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Fwd: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] announcement of MANUSCRIPTLINK:creating virtual codices from dismembered manuscript fragments

by KALAMOS BOOKS

You might want to know about this new initiative to help record MSS fragments and to restore the connections between parts that have been separated June S ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: GWARA, SCOTT <GWARAS(a)mailbox.sc.edu> Date: Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 10:55 AM Dear Ex-Libris members, Dr. Eric J. Johnson and I are pleased to announce the launch of *manuscriptlink*, the first internet tool designed to create virtual codices from dismembered manuscript fragments. Imagine the power of restoring an estimated 1500 “lost” manuscripts from tens of thousands of leaves in collections worldwide. This is the goal we’ve set out to achieve. *Ours is a grass-roots effort.* We seek any and all institutional partners to join us on this *long-term* project. There are *no costs*, except digitization, but the benefits are incalculable. Our current list of Founding Partners is appended below. Jointly, these institutions are contributing images of more than 2000 manuscript fragments from hundreds of medieval books. We are grateful for their leadership. The University of South Carolina’s Center for Digital Humanities expects our website to be active in Spring 2014. Our invitation, mission statement, project design specs, and Board of Directors can be found below. In case this information appears garbled, it can also be found (with images) at this link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71591396/manuscriptlink%20public%20anno… PLEASE join this initiative and help all of us recover a lost medieval library … Eric and I can be reached at: gwaras(a)mailbox.sc.edu johnson.4156(a)osu.edu Best wishes, Scott & Eric Dr. Scott Gwara, Professor of English, University of South Carolina, Co-Director of *manuscriptlink* Dr. Eric J. Johnson, Assistant Professor and Associate Curator, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University, Co-Director of *manuscriptlink* manuscriptlink. restoring a medieval library Dr. Scott J. Gwara, University of South Carolina Dr. Eric J. Johnson, The Ohio State University *Project Office:* Dept. of English, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA □+□+□+□+□ 21 November 2013 Dear Librarians, Teachers, and Scholars, The University of South Carolina and The Ohio State University are pleased to announce the launch of manuscriptlink, a powerful collaborative research tool for librarians, teachers, and scholars worldwide. This innovative project will reunite digital surrogates of dismembered medieval manuscript leaves into virtual codices, thereby restoring hundreds—if not thousands—of manuscripts lost through the dispersal of individual manuscript pages. With its innovative technology, suite of image-navigation tools, archive of images, and comprehensive metadata, manuscriptlink will reveal a “virtual” medieval library, unlocking a treasury of information. Manuscript aggregation will engage a host of Humanities disciplines, including art history, literature, book design and production, religious culture, translation, and even more. *Imagine the immense cultural value of restoring a lost medieval library amounting to thousands of volumes.* Imagine, too, the impact of a large-scale collaboration in which even the smallest repositories will see their holdings gain new value as part of an international consortium. We invite your participation in this endeavor to expand and enliven the landscape of Medieval Studies, and to enhance the reach of your library collections. By contributing images of manuscript leaves and fragments—aristocratic or ordinary, ornate or modest—you will aid meaningfully in the formation of a vast and consequential archive of medieval culture. Readers will be able to consult your fragments and related constituents as virtual codices, literally turning through the pages to examine your visible contribution to manuscript history. Our project will enable you to recapture and redefine your fragments’ textual significance, and to enrich the resources for researching and teaching the medieval world. Please become a part of this manuscript community at no cost. We ask simply for image contributions, and we may be able to photograph your pages for you. Our project leaders will interpret your images, aggregate them into virtual books, and make them available for the international community. We and our team of experts will share all our expertise, discoveries, and metadata with every contributor. To inquire further into the manuscriptlink project or to express interest in participating in this initiative, please contact the project co-directors Dr. Scott Gwara (University of South Carolina) or Dr. Eric Johnson (The Ohio State University). Our contact information appears below. We hope to hear from you soon … Sincerely, Scott & Eric Dr. Scott Gwara, University of South Carolina: gwaras(a)mailbox.sc.edu; 803-920-3582 Dr. Eric J. Johnson, The Ohio State University: johnson.4156(a)osu.edu; 614-688-8795 manuscriptlink Co-directors □+□+□+□+□ manuscriptlink Co-Directors Dr. Scott J. Gwara, Professor of English, University of South Carolina Dr. Eric J. Johnson, Assistant Professor and Associate Curator, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University Libraries □+□+□+□+□ manuscriptlink Board of Directors Dr. Susan Boynton