RBML Tables of Contents


CONTENTS - Volume 1, Number 1 (1986) to Volume 14, Number 1 (1999)

Volume 1, Number 1
April 1986

Editor: Ann S. Gwyn
Book Review Editor: Paul S. Koda

ANN GWYN Editorial Statement 5
ANNA LOU ASHBY RBMS: An Overview 7
TERRY BELANGER Rare Books and Special Collections in American Libraries: Seeing the Sites 11
EDWIN WOLF 2d Creating an Image 25
ANTHONY ROTA The Collecting of Twentieth-Century Literary Manuscripts 39
PAUL S. KODA Recent Publications 55
Guidelines for Submission of Articles to Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship 77


Volume 1, Number 2
Fall 1986

Editor: Ann S. Gwyn
Book Review Editor: Paul S. Koda

DANIEL TRAISTER The Rare Book Librarian's Day 93
MARCELLA GRENDLER Beyond the Guidelines, or Better Access to Access Projects 107
MARGARET J. KIMBALL Workflow for Processing Manuscripts in Automated Ststems 117
SALLY LEACH How the RBMS Exhibition Catalogue Awards Got from There to Here, from Then to Now 127
JOAN FRIEDMAN The Antiquarian Micro 141
PAUL S. KODA Recent Publications 147


Volume 2, Number 1
Spring 1987

Editor: Ann S. Gwyn
Book Review Editor: Paul S. Koda

ANN GWYN Editorial 5
LUCIEN GOLDSCHMIDT The Arts and the Antiquarian Book Trade: The Inherited Past and a Viable Future 7
DAVID S. ZEIDBERG "We Have Met the Enemy ..." Collection Security in Libraries 19
ELLEN S. DUNLAP Borrowing of Special Collections Materials for Exhibition 27
JOAN FRIEDMAN The Antiquarian Micro 39
PAUL S. KODA Recent Publications 47
Guidelines for Submission of Articles to Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship 71


Volume 2, Number 2
Fall 1987

Editor: Ann S. Gwyn
Book Review Editor: Paul S. Koda

ANN GWYN Editorial 79
RICHARD LANDON Embracing the Flood: Questions About Collecting Twentieth-Century Non-Literary Works 81
LAUREN R. BROWN Present at the Tenth Hour: Appraising and Accessioning the Papers of Congresswoman Marjorie S. Holt 95
CATHY HENDERSON Curator or Conservator: Who Decides on What Treatment? 103
JOHN B. THOMAS III Standards and Guidelines Prepared by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries 109
JOHN N. HOOVER Two Paths: Books as History, Books as Art, and the 1987 Exhibition Catalogue Awards 113
PAUL S. KODA Recent Publications 125


Volume 3, Number 1
Spring 1988

Editor: Ann S. Gwyn
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

ALICE SCHREYER RBMS at 30: Growing Along with the Profession 3
WILLIAM L. JOYCE The Evolution of the Concept of Special Collections in American Research Libraries 19
SAMUEL A. STREIT All That Glitters: Fund Raising for Special Collections in Academic Libraries 31
MARILYN WURZBURGER Current Security Practices in College and University Special Collections 43
JAMES N. GREEN Recent Publications 59


Volume 3, Number 2
Fall 1988

Editor: Alice D. Schreyer
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

ALICE D. SCHREYER A Request from the New Editor 89
WERNER GUNDERSCHEIMER Two Noble Kinsmen: Libraries and Museums 91
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER, ed. Generous but Responsible: The Unique, the Rare and Interlibrary Loan 103
THOMAS V. LANGE Alternatives to Interlibrary Loan 107
H. THOMAS HICKERSON &
ANNE R. KENNEY
Expanding Access: Loan of Original Materials in Special Collections 113
JAMES WOOLLEY Special Collections Lending: A Reader's View 121
JOHN NEAL HOOVER Where the Catalogues Are 131
JAMES N. GREEN Recent Publications 137


Volume 4, Number 1
Spring 1989

Editor: Alice D. Schreyer
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

ALICE D. SCHREYER Editor's Note 5
WILLIAM MATHESON Institutional Collecting of Twentieth-Century Literature 7
MICHAEL T. RYAN Shopping Around 43
JAMES N. GREEN Recent Publications 53
Guidelines for Submission of Articles 73


Volume 4, Number 2
Fall 1989

Editor: Alice D. Schreyer
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

PETER M. VAN WINGEN The Incunabula Collections at the Library of Congress 85
ROBERTA PILETTE &
CAROLYN HARRIS
It Takes Two to Tango: A Conservator's View of Curator/Conservator Relations 103
JOHN NEAL HOOVER From Eccentric to Sanctified: The Eclectic Exhibition Catalogues of 1989 and the Leab Awards 113
JAMES N. GREEN Recent Publications 121


Volume 5, Number 1
1990

Editor: Alice D. Schreyer
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

ALICE D. SCHREYER Editor's Note 5
THOMAS F. STALEY Literary Canons, Literary Studies, and Library Collections: A Retrospective on Collecting Twentieth-Century Writers 9
DAN LUCKENBILL Using dBASE III+ for Finding Aids and a Manuscripts Processing Workflow 23
JOEL SILVER The Lilly Fellowship Program: Training for Rare Book Librarians 33
JAMES N. GREEN Recent Publications 39
Guidelines for Submission of Articles 53


