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Turner, Frank. "The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library." Tocqueville Review 27, no. 2 (2006): 587–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ttr.27.2.587.

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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript library is the largest repository* of special collections in the Yale University library System. ITiose collections include a wide array of European books and manuscripts from the Middle Ages to the present, a major collection of Western Americana, and a vast collection of books and manuscripts relating to American literature. Scholars from all over the world wishing more information on the collections and fellowship program of the Beinecke should consult its website:
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Reside, Doug. "File Not Found: Rarity in an Age of Digital Plenty." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 15, no. 1 (2014): 68–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.15.1.416.

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In the first section of the submission guidelines for this esteemed journal, would-be authors are informed, “RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage uses a web-based, automated, submission system to track and review manuscripts. Manuscripts should be sent to the editor, […], through the web portal[…]” The multivalent uses of the word “manuscript” in this sentence reveal a good deal about the state of our field. This journal is dedicated to the study of manuscripts, and it is understood by most readers that the manuscripts being studied are of the “one-of-a-kind” variet
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Voloshchenko, S. "ECCLESIASTIC TYPIKON FROM THE SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY OF KYIV UNIVERSITY: ATTRIBUTION OF MANUSCRIPT." Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. History, no. 139 (2018): 24–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/1728-2640.2018.139.04.

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The principles of scientific attribution of liturgical cyrillic manuscripts, which has been worked out by author, are examined. The thorough study of Jerusalem Ecclesiastic Typikon from the rare books and manuscripts department’s collection of Maksymovych Scientific Library of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv is conducted. The stages of manuscript attribution are analyzed, including the date identification and localization of its origins and use. The type and the title of the codex have been identificated by the analysis of book’s texts. The linguistic variant of Church Slavonic la
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Hart, Dana. "Kate Theimer, ed. Innovative Practices for Archives and Special Collections: Educational Programs. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. 195p. ISBN 9781442249523. $55.00." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 16, no. 2 (2015): 141–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.16.2.449.

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RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage reviews books, reports, new periodicals, databases, websites, blogs, and other electronic resources, as well as exhibition, book, and auction catalogs pertaining directly and indirectly to the fields of rare book librarianship, manuscripts curatorship, archives management, and special collections administration. Publishers, librarians, and archivists are asked to send appropriate publications for review or notice to the Reviews Editor.Due to space limitations, it may not be possible for all books received to be reviewed in RBM. B
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Cannon, Jean. "Kirsten Weld. Paper Cadavers: The Archives of Dictatorship in Guatemala. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2015. xvi, 335p. ISBN 978-0822356028. $26.95." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 17, no. 1 (2016): 82–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.17.1.462.

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RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage reviews books, reports, new periodicals, databases, websites, blogs, and other electronic resources, as well as exhibition, book, and auction catalogs pertaining directly and indirectly to the fields of rare book librarianship, manuscripts curatorship, archives management, and special collections administration. Publishers, librarians, and archivists are asked to send appropriate publications for review or notice to the Reviews Editor.Due to space limitations, it may not be possible for all books received to be reviewed in RBM. B
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Toftgaard, Anders. "Landkort over en samling. Hvad katalogposterne kan fortælle om Otto Thotts håndskriftsamling – og om katalogisering." Fund og Forskning i Det Kongelige Biblioteks Samlinger 58 (March 9, 2019): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/fof.v58i0.125301.

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Anders Toftgaard: Mapping a collection. What the catalogue records can tell us about Otto Thott’s manuscript collection and about manuscript cataloguing.
 This article deals with the manuscript collection of Count Otto Thott (1703-1785) and with manuscript cataloguing. Otto Thott was the single greatest private book collector in the history of Denmark and of inestimable importance for the Royal Danish Library, since he bequeathed his collection of manuscripts (4154 catalogue numbers) and books printed before 1531 (6059 catalogue numbers) to the Royal Library. In the manuscript collection,
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Kumar, Suchetan, and Karnika Shah. "Conservation and Digital Access of Available Rare Collections of Central Himalaya Region: A Study of Kumaun University." Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services 8, no. 1 (2018): 27–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.51983/ijiss.2018.8.1.507.

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The main objective of the study is to conserve and preserve manuscripts/rare books available at DSB Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. Eventually, digitized them and upload in digital repository software at G.B. Pant Library. A survey method is applied and twenty four (24) questionnaires are distributed to the twenty four (24) departments of DSB Campus, Kumaun University. In the survey, researcher got the total 53 rare books and 24 manuscripts from Zoology, Physics, Forestry, Sanskrit, and Hindi Departments. The manuscripts/rare books are not available in remaining ninete
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Ascher, James P. "Guest Editor’s Note." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 15, no. 1 (2014): 13–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.15.1.411.

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As guest editor, I am delighted to introduce this special issue of RBM—a project that came to me after organizing the 54th Annual Preconference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, “O Rare! Performance in Special Collections.” Words cannot express my debt and gratitude to the entire rare book and manuscript community in helping find superb presenters for the conference who distilled their ideas into writing. I hope that these written traces on paper continue to bring new thought to bear on the ideas presented and illuminate important issues for future thinkers. Where De Rerum Natura read
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Lisyatnikova, Olga N. "Rare and Valuable Books in the Collection of Regional Central Library (example of the Nizhny Novgorod State Regional Universal Scientific Library named after V.I. Lenin)." Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science], no. 4 (August 15, 2012): 52–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/0869-608x-2012-0-4-52-59.

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There is analyzed the place of valuable and rare books within the library collections, using the example of the Nizhny Novgorod State Regional Library. There is described the experience in organization and management of library collections, the work of several structural subdivisions of the library with publications, having the features of book monument. Special attention is paid to the interaction of the main holders of the collection of valuable and rare publications - the Department of rare books and manuscripts and the main book depository.
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Mangilev, P. I., and E. A. Poletaeva. "Collection of Handwritten and Old Printed Books of the XVI–XX Centuries and Rare Editions of the Library Yekaterinburg Theological Seminary." Bibliosphere, no. 3 (June 29, 2022): 57–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.20913/1815-3186-2022-3-57-65.

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The article presents the results of studying the collection of rare books and manuscripts of the library of the Yekaterinburg Theological Seminary. The characteristics of the collection and the history of its formation are given. The collection was based on the book fund of the Sverdlovsk Diocesan Administration and books from private donations. The collection of handwritten books includes four copies of the XVI century: the Ostrog Bible and three editions of Andronik Timofeyev Ignorant – Apostle in 1597 and two Octoechos (2nd part) in 1594. There are more than forty editions of the XVII centu
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