Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship: Intro.

[mnr1@cornell.edu (Margaret Nichols)]

RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARIANSHIP


_Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship_ (RBML) is the journal of theory
and practice covering all aspects of special collections librarianship. If
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RBML solicits essays on collection development, preservation and
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collections, ethical and legal issues, automation, trends in the rare book
market, the impact of electronic communication and data storage on the rare
book and manuscript world, and other topics.

Topics of recent articles include: working with friends of the library to
augment staff resources; security from water and fire damage, biological
agents, theft, and vandalism; pricing scarce and rare books and
manuscripts;
collecting Western Americana; and educating and training special
collections librarians.

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and students in library schools, preservation officers and conservation
technicians, booksellers, collectors, researchers who use the collections,
and anyone else who handles, cares for, produces, or is otherwise involved
with rare books and manuscripts. Submissions may include articles,
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RBML aims to inform its readers about current issues and research in the
field. Its book reviewers react thoughtfully to recent publications
relevant to rare books and manuscripts curatorship. It focuses on
librarianship, but may include discussion of the relationship between the
rare book trade and libraries. It also includes advertisements by
specialist booksellers in many fields.

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Margaret F. Nichols
Assistant Rare Book Librarian
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B60 Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, N.Y. 14853-5302
Tel. (607) 255-3530
Fax (607) 255-9524
e-mail mnr1@cornell.edu

"If you don't know where you're going, you will wind up somewhere else."

--Yogi Berra
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