Volume 5, Number 2
1990

Editor: Alice D. Schreyer
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

KENNETH D. CREWS Unpublished Manuscripts and the Right of Fair Use: Copyright Law and the Strategic Management of Information Resources 61
HOWARD PASTERNAK Online Catalogs and the Retrospective Conversion of Special Collections 71
GREER ALLEN The Design and Printing of Library Exhibition Catalogues 77
PATRICIA BOZEMAN 264 Catalogues ... and Counting: The Leab Awards after Five Years 85
MICHELE VALERIE CLOONAN Review Essay: Mass Deacidification in the 1990s 95
JAMES N. GREEN Recent Publications 105


Volume 6, Number 1
1991

Editor: Alice D. Schreyer
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

Special Issue:
MARC CATALOGING FOR MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
Hope Mayo, Guest Editor

ALICE D. SCHREYER Editor's Note 5
HOPE MAYO Introduction: MARC Cataloging for Medieval Manyscripts 7
HOPE MAYO Medieval Manyscript Cataloging and the MARC Format 11
THOMAS L. AMOS Non-MARC Databases and the Census Level Record 23
SARA SHATFORD LAYNE MARC Format for Medieval Manuscript Images 39
ALEXANDRA MASON Using MARC to Catalog Medieval Manuscripts: Comments 53
JAMES N. GREEN Recent Publications 59


Volume 6, Number 2
1991

Editor: Alice D. Schreyer
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

LESLIE A. MORRIS Beyond the Books: Programs for Exhibitions 89
LISA BROWAR Introduction: MARC Cataloging for Medieval Manyscripts 7
HOPE MAYO An Oral Contract Isn't Worth the Paper It's Printed On 100
SARA S. HODSON Private Lives: Confidentiality in Manuscripts Collections 108
SIDNEY E. BERGER The Exhibition Catalogue Awards for 1991 119
JAMES N. GREEN Recent Publications 127


Volume 7, Number 1
1992

Editor: Alice D. Schreyer
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

ALICE D. SCHREYER Editor's Note 5
LAURA STALKER &
JACKIE M. DOOLEY
Descriptive Cataloging and Rare Books 7
DANIEL TRAISTER What Good is an Old Book? 26
SIDNEY E. BERGER The Design and Evaluation of Exhibition Catalogues 45
JAMES N. GREEN Recent Publications 63


Volume 7, Number 2
1992

Editor: Alice D. Schreyer
Book Review Editor: James N. Green

Special Issue:
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING OF 19TH-CENTURY IMPRINTS FOR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Stephen J. Zietz, Guest Editor

STEPHEN J. ZIETZ Guest Editor's Note 75
ALEXANDRA MASON Introduction 76
JACKIE M. DOOLEY Conundrums for Rare Book Catalogers 79
SUZY TARABA Administering the Cataloging of Special Collection Materials 87
BELINDA D. URQUIZA A Current Library of Congress Project for Cataloging 19th-Century Imprints 91
MICHAEL WINSHIP "What the Bibliographer Says to the Cataloger" 98
ELIZABETH L. JOHNSON Oh, No, It's a Serial! or, Cataloging 19th-Century Serials 109
CORNELIA S. KING Cataloging 19th-Century Children's Books 120
KAREN NIPPS Cataloging the Decorative Elements of 19th-Century Imprints 128
DORIS O'KEEFE Cataloging 19th-Century Single-Sheet Publications 141
STEPHEN J. ZIETZ Ephemera: MARC-Formatted Cataloging Records 152
Letter to the Editor 160


Volume 8, Number 1
1993

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 5
RICHARD ORAM The New Literary Scholarship, the Contextual Point of View, and the Use of Special Collections 9
MARVIN J. TAYLOR Queer Things from Old Closets: Libraries--Gay and Lesbian Studies--Queer Theory 19
NICHOLAS A. BASBANES Collectors and Libraries: Some Studies in Symbiosis 37
MARVIN J. TAYLOR The Exhibition Catalogue Awards for 1992 51
SIDNEY HUTTNER Recent Publications 61


Volume 8, Number 2
1993

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 77
WILLIAM G. JONES Leaner and Meaner: Special Collections, Librarians, and Humanists at the End of the Century 80
BETTY G. BENGSTON Navigating the Mainstream: Key to Survival 92
BRIAN SCHOTTLAENDER Something Wicked This Way Comes: Special Collections As Viewed by a Technocrat 98
DAVID S. ZEIDBERG Setting the Course: The Role of Special Collections in the Library 106
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 115
Guidelines for Submission of Articles to Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship 134


Volume 9, Number 1
1994

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 5
DANIEL J. BRADBURY Barbarians within the Gate: Pillage of a Rare Book Collection? 8
ELAINE B. SMYTH &
ROBERT S. MARTIN
Working with Friends of the Library to Augment Staff Resources: A Case History 19
ALLEN & PATRICIA AHEARN Pricing Scarce and Rare Books and Manscripts 31
NANCY E. DOUGLAS Debating "Discards": A Response to Nicholson Baker 41
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 49


