Apparently, there’s a whole slew of other Drexel interns at my library, and various members of the library staff here been hosting a small set of lectures for us on what they do in the different sections of the library. Today I got to hear about Electronic Acquisitions, and learn some of the nitty-gritty about [...]
Posts Tagged ‘recommendations’
Electronic Resources, plus a link
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged learning experiences, libraries, manuscripts, recommendations on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Avant-Cello and Other Music
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged discoveries, music, recommendations on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since I’m officially t.b. free and off of Academic Hold, I thought I’d update. This post is related to neither Philadelphia nor libraries, but oh well, it’s my blog.
One of my all-time favorite radio programs is Radio Lab, from WNYC, which I heard about from This American Life. Although they’ve been on a break while [...]
Good-Book Hiatus
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, recommendations, scifi on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sorry about the quiet! I’ve been caught up in a series of good books. I received Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series and was glued to that until I found a copy of Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother, which I’ve been reading voraciously for the past two days (it takes a lot to tear me away from [...]
Ancient Place Names
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dead languages, manuscripts, recommendations, research on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever had that irksome problem where you found a Latin place name and cannot figure out what its modern name is? Or perhaps the opposite – you know your manuscript was written in what is now Friuli, but can’t figure out what the Latin name is (it’s Forojuliensis, as everyone knows)? Well, be [...]
Blogging about Blogs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogging, librarians, recommendations, research on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m pretty new to the world of blogs, and especially to the world of librarian blogs. Turns out, there are a lot of good ones out there not only with some interesting, and often humorous, things to say, but with some nice research links. Here are a couple:
Lisa Gold: Research Maven. A new blog by [...]
Books about Books
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, curiosities, recommendations on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Also in my research, I’ve come across some unrelated, fantastic works that really deserve a mention on their own:
The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography, by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin, 1817. It’s a BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ROMANCE! You can tell it’s awesome just from [...]
Research
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, manuscripts, recommendations, research on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Cut up missal in evening – hard work,” – Ruskin in his diary, 1854
I’ve been doing a lot of research, both for work and fun, on the destruction of manuscripts, mostly during the Victorian era, for collages. Most of the articles and books I’m finding on the subject are interesting and well-written, and I thought [...]
