be a powerful vector for change in the humanities and a force for good in the academy,” he said. “I believe that this grant is also a very good thing for the University of Virginia, as it will be bringing some of the very best and brightest humanities scholars to Grounds repeatedly over the course of the next three years. And that creates many possibilities for lively conversation and productive interchange.” Media Contact: Rob Seal News Officer U.Va. Media Relations rseal(a)virginia.edu 434-243-3492 ------------------------------------------------------ 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 http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

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CFP - 21st Annual SHARP Conference, Philadelphia, 18-21 July 2013

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Simran Thadani <sthadani(a)english.upenn.edu> Date: Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 4:45 PM A gentle reminder about the approaching November 30th deadline for paper proposals for the SHARP 2013 Conference. Proposals can be revised up until the November 30 deadline, and proposals for pre-constituted panels are welcome. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions about the application process. Many thanks, Simran Thadani PhD Candidate, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania SHARP 2013 Administrative Assistant --- Dear Colleagues: On behalf of the members of the Philadelphia Organizing Committee for the 21st Annual SHARP Conference, I would like to announce that the Call For Papers is now open for proposals for papers, panels and pre or post conference workshops. The Conference will held in Philadelphia from July 18 to 21, 2013. The theme for the 21st annual SHARP conference is Geographies of the Book. It can be approached from at least three perspectives: 1. Recent developments that take particular texts and use them to construct multiple histories including, but not limited to, the circulation of books, the plurality of interpretations and uses of the texts, and the forms of domination and resistance within the political and social spheres made possible by the written word. 2. Case studies exploring geographies of books and geographies within books. Geographies of books can refer to the role of the author, the history of publishing (including pirated editions and false imprints), the book trade (circulation of print, within cities, countries, and across continents), and the translation/transformation of texts into other languages, other forms (adaptations, abridgements, epitomes), and other genres (histories into plays, poetry into prose). Or the subject of the geography of reading might also be contemplated. 3. Geographies within books may invoke imaginative topographies or journeys within fictional works, the place of maps and images in travelogues and novels, or the circulation of type and ornament between print shops and cities, and variations or similarities in the regional or national habits of printers and compositors. Tensions between the universal diffusion of printing and its local instantiation might here be considered. The full Call for Papers is posted on the following web page: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/SHARP2013/SHARP2013_papers.h… On the CFP page, you will find a link to the Paper submission online form (note: all proposals must be submitted electronically). The URL for the conference web site is: http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/SHARP2013/SHARP2013_index.ht… If you have questions regarding the Philadelphia SHARP conference please contact the organizing team @ sharpupenn2013(a)gmail.com. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible in Philadelphia next July. Sincerely, David McKnight, Chair SHARP 2013 Organizing Committee -- Simran Thadani Doctoral Candidate, Department of English Brizdle-Schoenberg Fellow in the History of Material Texts, 2012-13 University of Pennsylvania <sthadani(a)english.upenn.edu> -- 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 http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

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Belarusian Romanization Table Revision Approved

by Johnson, Bruce

Belarusian Romanization Table Revision Approved The ALA-LC Romanization tables are developed jointly by the Library of Congress (LC) and the American Library Association (ALA). Romanization schemes enable the cataloging of foreign language materials. Romanized cataloging in turn supports circulation, acquisitions, serials check-in, shelflisting, shelving, and reference, particularly in library catalogs that are unable to display non-roman alphabet information. The ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) recently received and reviewed a proposal to revise the Belarusian romanization table. The table has subsequently been approved. The Belarusian romanization table is now available for downloading from the ALA-LC Romanization Tables webpage<http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html . Please direct any questions about romanization tables to Bruce Johnson, Policy and Standards Division (bjoh(a)loc.gov<mailto:bjoh@loc.gov>). Bruce Chr. Johnson The Library of Congress Policy & Standards Division Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA bjoh(a)loc.gov<mailto:bjoh@loc.gov> www.loc.gov<http://www.loc.gov/> 202.707.1652 (voice) 202.707.1334 (fax)

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Proposals Sought for RBMS Preconference Seminar on Digitization for Profit

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jennifer Lowe <jlowe3(a)slu.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 11:14:35 -0500 *PROPOSALS SOUGHT * for 2013 RBMS Preconference, Minneapolis, June 23 – June 26 *Living in a Material World: Digitization for Profit* The purpose of this seminar is to examine the serious considerations involved in the monetizing of special collections through mass digitization, either in-house or in partnership with a vendor. The session aims to be evaluative as well as informative, covering not only the processes, structures, terms and conditions of these projects, but also their degree of success or failure in relation to institutional mission, access, staff workflow, preservation and conservation, and investment versus revenue. If you are interested in making a 20- to 25-minute presentation about your institution’s involvement with such a project, please send me a concise summary of its scope and structure, the parties involved, the philosophy and motivation driving it, your role in it, and “lessons learned.” I am looking for strongly evaluative perspectives. Proposals are welcome from anyone who has been an active participant (administrator, curator, conservator, etc.), and is willing to offer specific and candid insight. In addition to your name and affiliation, please include a brief bio and title for your proposed presentation. Please email your proposal to me at jlowe3(a)slu.edu by Monday, December 3rd. Thank you, Jenny Lowe -- Jennifer J. Lowe Rare Books Librarian Pius XII Memorial Library Saint Louis University 3650 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, Mo 63108 Phone: (314) 977-5070 Fax: (314) 977-3108 Email: jlowe3(a)slu.edu

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