Volume 9, Number 2
1994

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 73
VICTORIA STEELE Of Sherpas and Mountain Climbers: The Special Collections Librarian in the Library Development Process 77
MICHAEL VINSON New Ranges for Collecting Western Americana: Is It Time to Put the Old Bibliographies Out to Pasture? 87
ELAINE B. SMYTH The Exhibition Catalogue Awards for 1993 95
THERESA SALAZAR The Exhibition Catalogue Awards for 1994 105
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 117


Volume 10, Number 1
1995

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 5
JOAN CARPENTER TROCCOLI George Catlin and Sir Thomas Phillipps: A Nineteenth-Century Friendship 9
SUSAN M. ALLEN Using the Internet to Report Rare Book and Manuscript Thefts 22
SANDRA SIDER Bibliographical Note: Searching for Mary Anne 40
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 43


Volume 10, Number 2
1995

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 61
MICHELE V. CLOONAN The Future (Imperfect) of Special Collections and Library School Education 65
WILLIAM L. JOYCE Educating and Training Special Collections Librarians 73
RICHARD J. COX Continuing Education and Special Collections Professionals: The Need for Rethinking 78
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 100
Index to Advertisers 112


Volume 11, Number 1
1996

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 5
WILLIAM BAKER Price Guides: An Assessment 9
NANCY BIRK Conrad for Sale: Some Wear at the Extremities; Otherwise Fine 25
STEPHEN TABOR The Exhibition Catalogue Awards for 1996 34
SHERELYN OGDEN Security from Loss: Water and Fire Damage, Biological Agents, Theft, and Vandalism 43
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 49
Index to Advertisers 61


Volume 11, Number 2
1996

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 69
SUSIE R. BOCK and
SUSAN THACH DEAN
Records Management for Special Collections Departments 73
JUDITH A. OVERMEIR and
ELAINE M. DOAK
Provenance Records in Rare Book and Special Collections 91
HENRY RAINE and
LAURA STALKER
Rare Book Records in Online Systems 103
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 122
Index to Advertisers 136


Volume 12, Number 1
1997

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 6
RICHARD W. ORAM Current Professional Thinking on the Deaccessioning of Rare Books in Academic Libraries 9
SAMUEL STREIT Going, Going, Gone: Case Studies in Library Deaccessioning 21
DAVID SZEWCZYK Library Deaccessioning: A Dealer's Perspective 30
SANDRA SIDER Bibliographical Note: "Provenance Note: Womanly Accomplishments" 35
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 38
Index to Advertisers 52


Volume 12, Number 2
1998

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 61
ADAM JENKINS &
DAVID DEMPSEY
Manufacturing Acrylic Book Stands 64
PAMELA BARRIOS Simplifying the Problems of Conservation in Exhibitions 78
STEVEN E. SMITH &
BETH M. RUSSELL
Special Delivery: Packing Rare Books for Delivery 87
STEPHEN TABOR The Exhibition Catalogue Awards for 1997 98
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 107
Index to Advertisers 130


Volume 13, Number 1
1998

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 5
ROBERT A. GROSS Communications Revolutions: Writing a History of the Book for an Electronic Age 8
DENNIS EAST &
WILLIAM G. MYERS
Get the Thief "Out of the Business": Diary of a Thief 27
MICHAEL SCOTT JOSEPH Reconsidering "Some Overrated Masterpieces": The Exhibition Catalogue Awards for 1997 61
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 61
Index to Advertisers 78


Volume 13, Number 2
1999

Editor: Sidney E. Berger
Book Review Editor: Sidney F. Huttner

SIDNEY E. BERGER Editor's Note 85
MICHELE VALERIE CLOONAN
& SIDNEY E. BERGER
Present and Future Issues for Special Collections 89
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Waving Not Drowning: Rare Books in a Digital Age 97
SUSAN M. ALLEN Rare Books and the College Library: Current Practices in Marrying Undergraduates to Special Collections 110
JOHN BLOOMBERG-RISSMAN Short-Title Catalogs: The Current State of Play 121
SANNA R. BRYAN Bibliographical Note: Provenance, The Case of the Yorkshire, England Collection 129
SIDNEY F. HUTTNER Recent Publications 134
Index to Advertisers 151


Volume 14, Number 1
1999

Editors:
Lisa Brower
Michael J. Taylor

LISA BROWER AND MARVIN J. TAYLOR Notes from the Field 7
CATHY HENDERSON Negotiating New Borders for Special Collections 9
TIMOTHY D. PYATT Cooperative Collecting of Manuscripts in the "Old South" 19
ELAINE B. SMITH A Practical Approach to Writing a Collection Development Policy 27
STEPHEN FERGUSON History of the Book: Field Notes of a Curator 33
Compiled by BRIAN MIKESELL New and Forthcoming Books 50
LISA BROWER AND MARVIN J. TAYLOR Afterword 55
Index to Advertisers 60