Professor of Historical Musicology, Columbia University Dr. Frank Coulson Professor of Classics and Director of Palaeography, Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies, The Ohio State University Dr. Christopher de Hamel Donnelly Fellow Librarian, The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College Cambridge Dr. Tony Edwards Professor of Medieval English Manuscripts, University of Kent (UK) Dr. Scott J. Gwara Professor of English, University of South Carolina Dr. John Haines Professor of History & Culture and Canada Research Chair, University of Toronto (CAN) Dr. Valerie Hotchkiss Head of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Professor of Medieval Studies and Religious Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Eric J. Johnson Assistant Professor and Associate Curator, Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, The Ohio State University Libraries Dr. F. Erik Kwakkel Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Centre for the Arts in Society, Oude Britse letterkunde Dr. David Lee Miller Director, Center for Digital Humanities and Carolina Distinguished Professor of English, University of South Carolina Dr. Daniel P. O’Donnell Founding Director, Digital Medievalist; CEO & Chair, *Text Encoding Initiative*; Professor of English, University of Lethbridge (CAN) Dr. Lynn Ransom Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Dr. Barbara Shailor Vice Provost, Yale University and Director, Beinecke Library, Yale University *em.* Dr. Michael Suarez Director, Rare Book School, and University Professor of English, University of Virginia manuscriptlink Founding Partners □+□+□+□+□ ARKANSAS Fayetteville, University of Arkansas, David W. Mullins Library COLORADO Boulder, University Library, University of Colorado, Boulder CONNECTICUT Hartford, Trinity College, Watkinson Library FLORIDA Tampa, University Library, University of South Florida GEORGIA Atlanta, Bentley Rare Book Gallery, Kennesaw State Univ. ILLINOIS Rock Island, Augustana College, Thomas Tredway Library Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois, Rare Books and Manuscript Library INDIANA South Bend, University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library KANSAS Lawrence, University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library MASSACHUSETTS Northampton, Smith College, Neilson Library MINNESOTA Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, Elmer L. Andersen Library MISSISSIPPI Oxford, University of Mississippi, J. D. Williams Library MISSOURI Kirksville, Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State Univ. Springfield, Missouri State University, Meyer Library OHIO Cleveland, Case Western Reserve Univ., Kelvin Smith Library Columbus, The Ohio State University, Thompson Library (Founding Partner and Leadership Partner) Columbus, Pontifical Institute Josephinum Gambier, Kenyon College, Olin Library Granville, Denison University, William Howard Doane Library Lima, Lima Public Library Oberlin, OH, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College Oberlin, Oberlin College, Harvey Mudd Center NEW YORK Binghamton, Binghamton University, University Art Museum Corning, Corning Community College, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. Library Hamilton, Colgate University, Case-Geyer Library Poughkeepsie, Vassar College, Main Library NORTH CAROLINA Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, Ackland Museum of Art Davidson, Davidson College, E. H. Little Library Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University, Z. Smith Reynolds Library PENNSYLVANIA Scranton, University of Scranton, Weinberg Memorial Library SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston, College of Charleston, Addlestone Library Columbia, Columbia College, J. Drake Edens Library Columbia, Columbia Museum of Art Columbia, University of South Carolina, Hollings Library (Founding Partner and Leadership Partner) Greenville, Bob Jones University, Mack Library Greenville, Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery Greenville, Furman University, James B. Duke Library Rock Hill, Winthrop University, Pettus Archives TENNESSEE Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Memphis, Rhodes College, Barret Library TEXAS Austin, University of Texas Austin, Harry Ransom Center (HRC) Dallas, Southern Methodist University, The Bridwell Library Houston, University of Houston, M. D. Anderson Library UTAH Salt Lake City, Marriott Library, University of Utah VERMONT Burlington, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library VIRGINIA Lynchburg, Randolph College, Herbert C. Lipscomb Library Lynchburg, Randolph College, Maier Museum of Art Roanoke, Hollins University, Wyndham Robertson Library Sweet Briar, Sweet Briar College, Mary Helen Cochran Library Dr. Scott James Gwara, Professor of English and Comparative Literature *2013 Inaugural Breakthrough Leadership in Research Prize, University of South Carolina* * 2014 Bernard Amtmann Fellow, Bibliographical Society of Canada* * 2013 Folter Fellow in Historical Bibliography, Bibliographical Society of America* * 2013 William H. Helfand Fellow, The Grolier Club* Department of English 1620 College St. University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 USA Tel. 803-920-3582 FAX: 803-777-9064 Webpage: http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/people/pages/gwara.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 http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

10 years, 5 months

Fwd: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] Princeton Fellowships

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Each year, the Friends of the Princeton University Library offer short-term Library Research Grants to promote scholarly use of the library’s research collections. Up to $3,500 is available per award. Applications will be considered for scholarly use of archives, manuscripts, rare books, and other rare and unique holdings of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, including Mudd Library; as well as rare books in Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, and in the East Asian Library (Gest Collection). Special grants are awarded in several areas: the Program in Hellenic Studies supports a limited number of library fellowships in Hellenic studies, and the Cotsen Children’s Library supports research in its collection on aspects of children’s books. The Maxwell Fund supports research on materials dealing with Portuguese-speaking cultures. The Sid Lapidus '59 Research Fund for Studies of the Age of Revolution and the Enlightenment in the Atlantic World covers work using materials pertinent to this topic. For more information, or to apply, please go to http://www.princeton.edu/rbsc/fellowships/f_ships.html The deadline to apply is January 15, 2014. -- 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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Fwd: ["EXLIBRIS-L"] St Andrews Library new Visiting Scholarship Scheme

by KALAMOS BOOKS

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Flavia Bruni <flavia.bruni(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:09 AM [apologies for cross posting] To celebrate the opening of our new Research Library<http://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/%7Eustc/index.php/news/view/new-martyrs-church…>, the University of St Andrews is pleased to announce a new scheme of visiting scholarships. These scholarships will underwrite the costs of a period of work in our library Special Collections. St Andrews University has an outstanding collection of books, archives and photography<http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/>, accumulated throughout the six hundred years since the university’s foundation. The collection is especially rich in the History of Science, Theology and Church History, Literary Studies and Photography. In addition to a substantial collection of incunabula and early printed books, the library has a significant eighteenth-century collection dating from its period as a copyright library (1710-1836). The University archives also include an exceptional collection of 15th -16th Century materials relating to Fife and to the university and city of St Andrews. The scholarships are open to all interested researchers, whether or not affiliated to a university. Applications for 2014 should be submitted electronically by 28 February 2014. Further details, including a longer description of the research highlights of the St Andrews Special Collections, and application form can be found on the USTC website: http://ustc.ac.uk/index.php/news/view/st-andrews-library-announces-new-visi… Further enquiries can be addressed to Professor Andrew Pettegree<http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/staff/andrewpettegree.html>at admp(a)st-andrews.ac.uk. -- Dr Flavia Bruni School of History University of St Andrews 69-71 South Street KY16 9QW St Andrews, Fife, UK Office: +44 (0)1334 462911 Mobile: +44 (0)7585 154253al

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Re: [Cohsl-list] ["EXLIBRIS-L"] New publication: Born-Digital: Guidance for Dealers, Donors, and Repositories

by KALAMOS BOOKS

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Will Hansen <willhansen2(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has published Born > Digital: Guidance for Donors, Dealers, and Archival Repositories<http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub159>. > The report provides recommendations to help ensure the physical and > intellectual well-being of materials created and managed in digital form > ("born digital") that are transferred from donors to archival repositories. > > Ten archivists and curators from institutions in the United States and > United Kingdom collaborated on the report. The lead author, Gabriela > Redwine, is digital archivist at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript > Library at Yale University. Additional authors are Megan Barnard, of the > Harry Ransom Center; Kate Donovan, of the Tamiment Library & Robert F. > Wagner Labor Archives at New York University; Erika Farr, of the > Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University; Michael > Forstrom and Nancy Kuhl, of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > at Yale University; Will Hansen, of Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein > Rare Book & Manuscript Library; Jeremy Leighton John, of the Department of > Digital Scholarship at the British Library; Seth Shaw, of Clayton State > University, and Susan Thomas, of the Bodleian Library’s Western Manuscripts > Department. > > The report is presented in four sections, each of which provides an > overview of a key area of concern: initial collection review, privacy and > intellectual property, key stages in acquiring digital materials, and > post-acquisition review by the repository. Each section concludes with two > lists of recommendations: one for donors and dealers, and a second for > repository staff. Appendixes provide more specific information about > possible staffing activities, as well as a list of resources and > ready-to-use checklists that incorporate recommendations from throughout > the report. > > The report is available as a PDF download free of charge at > http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub159. > An earlier draft of the report with capabilities for readers to add > comments, questions, and suggestions remains available at > http://mcpress.media-commons.org/borndigital/ . > > Thanks, > > Will Hansen > > Assistant Curator of Collections > > David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library > > Duke University > > Box 90185 > > Durham, NC 27708-0185 > > Phone (919) 660-5958 > > william.hansen(a)duke.edu > > >

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